"Megan Roth, looking and sounding every bit the part, made a warm and sonically sumptuous Meg." (-Lee Eiseman, The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Little Women, MassOpera)

 

Known for her “rich character portrayals” and “versatile voice,” mezzo-soprano Megan Roth enjoys a varied career performing opera, oratorio, art song, and chamber music, with repertoire spanning from early to contemporary music.

 

Most recently, Megan “smoldered” in the role of Tisbe in La Cenerentola with Boston Midsummer Opera, receiving accolades as she “...vamped about with sufficient trashy glitter, bringing the angry coloratura across the footlights with comic menace.” In June 2021, Megan performed in the company's first post-pandemic live performance as Despina in excerpts of Cosi fan tutte, along with other scenes and arias. Additional roles include Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Summer Garden Opera in Virgina and in Little Women with MassOpera, where she was praised for her “warm and sonically sumptuous Meg.” Other notable engagements include soloist in Copland’s In the Beginning with Vox Humana in Dallas, Texas, Handel’s Messiah with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra, and Dixit Dominus with the Metropolitan Chorale. Megan is also the founder and artistic director of Calliope’s Call, a professional art song performance group based in New England, which presents unique and culturally relevant programs of art song by contemporary and new composers as well as traditional composers of the genre.

 

On the operatic stage, Megan made her debut with Boston Midsummer Opera as Dorabella in Così fan tutte and was invited back to sing the Woman in the Jazz Trio of Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, where she was praised for her “lovely singing” and for being “most at home with her Andrews-Sisteresque routines.” She reprised the role of Dorabella with Opera Providence the subsequent season. With Opera Boston, Megan sang the role of Francisca in Maria Padilla and covered Beatrice in Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédict, after her debut the previous season as Amélie in La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein. Other favorite roles include Angelina in La Cenerentola, Costanza in the rarely performed L’isola Disabitata by Haydn, and Sesto in Giulio Cesare.

 

Highlights of her solo concert performances include Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s B Minor Mass, Magnificat and Weihnacht’s Oratorium, Gretchaninov’s Passion Week, de Falla’s El amor brujo, Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore and Requiem, Vivaldi’s Gloria & Magnificat, and Duruflé Requiem. Megan was a 2020 finalist for the Ernst Bacon Memorial Prize in American music in The American Prize Competition, as well as a 2014 finalist in the same competition in the Chicago Oratorio Award and Opera Division categories.

 

As an active chamber musician, Megan performs with several renowned national ensembles including GRAMMY® nominated Skylark Vocal Ensemble and True Concord, Yale Choral Artists, and the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble. Also an accomplished violinist, Megan enjoys collaborating with vocalists and ensembles alike. She was honored to have a featured violin solo on the 2021 GRAMMY® nominated album It’s a Long Way with the Skylark Vocal Ensemble.

 

Ms. Roth holds an Artist Certificate in Opera and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music with honor in Violin Performance from DePaul University. Outside of her musical endeavors, Megan enjoys reading contemporary fiction, practicing yoga, and hiking with her husband Adam. Megan belongs to Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donates a percentage of their concert fees to organizations they care about. She supports NYC Second Chance Rescue and The Bail Project through her performances.