BIOGRAPHY

Soprano Megan Weston is recognized as “a gorgeous, light lyric soprano” (OPERA, UK), “strong and persuasive” (NEW YORK TIMES), and “an interpreter of great quality” (SUD-OUEST, France).  In her 2010-2011 season, she portrayed Tuptim in The King and I with Ash Lawn Opera directed by Baayork Lee and premiered Queen Anne in Harold Farberman’s cantata A New Land.  She appeared as Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with Lyric Opera San Diego, and performed Masha in Ben Moore’s Enemies, A Love Story and the stratospheric role of the Demiurge in James Dashow’s electronic opera Archimedes with the Center for Contemporary Opera in New York City.  In concert she sang Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Peltz, performed Schubert’s rarely heard Mirjam’s Siegesgesang with ProMusica Arizona, and was showcased in a program featuring Johann Strauss' dazzling Frühlingsstimmen and arias and duets with the Cape Cod Symphony.  

Her 2011-2012 season includes the role of Anna in Arlene Sierra’s Faustine for the Opera America New Works Forum and the Center for Contemporary Opera.  She sings Messiah with Orchestra Nova San Diego and SACRA/PROFANA conducted by Jung-Ho Pak in December, and returns in February for opera concerts featuring arias and duets from La traviata and Lakmé.  She is scheduled to appear with the Buck Hill-Skytop Music Festival in Pennsylvania conducted by Peter Mark.  

Megan Weston made her Carnegie Hall debut in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and has sung Carmina Burana, Copland’s Poems of Emily Dickinson, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, the Verdi Requiem, St. Matthew Passion, Ein deutches Requiem, the Fauré Requiem, and Messiah with such orchestras as the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, the National Conductors Institute, Long Island Choral Society, and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.  She was featured in recital throughout Asia on The Classical Hour on Japan’s NHK television network.  Her solo recital at the Hyde Museum for the Sembrich Museum was named in Nippertown.com’s list of Top 10 Concerts of 2009.  

Megan Weston gained international attention for her portrayals of Lisa in La sonnambula conducted by Will Crutchfield with the Caramoor International Music Festival and Lightfoot McLendon in the joint premiere production of Carlisle Floyd’s Cold Sassy Tree with San Diego Opera.  She has sung with Utah Opera, the Caramoor Music Festival, Lyric Opera San Diego, St. Amand de Vergt Festival and Entrée des Artistes Festival (France), and Tulsa Opera in such roles as Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Norina in Don Pasquale, Despina in Così fan tutte, Amore in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Cunegonde in Candide, Lucy Lockit in Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Lapak in The Cunning Little Vixen, and Amina in La sonnambula.

Megan Weston has received major awards from several esteemed organizations including the Gerda Lissner Foundation, Lee Schaenen Foundation, Joyce Dutka Foundation, Opera Buffs Foundation, Leni Fe Bland Foundation, NATS-LA Competiton, Opera Guild of Southern California Auditions, Metropolitan Opera Western Regional Auditions, the Loren L. Zachary Competition and Pavarotti Competition.  She has participated in the Young Artist programs of San Diego Opera, Utah Opera, and the Caramoor Bel Canto Soloists.

A frequent collaborator with contemporary composers, she has worked with Carlisle Floyd, Richard Wargo, Myron Fink, Harold Farberman, James Dashow, Thea Musgrave, Henry Mollicone, Arlene Sierra, Ben Moore, and at the The Juilliard School with Conrad Cummings and student composers.  She has taught master classes for the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, La Sierra University, and Cedarcrest High School in Washington.

Megan Weston's earliest professional credits were in the television and film industry.  Her versatility as a singer and composer brought her to the attention of Disney and Viacom.  She is a member of BMI and SAG, and her songs and voice have been featured prominently in feature films, national commercials, and television shows on NBC and PBS.