Milena Kitic
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Mezzo-soprano Milena Kitic (born Belgrade 1968) began her professional career with the Belgrade (former Yugoslavia) Opera, debuting in 1989 as Olga in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin." She performed at the National Theater in Belgrade for 8 years. From 1997-99, Kitic performed at the Essen Opera in Germany, and later toured throughout Europe. In 1998, she made her American debut and also performed at Carnegie Hall that year. In 2002, she debuted with the Washington, D.C. Opera and the Los Angeles Opera. The following year, she performed with Opera Pacific, including a benefit performance with tenor Placido Domingo. In October 2005, she debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, starring in Georges Bizet's "Carmen" and as Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida".
Additionally, Kitic teaches master classes at Chapman University, the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music and California State University, Irvine.
Kitic is married to entrepreneur and former Serbian prime minister Milan Panic. The couple has homes in Newport Beach and Pasadena, California.
