Megan Marino

Following her role and company debut in Lyric’s Der Rosenkavalier, the Italian-American mezzosoprano will debut at Fort Worth Opera as Rosina/The Barber of Seville, a character she has recently portrayed with Florida Grand Opera and St. Petersburg Opera (Florida). Marino will also return to Des Moines Metro Opera for Meg Page/Falstaff. Last season she sang Miriam and Ruth/Weill’s The Road of Promise (American premiere) at Carnegie Hall and returned to The Santa Fe Opera as a member of the company’s prestigious apprentice artist program, portraying the Page/Salome and Claire/Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain (world premiere), in addition to joining the rosters of the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera. Other important credits include her Metropolitan Opera debut as an Unborn Child/Die Frau ohne Schatten, Varvara/Katya Kabanova (Spoleto Festival U.S.A.), Rossini’s Cinderella (Green Mountain Opera Festival), Mercédès/Carmen (Opera Coeur d’Alene), Pitti-Sing/The Mikado (Virginia Opera), Anita/West Side Story (Aspen Music Festival), and Hansel/Hansel and Gretel (Opera Iowa). Marino’s concert credits include a bel canto concert program alongside Lawrence Brownlee in Washington, D.C., as well as soloist appearances in Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai (Carnegie Hall), Handel’s Messiah (Cincinnati), and Bach’s St. John Passion (Beirut). Among her numerous awards is the 2016 William Matheus Sullivan Musical Foundation singer award.

Lyric debut: Annina/ Der Rosenkavalier (2015|16)

Last updated: February 8, 2016