Megan Roth
soprano

Ms. Roth recently debuted with Boston Midsummer Opera as Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, under the direction of Drew Minter. Prior to that engagement, Ms. Roth spent the 2008-2009 season presenting recitals of art song, cabaret, and opera throughout the northeast and in New York. She also performed as the alto soloist in the Handel Messiah, Mozart Requiem, and Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore with the Old North Senior Choir & Festival Chorus in Marblehead, MA. Additionally, she placed 3rd in the Lakes Region Opera Vocal Competition in Concord, NH. Finally, in August 2008, she performed the title role in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, with Opera del West in Natick, MA.

In the 2007-2008 season Ms. Roth performed with Opera Boston in the Boston premier of Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, under the direction of Peter Sellars and Robert Castro. She then went on to cover the roles of Athamas and Ino in Handel’s Semele, in a collaborative production between Boston Baroque and Opera Boston. In the same season, she performed the role of Octavia in Britanicus, a play by Jean Racine, at the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.). Past operatic roles include Sesto in Giulio Cesare, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Charlotte in Werther, Nancy in Albert Herring, Isolier in Le Comte Ory, and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro.

Ms. Roth holds an Artist Certificate in Opera and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Florida State University. Ms. Roth is also an accomplished violinist, and holds a Bachelor of Music with honor in Violin Performance from DePaul University. She was a regular member of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra from 2001-2006.