Rita Litchfield, mezzo-soprano and champion of new American art song, is an active recitalist in the Tri-State area.  Her most recent performances have included an evening of New York Premieres with fellow mezzo, Crate Herbert, premiering songs by composers Mark Rehnstrom, Jonathan Kulp, Mark Glick and Noa Ain and appearing in the bi-annual New York Singing Teacher’s Association (NYSTA) Composer’s Concert. She has appeared with the American Symphony Orchestra, One World Symphony, Garden State Philharmonic, Vero Beach Choral Society, Blacksburg Master Chorale, and in both operatic and pop concerts with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. She made her Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist in the Mozart Requiem with New England Symphonic Ensemble and returned the following season to sing the Vivaldi Gloria.  Her performance of Mozart’s Grand Mass in C Minor with the New River Valley Symphony in Virginia was followed by her first appearance in NYSTA’s Composer’s Concert here in New York.  She’s covered the role of Emily for the New York City Opera production of Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe and has appeared on the Florida Grand Opera stage as Florence Pike in Britten’s Albert Herring. With Chautauqua Opera, she portrayed Maddalena in Rigoletto and the Monitor in Suor Angelica. She brought song to life in Opera Roanoke’s production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.  Previous productions with Opera Roanoke include Carmen, Rigoletto, Candide, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo.  Ms. Litchfield received her Bachelor’s Degree in Voice from University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music and did her graduate work at James Madison University.  She resides here in New York with her husband, Jay Good and their daughters, Elizabeth, five years old and Natalie, six months.