Megan Berti ​is an active young mezzo-soprano on operatic and oratorio stages throughout the US. She returns this season to the Houston Grand Opera stage to sing A Slave in Strauss's Salome after performing with them this spring as an immigrant and chorister in Tarik O'Regan's The Phoenix. She also looks forward to returning to Opera in the Heights February 2020 to perform a double bill of new operas co-produced by MUSIQA and composed by Anthony Brandt and Karim Al-Zand. This summer, Megan will be singing in Europe, performing Mercedes and covering Carmen with the Vienna Summer Music Festival, and singing arias in Prague. Most recently, Ms Berti made her debut with Miami Lyric Opera in a highly acclaimed portrayal of Angelina in La Cenerentola after singing several recitals in Houston. Earlier in 2019, she returned to California to sing with Cantare con Vivo as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Verdi's Requiem and portrayed Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein) with Painted Sky Opera in Oklahoma City and Enid. Recent performing highlights include Hansel in the Rec Room's Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck), Isabella in L'Italiana in Algeri (Rossini) and Concepción in L'Heure Espagnole (Ravel) with Opera-tivo, Female Emilia in The Prince of Players (Floyd) with Houston Grand Opera, Prince Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss) with Opera in the Heights, and the alto soloist for the Bach B Minor Mass with the Concordia University of Texas. In 2016, Megan starred as Angelina in La Cenerentola (Rossini) with Opera in the Heights, followed by a summer in Belgium and Germany singing the mezzo-soprano solo in Verdi's Requiem with the Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra. Previous seasons she has been seen at Opera in the Heights as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto (Verdi), and Flora in La Traviata (Verdi). She has also performed with Solo Opera in California as the Sandman and Hansel cover, and with the Lakes Area Music Festival in Minnesota in her first appearance as Angelina in La Cenerentola. Ms Berti often appears as a soloist with the BCC&O in California and on their European tours in such works as Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s The Great Mass in C Minor, Dvořák’s Requiem, and Vivaldi's Gloria. She has also sung Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Oakland’s Cantare con Vivo, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle with Rochester's Gregory Kunde Chorale, Bach's B Minor Mass with the Eastman Chorale, and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Pasadena Pops Orchestra. Megan was a regular performer with Houston Grand Opera's Opera to Go! 2014-2017, touring schools and community centers throughout the greater Houston area as Hansel (Humperdinck), Rosina in The Barber of Seville (Rossini), The Queen, Hilde, and the Dragon in The Princess and the Pea (Warwick), Annamaria in Puffed-Up Prima Donna (Buller), Annamaria and Aquilia in Pastry Prince (Buller), the Mother and Nightingale in Rapunzel (Warwick), and the title character in Strega Nona (Warwick). Ms Berti studies with Melanie Sonnenberg, with whom she worked at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston while earning her Performance Certificate in 2013. While at Moores, Megan sang four recitals as well as Maddalena in Rigoletto (Verdi), Vava in Moscow, Cheryomushki (Shostakovich), Magali in Salsipuedes (Catán), Annina in Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss), the title role of Amelia (Hagen), and Mistress Quickly in Falstaff (Verdi). She received her Master’s degree at the Eastman School of Music where she played Anne in To Hell and Back (Heggie) and the complete role of Dryade in a scene from Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss). During her undergraduate studies at the Cole Conservatory at California State University Long Beach, Ms. Berti performed Sesto in La clemenza di Tito (Mozart) and La Messaggiera in L’Orfeo (Monteverdi). She was also a soloist in Verdi’s Requiem and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Megan has participated in the summer programs Opera in the Ozarks, Le Chiavi di Bel Canto, SongFest, the International Lyric Academy in Italy, and SummerSong where she performed the abridged roles of Orpheus in Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice, Sextus in Handel’s Julius Cesar, and Otho in Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea. Ms Berti can be heard performing the premiere of Benjamin Boretz's piece "The Memory of All That: a Holy Sonnet of John Donne for Milton Babbitt" published on Open Space's CD 31. She has received scholarship awards from The National Federation of Music Clubs, the Presser award, the Dramatic Allied Arts Guild, and the Fine Arts Affiliates. Megan is also a member of the SAI music fraternity and the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society.