Jasmina Halimic joins the resident company during the 2010 - 2011 season, performing the title roles in Anna Karenina and Tosca and the role of Mimì (La bohème). Ms. Halimic made her company debut as Magda in the company premiere of Puccini's La rondine during the 2009 - 2010 season.

Roles performed recently by Ms. Halimic include the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) for the Intermezzo Foundation in Belgium and Mimì (La bohème) with Amore Opera. In the summer of 2006, she performed the title role of Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow with the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Festival. Additional major roles to her credit include Nedda (Pagliacci), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Musetta (La bohème), and the First Lady (Die Zauberflöte). In 2004 Ms. Halimic was chosen to perform for the World Gourmet Summit at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Also at home on the concert stage, Ms. Halimic has performed the soprano solo in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and has been a featured soloist in recitals and gala concerts with the Pittsburgh Concert Society / Tuesday Musical Club, Queens Opera, Opera Tampa, among others.

Ms. Halimic has been a finalist and an award winner in such competitions as the Liederkranz Competition, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Palm Beach Opera Competition, Belvedere Competition, Queens Opera Competition, Bel Canto Competition and others.

She completed her graduate studies at Indiana University where she received praise for her portrayal of Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin under Maestro David Effron and Valencienne in Tito Capobianco's production of The Merry Widow. Ms. Halimic has a Bachelor of Music and Italian language from Duquesne University.

Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and now a citizen of the United States, Ms. Halimic moved with her family to Pittsburgh as a teenager.

Ms. Halimic's residency is made possible in part by  a Fellowship Grant from Don and Jan Schmidek.