"No word from Tom… I go to him" A Rake's Progress - Stravinsky
"Una parola, Adina" Duet from Act 1 L'elisir d'amore - Donizetti
 

"Emily Birsan is now in her third and final year with the Ryan ensemble and is going out into the professional world a seasoned young pro; witness how smoothly she wrapped her lovely lyric soprano around the tricky intervals and wide range of Anne Trulove's aria from Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress." 

- John Von Rhein, Chicago Tribune, March 30, 2014