Ms. Mitina made her Lincoln Center Debut in 2018 with New York City Ballet, singing in Leonid Desyatnikov's Ballet Russian Seasons (scored for soprano soloist and orchestra). She reprised her role in Russian Seasons this season, as well as covering the Bride in Stravinsky's Les Noces. Other recent triumphs include Nedda with Sarasota Opera, Tosca with Syracuse Opera, and Donna Elvira with Cedar Rapids Opera Theater. She has also appeared as Tatiana with Virginia Opera, Cio-Cio San with France's Lyrique-en-Mer Festival and Nevada Opera, Tosca with Opera North and Lyrique-en-Mer Festival, Nedda with Annapolis Opera, Minnie with Opera New England and Contessa with Opera North. In 2008 she made her Carnegie Hall/Weill Hall debut singing Act II of Tosca under the auspices of the Italian Academy Foundation, followed by her debuts with Charlottesville Symphony and Princeton ProMusica. Ms. Mitina has also appeared in recital with Lyric Opera of Chicago Guild, Virginia Opera and Sarasota Opera.
Ms. Mitina made her American concert debut as soloist in the Verdi Requiem with Boston ProMusica and is an active recitalist on the East Coast, specialising in Russian song and chamber music repertoire. Veronica studied voice at Herzen University in her native Russia before coming to the United States to complete a Masters degree at the University of Northern Iowa. An accomplished pianist, she also holds degrees from the Mussorgsky College and Herzen University in Saint Petersburg.
Among her many awards and honors, Ms. Mitina won the Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions, the Bel Canto Foundation of Chicago, 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 Ms. Mitina has also been a finalist with the Liederkranz and Connecticut Opera Competitions, as well as a finalist for the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center.