Award winning and critically acclaimed operatic mezzo-soprano/vocalist, Ema Mitrović, is described: “out of the ensemble, I found Ema Mitrovic...to be the standout” (Opera Manhattan, Suor Angelica ’12) and "Her rich mezzo is pure pleasure..”
(Hudson Opera Theatre, Lucia di Lammermoor ’18). Ms. Mitrović performs as an ambassador of music across different genres, having performed 19 operatic roles thus far, a number of solo recitals, and has enjoyed being a strong cross-over jazz singer, performing along New York City’s finest musicians, including Tim Horner, Joe Locke, Ted Rosenthal, and Jim Ridl, to name a few. She's been on stage at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and New York City's renowned jazz venues Birdland, The Kitano, and Smalls. Often, she performs programs that include both classical and standard jazz repertoire to connect to her audience.

As passionate a performer, Ema is equally as passionate in teaching, having done so for 7+ years. During the Covid 19 quarantine, Ema has been proud to keep a full studio remotely (on Zoom, Skype, FaceTime, etc) of roughly 30+ voice and piano students, at both the non-profit The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts and privately owned Elefante Music, among her own. When conditions permit, Ema will return to New York’s The Lighthouse Opera Company in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Dritte Dame) as well as make a role/company debut with Bronx Opera Company in its production of The Bartered Bride (Háta).

Ms. Mitrović is a proud first generation Croatian-American, born and raised in New Jersey. She continues to intensely study vocal technique with Maestro Braeden Harris.

Jason Wirth - piano 

Jason Wirth [spun] a gossamer web of unusual sounds on the piano,” writes the New York Times about the New York City-based pianist, conductor, and vocal coach. A talented collaborator and “an impressive musician in his own right” (NY Concert Review), Mr. Wirth draws on his varied interests to bring new perspectives into his music-making. Born in Minnesota, Mr. Wirth began performing extensively on the piano from a very young age, including early appearances with the Moscow Philharmonic and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as a soloist. Since then, Jason has played multiple recitals at Carnegie Hall and Philadelphia's Kimmel Center and his recording of Poulenc's The Story of Babar with film star Michael Douglas has been released on Naxos. As a expert vocal accompanist and conductor, Jason has helmed many operas and other projects as music director, including Rigoletto and Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah with Lighthouse Opera, and Menotti’s The Medium, Kurt Weill's Street Scene, and Sondheim’s Into the Woods and Sweeney Todd with The Modern Opera Company in New York City, which he co-founded.

PROGRAM

"Amour! Viens Aider Ma Faiblesse!" (From "Samson Et Dalila") - Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Après un rêve op. 7, no.1 - Gabriel Fauré
Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1 - Johannes Brahms
"A Wonderful Guy" (From "South Pacific") - Rodgers and Hammerstein
"Can't Help Lovin' that Man" (From "Showboat") - Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
"If Ever I would leave you" (From "Camelot") - Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Du Ring an meinem Finger, Op. 42, No. 4 - Robert Schumann
"Daleko m’e moj Split" (From "Mala Floramye") - Ivo Tijardović
"Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (From "Samson Et Dalila") - Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Habanera from "Carmen" - Georges Bizet
La Paon and Le Grillon from the song cycle "Histoires Naturelles" - Maurice Ravel
"I Could Have Danced All Night" ( From "My Fair Lady") - Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner