Meghan Kasanders

soprano

Soprano Meghan Kasanders has been hailed by Opera News as “a wonderfully promising, rich dramatic soprano.” In the 2025/26 season, she returns to The Dallas Opera for Don Carlo (A Heavenly Voice/Elisabetta cover). On the concert stage, Meghan returns to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, and she debuts with Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago in their opening season concert. A passionate supporter of contemporary works, she also will participate in several opera workshops with the Chicago Opera Theater.

Last season, she debuted with the Arizona Opera in La finta giardiniera (Arminda) and returned to Chicago Opera Theater for a concert titled “Bohème and Beyond: The Legacy of Puccini.” She also returned to Opera Saratoga in a workshop of Robert Whalen, Mark Steidl, and Katherine Skovira’s The Other Side of Silence (Grace).

In the 2023/24 season, Meghan debuted with The Dallas Opera in Elektra (Fünfte Magd), Lyric Opera of Kansas City in Journey to Valhalla (Sieglinde), and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Meghan also presented a recital produced by Carnegie Hall Citywide in New York City and took part in the workshop Working for the Macbeths (Lady Macbeth) with American Lyric Theater.

Past highlights include debuts at Virginia Opera in Die Walküre (Sieglinde), Opera Columbus in Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), and Baltimore Concert Opera as the title role in Anna Bolena. She also made her European debut in Hänsel und Gretel (Gertrud) with Staatsoper Hannover. Meghan has recently returned to Opera Columbus for Fellow Travelers (Mary Johnson) and Opera Theatre of St. Louis for Gianni Schicchi (Nella) and The Magic Flute (First Lady). On the concert stage, Meghan made her debut with the Lubbock Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and returned to Des Moines Metro Opera as guest soloist in “A Concert for Robert.”

Ms. Kasanders is a 2019 Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and both the First Prize and Audience Choice Winner in the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition. She has also been recognized by the Gerda Lissner Foundation, the Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition (Second Prize and Audience Choice), and the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, where she won First Prize in 2017 as the youngest competitor.

*Photo credit to JiYang Chen