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"Soprano Veronica Mitina, a St. Petersburg (Russia) native, was a vocalistic jewel as Tatiana.
Her clear tones, range and impeccable stage presence were delightful."
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Recently, Veronica Mitina triumphed in her role and house début as Tatiana in Virginia Opera's new production of Eugene Onegin. Other recent performances include her first Minnie in La Fanciulla del West with New England Opera, Cio-Cio San in a concert performance of Madama Butterfly with Center City Opera Theatre in Philadelphia, Tosca with Opera North, Mimì in La Bohème with Opera Theater North of Chicago, Violetta in Intimate Opera Chicago's production of La Traviata, and various recitals.
She débuts with Lyrique-en-mer at France's Bell-Ile Festival in August 2008. She reprises her touching Mimì (La Bohème) when she returns to Virginia Opera in October 2009, and débuts as Leonora in Beethoven's Fidelio with the Duluth Opera Festival (May 2009).
She was heard as the Lady-in-Waiting in Verdi's Macbeth with Sarasota Opera and First Collecting Sister in Suor Angelica with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. She also covered the title roles in Suor Angelica and Tosca while with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Ms. Mitina's ever-growing operatic repertoire also includes Fiordiligi, Marcellina, Lady Blemmley in Martin's Tobermory, Trommler in Ullmann's The Kaiser from Atlantis, and Dido in Dido and Aeneas.
Ms. Mitina has been a member of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera North and Sarasota Opera apprentice programs, where she performed in Norma, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Nixon in China, Orpheus in the Underworld and Die Fledermaus.
She made her American concert debut soloist in the Verdi Requiem with Boston ProMusica and and was featured guest soloist in Princeton Pro Musica's gala The Grandeur of Opera. She actively performs in recital as soloist and is a specialist in Russian song and chamber music repertoire.
Ms. Mitina studied voice at Herzen University in her native St. Petersburg, Russia, before coming to the United States to pursue a Masters degree. An accomplished pianist, she also holds degrees from the Mussorgsky College and Herzen University in St. Petersburg.
Among her many awards and honors, Ms. Mitina won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Auditions and the Bel Canto Foundation of Chicago and the International Czech and Slovak Voice and the Greek Women's University Club competitions. She is the recipient of a Metropolitan Opera National Council Career Development Award, a MacAllister Foundation Grant, and Sarasota Opera Guild's Leo Rogers Scholarship. She has been a finalist in the Liederkranz and Connecticut Opera competitions, as well as Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center.
Nedda | I Pagliacci | Annapolis Opera | Mar 13ev & 15m, 2009 |
Mimì | La Bohème |
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| Norfolk | Oct 3, 7, 9, & 11m, 2009 |
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| Richmond | Oct 16 & 18m, 2009 |
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| Fairfax | Oct 23 & 25m, 2009 |
| As Minnie in La Fanciulla del West: |
"Hats off to a fine ensemble cast, that managed to make it all believable, without seeming caricaturist. One, in particular, the dynamic soprano Veronica Mitina, delivered a brilliant stage and vocal performance that was captivating. Her Minnie was hypnotic in every way. Indeed, trim and fit, as most young singers are today, Ms. Mitina is gifted with an elegant and smooth vocal delivery and easy range that packs enough punch to keep a room fool of cowboys and those of us in the audience fixed on her words and glorious sound when she sings. Brava!" |
Paul Joseph Walkowski - OperaOnline.us - Apr 27, 2008 |
"One of the (many) difficulties in presenting 'Fanciulla' is finding a soprano capable of singing the title role of the heroine, Minnie, who, besides appearing young, lithe and attractive, has to have an almost Wagnerian size or, at the very least, a uniquely penetrating voice that can cut through the often tumultuous orchestration, which emphasizes brass, percussion and lively woodwind passages. Russian-born soprano Veronica Mitina, a svelte, lissome strawberry blonde, also filled the bill musically with her amply sized, brightly colored voice. Her character continued to develop charisma and authenticity as the opera progressed. She seemed to charm the audience in much the same way she held most of the opera's male characters in her sway. Hers was the success story of the afternoon." |
Anne Crebo - Cape Cod Times - Apr 29, 2008 |
| As Tatiana in Eugene Onegin: (role and company début - with Virginia Opera) |
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Opera News "The primary force on stage was Veronica Mitina, an assured actress who created a multi-dimensional, thoroughly believable portrayal of Tatiana, from the charming, naïve creature so easily blinded by Onegin's visit to the resigned woman summoning the will power to reject his belated declaration of love. Mitina's singing proved equally memorable. She delivered the letter scene with myriad tone colors and vivid phrasing and used her particularly rich low register to keen effect later in the opera." |
Tim Smith - Opera News - May, 2008 |
"Of the principals, the strongest was Mitina, a lovely singer who was convincing as both the young girl and the more mature woman in the final scenes, and whose voice had most of the lyricism that the tricky role of Tatiana (both virginal and strong) requires." |
Anne Midgette - Washington Post Staff Writer - Feb 26, 2008 |
"As Tatiana, soprano Veronica Mitina was clearly the star of the show. Her phrasing and pitch were near-perfect, and her 'letter writing' aria, the opera's most famous and most difficult, flowed naturally and affectingly." |
T. L. Ponick - Washington Times - Feb 22, 2008 |
"Veronica Mitina is wonderful as Tatiana, who falls in love with Onegin when she is young and rejects him years later after she has married someone else and he belatedly (if unconvincingly) falls in love with her. Mitina's soprano is high, clear, and girlish at first, with excellent durability evident in her famous letter-writing scene; then her voice is enhanced with warmth when she reappears as a married woman; and then it reverts to its previous sound as she contemplates recapturing what she and Onegin once had, or could have had. This is remarkable vocal acting - and excellent singing, too." |
INFODAD - Feb 24, 2008 |
"Mitina is impressive as Tatiana. A major first act highlight was Tatiana's twelve minute letter aria effortlessly sung by Mitina. We really get a sense of her naivety and what first love is." |
Stephen Mason - Feb 14, 2008 |
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Meet Veronica Mitina, the Russian soprano who stars as the beautiful and impassioned
Tatiana in Virginia Opera's premiere production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in
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Veronica Mitina as Tosca |
Tosca | Tosca | Lyrique-en-mer, Bell-Ile Festival | 2008 |
Tatiana | Eugene Onegin | Virginia Opera | 2008 |
Cio-Cio San | Madama Butterfly | Center City Opera of Philadelphia | 2006 |
Floria Tosca | Tosca (matinee perf) | Opera North (US) | 2005 |
Floria Tosca (cover) | Tosca | Opera North | 2005 |
Violetta Valery | La Traviata | Intimate Opera Chicago | 2005 |
Mimì | La Bohème | Opera Theater North | 2005 |
First Collecting Sister | Suor Angelica | Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | 2004 |
Suor Angelica (cover) | Suor Angelica | Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | 2004 |
Floria Tosca (cover) | Tosca | Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | 2003 |
Lady-in-Waiting | Macbeth | Sarasota Opera | 2003 |
Fiordiligi | Così fan tutte | Opera Institute, Boston University | 2002 |
Rosalinda | Die Fledermaus | Opera Institute, Boston University | 2002 |
Beatrice | Beatrice and Benedict | Opera Institute, Boston University | 2001 |
Trommler | The Kaiser from Atlantis | Opera Institute, Boston University | 2001 |
Marcellina | Le Nozze di Figaro | Opera Institute, Boston University | 2001 |
Lady Blemley | Tobermory | Opera Institute, Boston University | 2000 |
Dido | Dido and Aeneas | University of Northern Iowa | 2000 |
Anastasia | The Wedding (Stravinsky) | University of Northern Iowa | 1999 |
Barber | Knoxville, Summer of 1915 |
| Prayers of Kierkegaard |
Beethoven | Choral Fantasy |
| Mass in C |
| Symphony No.9 |
Berlioz | Les Nuits d'Été |
Brahms | Deutches Requiem |
Britten | War Requiem |
Fauré | Requiem |
Mahler | Symphonies No. 2 & 4 |
Mendelssohn | Elijah |
| Hymn of Praise |
| "Hear my prayer" |
| "Infelice" |
Mozart | Requiem |
Poulenc | Gloria |
Shostakovich | Symphony No. 14 |
Strauss | Four Last Songs |
VaughanWilliams | Dona Nobis Pacem |
| Hodie |
| Mass in g minor |
Verdi | Requiem |
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Ms. Mitina as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin | |
| Beethoven | Fidelio | Leonora (début May 09) | 1 |
| Bizet | Carmen | Micaëla | 1 |
| Boito | Mefistofele | Margerita | 3 |
| Cilea | Adriana Lecouvreur | Adriana | 3 |
| Dvořák | Rusalka | Rusalka | 3 |
| Gounod | Faust | Marguerite | 2 |
| Janáček | Jenůfa | Jenůfa (début 2/09) | 2 |
| Lehar | The Merry Widow | Hanna | 2 |
| Leoncavallo | I Pagliacci | Nedda | 3 |
| Mozart | Così fan tutte | Fiordiligi | 1 |
Le Nozze di Figaro | The Countess | 2 | |
| Poulenc | Dialogues des Carmélites | Blanche | 2 |
| Puccini | Gianni Schicchi | Lauretta | 2 |
La Bohème | Mimì | 1 | |
La Fanciulla del West | Minnie | 1 | |
Madama Butterfly | Cio-Cio San | 1 | |
La Rondine | Magda | 3 | |
Suor Angelica | Suor Angelica | 1 | |
Tosca | Tosca | 1 | |
Turandot | Liù | 3 | |
| Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin | Tatyana | 2 |
Iolanta | Iolanta | 2 | |
Pique Dame | Lisa | 3 | |
| Verdi | Aida | High Priestess | 1 |
Falstaff | Alice Ford | 2 | |
Simon Boccanegra | Amelia | 2 |
1 | performed |
2 | completely prepared |
3 | in preparation or future role |
| SOLOIST | The Grandeur of Opera | Princeton Pro Musica | 2006 |
SOLOIST | Verdi Requiem | Boston ProMusica | 2003 |
SOLOIST | Verdi Requiem | Symphony Hall, Boston | 2001 |
RECIPIENT | MacAllister Foundation Career Development Grant | 2004 |
1ST PLACE | Bel Canto Foundation of Chicago | 2004 |
REGIONAL FINALIST | Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions | 2004 |
1ST PLACE - DISTRICT | Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions | 2003 |
WINNER | Greek Women's University Club Music Competition | 2004 |
FINALIST | 7th International Montreal Czech & Slovak Competition | 2003 |
FINALIST | Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, Chicago | 2003 |
LEO ROGERS AWARD | Sarasota Opera Guild | 2003 |
EAKINS AWARD | Venice Opera Guild | 2003 |
REGIONAL FINALIST | Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions | 2000 |
WINNER | Metropolitan Opera Career Development Award | 2000 |
Opera North | 2005 |
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | 2003 & 2004 |
Sarasota Opera | 2003 |
Boston University, Opera Institute | 2002 |
Des Moines Metro Opera | 2000 |
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