Biography
Canadian mezzo-soprano Meghan Symon is praised for her "consistent beauty of singing and stage presence." She is noted for her "warm, velvety mezzo-soprano" (Stage Door) with "luscious and languid phrasing" (Opera Going Toronto). Most recently she made her soloist debut with Toronto Operetta Theater in the roles of Vecina and Portera in La Verbena de la Paloma. This past year she performed the role of Julia Child in Hoiby's Bon Appetit and Ulrica in Sullivan's Ivanhoe.
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In 2012 she made her professional debut with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in The Armed Man; A Mass for Peace. Recent concert repertoire includes Toronto Composer, Maria Case's, Evening Songs, song cycle for mezzo-soprano and alto soloist in Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb (The Annex Singers). Recently, she premiered Case's, My Heart's in the Highlands for Mezzo-Soprano and Choir. Equally at home on the operatic stage, roles include the title role in Handel's Rinaldo, Le Prince in Cendrillon, Annio in La Clemenza di Tito, Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro and Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte.
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Meghan holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Manitoba where she studied under Soprano, Monica Huisman. She completed a Masters in Vocal Performance at the University of Toronto under the tutelage of Canadian Soprano, Mary Morrison. She has sung with companies including Edmonton Opera (Chorus), Manitoba Opera (Chorus), the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Cathedral Bluffs Orchestra, Manitoba Underground Opera, Tapestry Opera, The Theater of Early Music, Opera by Request, Toronto Operetta Theater, Voicebox: Opera in Concert and Tryptych Opera.
She has participated in music development programs including Tafelmusik Summer Baroque Institute, Center for Opera Studies in Italy, Opera Nuova, Summer Opera Lyric Theater and the Vancouver International Song Institute.
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Other notable roles include the Canadian premieres of Schubert's Fierabras in the role of Maragond and Genevieve in Mai 68' at the Winnipeg New Music Festival. First Norn in Götterdämmerung, Sorceress in Dido and Aeneus, Fenena in Nabucco, Nerone in L'Incoronazione di Poppea.
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She is the proud recipient of the Winspear Scholarship for Classical Music two years in a row, which supported her studies in Toronto.
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