Milena Kitic [SEP] voice type
Milena Kitic
Milena Kitic (born 1968 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian American operatic mezzo-soprano.
Biography.
She had finished her high school diploma at the Mokranjac Music School in Belgrade. Her first professor was Andjelka Obradovic.
Kitic began her professional career with the Belgrade Opera at the National Theatre in Belgrade, debuting in 1989 as Olga in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin"; she performed at this house for 8 years. From 1997 until 1999, Kitic performed at the Aalto Theatre in Essen
Kitic teaches master classes at Chapman University, the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music and the University of California, Irvine. Kitic is married to entrepreneur and former Yugoslav prime minister Milan Panić. The couple has homes in Newport Beach and Pasadena, California.
Sources.
- Chapman University, Biography: Milena Kitic, Artist-in-Residence, Voice
- Farber, Jim, "Freeway Diva", "Daily Breeze" 18 February 2005 (accessed via subscription 29 January 2010)
- Metropolitan