Dominic Natoli made his first public appearance at age 5, and subsequently joined the Australian Boys' Choir, achieving success as a soloist on the Choir's premiere overseas tour to Japan. He went on to study with renowned Italian Baritone Afro Poli, until he travelled to Vienna where he commenced his studies with Carol Blaickner.
-Mayo, and enrolled at the Vienna Conservatorium of Music, graduating three years later with a first class honours Diploma of Opera. Thereafter he continued his studies in London with David Harper, Nicholas Powell, and Jeffrey Talbot and Ludmilla Andrew

His numerous awards include an Arts Fellowship from the Queensland Government; first prize in the Alfredo Kraus International Singing Competition; and the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship which he has been awarded twice by Richard Bonynge. He also holds degrees in Law and Economics from Monash University, in Melbourne where he practiced Law for sometime alongside his singing career.

Places he has performed

Since his professional debut, Dominic’s operatic engagements have been with numerous companies in Australia

Australia

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, Austria

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, Germany

Germany

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, France

France

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, United States

United States

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, and the UK

United Kingdom

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, including the Wiener Kammeroper

Wiener Kammeroper

Wiener Kammeroper is an opera theatre and opera company founded by conductor Hans Gabor. As early as 1948 he initiated the "Vienna Opera Studio" - a company without a theatre of its own...

, Opera Australia

Opera Australia

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, Victoria State Opera

Victoria State Opera

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, Opera Queensland

Opera Queensland

Opera Queensland is an opera company based in Brisbane, Queensland. The company was founded with funding from the Queensland State Government in 1981, then under the name Lyric Opera of Queensland, after the Queensland Opera Company was closed in December 1980.It is after Opera Australia the second...

, Volkstheater Rostock, Stadttheater Aachen, Stadttheater Hof, Coburg

Coburg

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, Bayreuth, London City Opera, Opera Holland Park

Opera Holland Park

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 , Theatre Evreux, Opera de Nancy et de Lorraine, Anna Livia International Festival, Royal Danish Opera, Danish National Opera, and English National Opera

English National Opera

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The plays he has been prepared to play/sing includes Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Idomeneo in Idomeneo, Loge in Das Rheingold, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Alfred in Die Fledermaus, The Magician in The Consul (Menotti), Don Josè in Carmen, Ismaele in Nabucco, Alfredo in La Traviata, Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera, Riccardo in Oberto, Pollione in Norma, Alvaro in La Forza del Destino, Duca in Rigoletto, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Prunier in La Rondine, Calaf in Turandot, Rodolfo in La Bohème, and Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Faust.

Dominic’s wide concert repertoire encompasses lieder, French song, contemporary and folk music, Italian and Neapolitan songs, as well as his highly acclaimed portrayal of Mario Lanza in The Mario Lanza Story. He has appeared with all the major orchestras in all the major venues in his native Australia, as well as with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the BBC Concert Orchestra. He is a regular guest artist on Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2, and has made numerous recordings for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

He has performed with many distinguished conductors including Richard Bonynge

Richard Bonynge

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, Carlo Felice Cillario

Carlo Felice Cillario

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, Richard Hickox

Richard Hickox

Richard Sidney Hickox CBE was an English conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic music.-Early life:Hickox was born in Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire into a musical family...

, Sir Edward Downes, David Parry

David Parry (conductor)

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, Giordano Bellincampi

Giordano Bellincampi

Giordano Bellincampi is an Italian-born Danish conductor and trombonist. He is currently the music director of the Jutland Opera. Previous positions have included chief conductor of the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra.-Early life and education:...

, and Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

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