EMMA RITTO
soprano & writer
OPERA & OPERETTA EXPERIENCE
Die Zauberflöte, Mozart - Pamina
Manhattan Opera Studio, 2024
Hänsel und Gretel, Humperdinck - Dewman
Manhattan Opera Studio, 2024
Rusalka, Dvořák - Chorus/Nurse
Manhattan School of Music, 2025
Romeo et Juliette, Gounod - Capulet Dancer, Chorus
Manhattan School of Music, 2024
Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart - Barbarina, Susanna (role-study)
Saluzzo Opera Academy, 2023
L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi - Lucano
Manhattan School of Music Undergraduate Opera Theatre, 2023
La Traviata, Verdi - Chorus
Manhattan School of Music Opera Repertoire Ensemble, 2020
The Promise, Ritto, Cuaresma, Forrester, Rabin - Director, Librettist
Canyon Crest Academy Envision Arts Vocal Conservatory, 2019
Candide, Bernstein - Vanderdendur
Canyon Crest Academy Envision Arts Vocal Conservatory, 2018
Beggar's Opera, Gay & Pepusch - Chorus
Canyon Crest Academy Envision Arts Vocal Conservatory, 2015
PARTIAL ROLE EXPERIENCE
Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart - Susanna
Respiro NYC Summer Vocal Intensive, 2022
Werther, Massenet - Sophie
Respiro NYC Summer Vocal Intensive, 2022
La Périchole, Offenbach - La Périchole
Manhattan School of Music Junior Opera Theatre, 2022
Cendrillon, Viardot - La Prince Charmant
Manhattan School of Music Junior Opera Theatre, 2022
Venus and Adonis, Blow - Little Cupids
Manhattan School of Music Undergraduate Opera Theatre, 2022
Patience, Gilbert & Sullivan - Patience
Lamplighter's Gilbert & Sullivan Scenes Program, 2015
SKILLS
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Styles:
Classical
Choral
Musical Theatre
Ballroom Dance
Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Viennese Waltz, Tango
Digital Composition
Creative Writing
Instruments:
Trumpet
Piano
LIBRETTO
The Promise
First premiered at Canyon Crest Academy in 2019
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Manhattan School of Music
Master's of Music, Classical Voice, 2023 - 2025
Manhattan School of Music
Bachelor's of Music, Classical Voice, 2019 - 2023
Respiro NYC Summer Vocal Intensive
Opera America, 2022
Mikael Eliasen Voice Program
Curtis Institute Of Music, 2019
NYU Classical Voice Intensive,
New York University, Steinhardt, 2018
Idyllwild Creative Writing Intensive
Idyllwild Arts, 2017
Lamplighter's Gilbert And Sullivan Scenes Program
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 2016
FILM & TV
Another Period - Comedy Central
Orphan - Annulment (2016)
Instant Mom - Nickelodeon
Student, Meet Your Idol Thing (2016)
100 Things to Do Before HS - Nickelodeon
Student, Thumper For President (2015)
Typecasted - TV MiniSeries
Teenage Girl #2 (2015)