SEASON
2021-2022
WITH FRANCESCO BARFOED, PIANO
FRIENDS OF MUSIC SERIES
WEST CHESTER COUNTY, NY
Performing works by Undine Smith Moore, Schubert, Schoenberg, Langgaard, and Blitzstein, as well as songs from LYNX's Amplify Series for Neurodiversity, Ms. Moore and Mr. Barfoed share their passion for their homes, their backgrounds, and old and new music alike. Click for details!
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2021 4pm
IN RECITAL
WITH FRANCESCO BARFOED, PIANO
FREEPORT MEMORIAL LIBRARY
FREEPORT, NY
In a program exploring their homes and ancestries, Ms. Moore and Mr. Barfoed perform works from North America, Scandinavia, and Italy.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2021 7pm
Handel's Lucrezia & Il Delirio Amoroso
THE ENGLISH CONCERT
LONDON, ENGLAND
Megan performs Handel's cantatas Lucrezia and Il Delirio Amoroso with The English Concert led by Harry Bicket. The English Concert, specializing in historically informed performance, is exceptional in the world-renowned quality, ambition and variety of its live and recorded output; unique in the zeal of its players for working and performing together; and unwavering in its desire to connect with its audience throughout the world. Under the artistic direction of Harry Bicket and principal guest Kristian Bezuidenhout, The English Concert has earned a reputation for combining urgency, passion and fire with precision, delicacy and beauty.
FILMED NOVEMBER 13 & 14, 2021
STREAMING DETAILS TBA
IN CONCERT
MEZZO SOLOIST IN A. BETINIS' BAR XIZAM
THE NEW YORK CHORAL SOCIETY
NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
The New York Choral Society is pleased to announce Love in Action, a concert of choral music that brings together the work of eight contemporary American composers who explore universal themes of reflection, action and love that call us together in a renewed commitment to community and hopefulness. The concert program features performances of poignant choral works created by American composers within the past 25 years, and Megan is featured as the mezzo soloist in Abbie Betinis' Bar xizam. Click for details!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2022
7:30 PM
FREE ADMISSION
IN CONCERT
WITH JORDAN BAK, VIOLA
AND WYNONA WANG, PIANO
SHRIVER HALL CONCERT SERIES
BALTIMORE, MD
Megan collaborates on Brahms "Zwei Gesange" Op. 91, plus the world premiere of Jessica Meyer's On fire...no, after you, commissioned by BMI. The new piece is composed to a set of three poems by Jennifer Beattie that encapsulate the extreme emotional dynamics experienced when falling for someone. Meyer says, "The viola and a mezzo voice is a favorite pairing of mine ever since first performing the Brahms songs as a violist myself. I have also been singing a lot more lately, so I will be looking forward to using all of the sounds and colors I know can be executed on both 'instruments' in order to express Beattie's evocative text." Click here for details!
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021 3pm
ON THE TOWN
CLAIRE
OPERA NAPLES
NAPLES, FLORIDA
On the Town is a musical based on the 1944 ballet Fancy Free, developed by Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. New York City’s pomp and fanfare sets the stage for this story of three sailors looking for love in a whirlwind 24-hour adventure, before heading off to battle in World War II. Bernstein introduced several popular and classic songs which remain some of his biggest Broadway hits to date. The appealing musical score, youthful exuberance of characters and the unique moment in history make On the Town a true American classic! The production is led by Ramon Tebar at the podium.
March 14, 2022, 7pm
IN RECITAL
WITH FRANCESCO BARFOED, PIANO
ALYS STEPHENS CENTER
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
Elevating stories previously untold, unfinished, or too soon forgotten, Ms. Moore's program covers an expanse of time, language, and style. She collaborates with pianist Francesco Barfoed, and performs new songs set to text by youth with non-verbal autism commissioned by LYNX, a song organization she co-founded in 2015. Her program includes songs by Chaminade and Schubert, among others, and features a fully staged reimagining of Handel’s La Lucretia cantata.
MARCH 31, 2022 7pm
DEBUT RECITAL
PRESENTED BY YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS
WITH FRANCESCO BARFOED, PIANO
KENNEDY CENTER
WASHINGTON D.C.
Elevating stories previously untold, unfinished, or too soon forgotten, Ms. Moore's program covers an expanse of time, language, and style. She collaborates with pianist Francesco Barfoed, and performs new songs set to text by youth with non-verbal autism commissioned by LYNX, a song organization she co-founded in 2015. Her program includes songs by Chaminade and Schubert, among others, and features a fully staged reimagining of Handel’s La Lucretia cantata.
APRIL 11, 2022 7:30pm
DEBUT RECITAL
PRESENTED BY YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS
WITH FRANCESCO BARFOED, PIANO
MERKIN HALL
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Elevating stories previously untold, unfinished, or too soon forgotten, Ms. Moore's program covers an expanse of time, language, and style. She collaborates with pianist Francesco Barfoed, and performs new songs set to text by youth with non-verbal autism commissioned by LYNX, a song organization she co-founded in 2015. Her program includes songs by Chaminade and Schubert, among others, and features a fully staged reimagining of Handel’s La Lucretia cantata.
APRIL 20, 2022 7:30pm
IN CONCERT
YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS GALA
WITH BORROMEO STRING QUARTET
CARNEGIE HALL
ZANKEL HALL
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Megan performs Handel arias with the Borromeo String Quartet as a part of Young Concert Artist's annual gala celebration.
MAY 2, 2022
OCTET - MEZZO 2
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to sound this good … Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn’t always be picked up, but Dean’s Hamlet rises to the challenge.” Now, this riveting contemporary masterpiece arrives at the Met, with Neil Armfield, who directed the work’s premiere, bringing his acclaimed staging to New York. Many of the original cast members have followed, including tenor Allan Clayton in the title role. Nicholas Carter makes his Met debut conducting a remarkable ensemble, which also features soprano Brenda Rae as Ophelia, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly as Gertrude, baritone Rod Gilfry as Claudius, and legendary bass John Tomlinson as the ghost of Hamlet’s father.
MAY 13, 18, 21, 26, 31 8pm
JUNE 4 (1PM), 9 8pm
Donna Elvira
Berkshire Opera Festival
Great Barrington, MA
A predator. A charming aristocrat. A murderer. A womanizer whose sexual conquests number into the thousands. Don Giovanni is the original antihero and he will stop at nothing to satisfy his lust, but his crimes demand the ultimate punishment. Mozart and librettist Lorenzo da Ponte blend comedy, tragedy, and the supernatural to thrilling effect in this opera, one of the greatest ever composed. Megan joins the cast for her role debut as Donna Elvira.
August 20 (1pm), 23 & 26 (7:30 pm)
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SANTA FE OPERA
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
John Corigliano and Mark Adamo’s exciting new work is a juxtaposition of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and The Bacchae by Euripides. The result is a searing account that points to the monster inside ourselves, not society. This world premiere production is led by director James Darrah who has created a dream-like realm that will frighten and excite.
JULY 17-AUGUST 17, 2021
TESEO
MEDEA
The Juilliard School
New York, New York
Megan sings the tour-de-force role of the sorceress Medea in this rarely-produced Handel opera. The covid-safe production is in collaboration with Juilliard415, the school's primary historical performance ensemble.
February 2 &4, 2021
ADAPTED TO FILM
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
DORABELLA
THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL
PETER JAY SHARP THEATRE
Megan debuts the role of Dorabella in Juilliard Opera's production of Mozart's Così fan tutte directed by David Paul and conducted by Nimrod David Pfeffer.
NOVEMBER 13, 15, 17, 2019
L'ISOLA DISABITATA
CONSTANZA
OPERA NAPLES
NAPLES, FLORIDA
In her house debut with Opera Naples, Megan performs the role of Constanza in Haydn's lesser-known opera L'isola disabitata, conducted by Ramón Tebar and directed by Mark Danni.
FEBRUARY 21 & 23, 2019
SERSE
ARSAMENE
HAYMARKET OPERA COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
An action-packed mix of tragedy and comedy, this masterpiece has become one of Handel’s most beloved staged operas. Xerxes, monarch of ancient Persia, pursues his brother’s girlfriend Romilda while his fiancée Amastre schemes to win back his love.