Hailed as one of the leading exponents of the bel canto and lirico spinto styles among today's leading tenors, Jorge Antonio has performed the lirico spinto repertoire to great praise and critical success throughout opera houses around the world.

At the age of 22, having just won first prize in the West Palm Beach International competition, Mr. Pita became the youngest tenor to debut at the Vienna Staatsoper, singing Pinkerton in Madama Butterfuly. Following his successful debut, he appeared in the leading tenor roles in Macbeth, La Traviata, Falstaff, Rigoletto, Lucia di Lammermoor, and as the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier.

Mr. Pita's appearances have taken him to opera houses such as Hamburg, Stuttgart, Linz, Amsterdam, Toulouse, Kiel, Basel, Nantes, Marseille, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, London, Leeds, Madrid, Barcelona, Toledo, Paris, Genoa, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Tel Aviv, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Adelaide, Oslo, Baltimore, Berlin and Rome among others. His accomplishments also extended to oratorio and concert performances with some of the world's leading orchestras and solo recitals.

Mr. Pita has become a favorite of many leading conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Anton Guadagno, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Nikolas Harnoncourt, and many others.

Maestro Abbado extended an invitation to Mr. Pita to record the Schubert Mass in E flat Major and the Mass in G with the Vienna Philharmonic. Mr. Pita was then invited back after the previous successes to record live performances of the Beethoven Choral Fantasy with renowned pianist Maurizio Pollini and the Vienna Philharmonic for the Deutsche Grammophon label. Other recordings include the Berlioz Requiem with the Moscow Philharmonic, Verdi's La Traviata with the Arturo Toscanini Company of Paris, Donizetti's Poliuto for CBS Masterworks with Jose Carreras, Katia Riciarelli, Juan Pons an the Vienna Philharmonic.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Mr. Pita was raised in the United States and began his vocal studies under the advice and guidance of Placido Domino. He furthered his studies at Indiana University after receiving a full scholarship to study under Gabriella Tucci, Jean Deis, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, James King and Virginia Zeani. He also studied with Rafaele Cardone and more recently with Maestro Franco Iglesias.

• Chosen to sing with renowned soprano Edita Gruberova on her milestone 200th performance of Lucia di Lammermoor at the prestigious Deutsches Oper in Berlin
• Chosen to perform the Verdi Requiem for the BBC's Centennial performance commemorating Verdi's Death, live from Barbican in London with the London Philharmonic, along with Renée Fleming, Rene Pape, and Violeta Urmana under Maestro Antonio Pappano
• Sang BBC life performances of La Boheme and Macbeth at Covent Garden Opera House
• Sang Don Carlo at the prestigious Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
  unter den Linden, with Rene Pape and Norma Fantini under maestro Fabio Luisi.
• In 2008, Mr Pita sang a series of concerts throughout Florida with the Symphony of the Americas
• From 2007- 2009, Mr. Pita sang performances of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Duke in Rigoletto, etc. in Miami and other cities throughout the United States to great audience and critical acclaim.
• Also in 2009, he sang the role of Cavaradossi in Tosca as a special guest of the University of Miami.