Praised for their "rich sound" and "remarkable agility" (Brooklyn Daily Eagle), mezzo-soprano Cornelia Lotito spent the 2022-2023 season as an emerging artist with Opera Idaho where they performed the role of Berta in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia and covered Rosina. In 2022, they spent the summer as a young artist with Pittsburgh Festival Opera, performing in scenes as Carmen (Carmen), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), and several others. Previously, they were a resident artist at Indianapolis Opera, where they starred in the company's double-bill of Hans Krasa's Brundibar & Lori Laitman's Holocaust oratorio Vedem. While at Indianapolis Opera, they covered the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Nettie in Carousel. They also premiered the role of Janis in Marc Hoffeditz's virtual micro opera U-Hauling with Black Sheep Contemporary Ensemble.