Natasha Gesto is a Uruguayan-Australian soprano who combines effortless storytelling with an electrifying stage presence, described as having a “sumptuously gifted voice,” by Dr Graham Johnson OBE. Her craft has taken form in her musical involvement across Australia and Europe in both an operatic principal and concert soloist.  

 

The roles that Natasha has performed include Nedda (Pagliacci, The CoOperative, 2023), La Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro, Prague Summer Nights Festival, 2022), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte, Sydney Conservatorium, 2022, cover – performed), Dame Nellie Melba (Percy – The Opera, Sydney Conservatorium, 2022) and Francesca – The Fox (Pinnochio, Musgrove Opera, toured across NSW 2018-2019). Her most recent soloist concert repertoire includes Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms conducted by Dr. Carlos Alvarado, Haydn’s Nelson Mass conducted by Omid Zadeh, Poulenc’s Gloria with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Chamber Choir and Mozart’s Requiem in D minor Sydney Consevatorium of Music Choir. Natasha was also selected as a Young Star of Australian Opera for the nationally televised Carols in the Domain in Sydney.

 

Natasha is a proud recipient of the prestigious Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where she has commenced her Master of Music: Voice in August of this year with her full tuition and living expenses covered.

 

Natasha holds a Bachelor of Music in classical voice (2021) and a Graduate Diploma in Opera Performance (2022) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia; during which she received numerous scholarships including the Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen scholarship (2022), the Henderson Traveller’s scholarship (2022) and the Helen Myers scholarship (2018).

 

Most recently Natasha competed as a semi-finalist in the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship; one of Australia’s most distinguished operatic competitions.