ENGAGEMENTS
recent & upcoming
2025/26 HIGHLIGHTS.
meghan enjoys a busy season debuting the role of arminda (la finta giardiniera), returning to the dallas opera in don carlo and the dallas symphony orchestra for mahler's 8th symphony, directing a contemporary work with opera saratoga, and premiering a new opera with chicago opera theater.
"That Time of Evening" Album Release Concert
with Dror Baitel, pianist
st. james lutheran church, chicago | june 29, 2025
Collaborative Works Festival Recital
collaborative arts institute of chicago | ganz hall, chicago | september 4, 2025
“That Time of Evening”
debut album | Dror Baitel, pianist | antic. 2025
OUTSTANDING... PASSIONATE AND INTEGRATED WITH THE ORCHESTRAL SOUND.
"Tenor Richard Trey Smagur, as Siegmund, and soprano Meghan Kasanders, as his twin sister/lover Sieglinde, have outstanding sequences in the first act in which their singing not only expressed their passion but became integrated with the orchestral sound in the way that is a Wagner specialty."
dc theatre scene
sieglinde | die walküre | virginia opera
PAST HIGHLIGHTS
opera:
Die Walküre | Sieglinde | Virginia Opera
Journey to Valhalla | Sieglinde in Act 1 Die Walküre | Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Die Walküre | Sieglinde (cover) | San Diego Symphony
The Consul | Magda Sorel | Opera Saratoga
Anna Bolena | Anna Bolena | Baltimore Concert Opera
Elektra | Fifth Maid | Dallas Opera
Hänsel und Gretel | Gertrud | Stattsoper Hannover
The Magic Flute | First Lady | Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Don Giovanni | Donna Anna | Opera Columbus
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concert:
Bernstein's SongFest | Carnegie Hall with Marin Alsop
Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln | Dallas Symphony with Fabio Luisi
Luonnotar | Alice Tully Hall with Barbara Hannigan
Mozart Requiem | Erie Philharmonic
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 | Lubbock Symphony Orchestra
Mendolssohn's Elijah | The Juilliard School
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awards:
Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition | First Place & Audience Choice
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions | Grand Finalist
Opera Birmingham Vocal Competition | Second Place & Audience Choice
Mildred Miller Int'l Voice Competition | First Place
