Nathalie Peña-Comas

The Latin Grammy-nominated, rising Dominican soprano Nathalie Peña-Comas was born in Santo Domingo, where she studied piano and flute at the National Conservatory of Music. Later, she graduated with honors from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, earning a bachelor’s degree in voice and piano pedagogy. She participated in master classes with Gregory Kunde, Mariella Devia, Helena Lazarska, Michael Recchiuti, and Kamal Kahn. Since 2018, she has been mentored by the renowned Maestra Irina Gavrilovici.

Nathalie has performed in numerous countries, including Austria, Belarus, Colombia, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, England, France, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and the Vatican. Notable venues include the Golden Hall of the Musikverein and the Mozart Hall of the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the MuTh concert hall of the Vienna Boys Choir, the Academic Theater in Belarus, and the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in the Vatican.

In Europe and the Dominican Republic, she has performed various opera roles, including Pamina in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Lucia in the tango opera Mateo by M. Palmeri, the Troll Queen in The Two Fiddlers by P. M. Davis, Gabi in G. Kühr’s Agleia Federweiss, Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème, Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Violetta Valéry in Verdi’s La Traviata, and Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen.

She has collaborated with ensembles such as the Vienna Concert-Verein Orchestra, the Strauss Festival Orchestra Vienna, the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra, the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Târgu Mureș, the Dominican Republic National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra di Roma, the Academic Theater Orchestra of Minsk, and the Belarusian Radio Symphony Orchestra. She has performed under conductors such as Eugene Kohn, Valery Polyansky, Ola Rudner, José Antonio Molina, and Gábor Ferenç, sharing the stage with artists like KS Ramón Vargas, Gregory Kunde, Tuomas Katajala, Morris Robinson, Andrea Bocelli, and Plácido Domingo Jr. Her repertoire includes works such as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, R. Strauss’ Four Last Songs, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and opera galas.

In May 2023, she was an honorary guest at the 64th Vienna Opera Ball in New York, where she performed alongside Stephen Costello and Joyce El-Khoury.