Soprano Meghan Kasanders has been hailed by Opera News as “a wonderfully promising, rich dramatic soprano”. In the 2025/26 season, she makes debuts with Opera Omaha (Opera Outdoors) and the New Mexico Philharmonic in Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. She also returns to Chicago Opera Theater for the workshop and world premiere of Trusted (Younger Daughter) and Shakespeare Sings, to The Dallas Opera in Don Carlo (Una Voce dal Cielo; Elisabetta cover), and to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as the Soprano II soloist in Mahler’s Eighth Symphony conducted by Fabio Luisi.

Highlights of the 2024/25 season include her debut with Arizona Opera as Arminda in La finta giardiniera, the release of her debut album That Time of Evening with pianist Dror Baitel, and a return to Opera Saratoga as stage director for Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Niña en el Mundo. She also appeared in workshops of The Other Side of Silence (Opera Saratoga) and Working for the Macbeths (American Lyric Theater), and in the Puccini & Beyond concert with Chicago Opera Theater.

Notable performances include her portrayal of Sieglinde in Die Walküre, a role she has sung with Virginia Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the San Diego Symphony; Gertrud in Hänsel und Gretel with Staatsoper Hannover, Opera Ithaca, and Union Avenue Opera, and Magda in Opera Saratoga’s critically acclaimed production of The Consul. She has also appeared as Fünfte Magd in Elektra with The Dallas Opera and performed Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Fabio Luisi.

Additional highlights include her Carnegie Hall debut in Bernstein’s Songfest under the baton of Marin Alsop, Sibelius’ Luonnotar conducted by Barbara Hannigan in Alice Tully Hall, and a recital with pianist Dror Baitel, produced by Carnegie Hall. She has also sung the title role in Anna Bolena with Baltimore Concert Opera; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Mary Johnson in Fellow Travelers with Opera Columbus, the First Lady in The Magic Flute and Nella in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Lubbock Symphony.

Meghan 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.

Meghan’s training has included past resident artist apprenticeships with International Meistersinger Akademie (Neumarkt, Germany), Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Saratoga, and Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices. Ms. Kasanders holds degrees from Simpson College, Rice University, and The Juilliard School, where she received The Richard F. Gold Career Grant.