Catherine Naglestad (born 7 November 1965)[1] is an American soprano performing in Europe and internationally.
[3][better source needed] Opera Canada said in a 2012 review of Andreas Kriegenburg's staging of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen for the Bavarian State Opera that "Catherine Naglestad had the lyricism and youthful beauty for the Siegfried Brünnhilde".
[5] In a 2008 review of Busoni's Doktor Faust, critic Shirley Apthorp wrote in FT.com that "Amid all this testosterone-laden heft, Catherine Naglestad's exquisitely rounded, sensual Duchess of Parma provides a welcome note of lyricism.
"[7] Opera News said in a 2002 recording review that "Catherine Naglestad's Alcina is a complex figure – regal, headstrong and even somewhat sympathetic.
The bright, impressive upper range of her voice, topped by a effortless high D, serves her well in the cadenzas.