We welcome back to the Opera Project Columbus stage, American soprano Megan Santora.

American soprano Megan Santora is a versatile and dynamic performing artist. This year, Ms. Santora covered the role of Nella in Gianni Schicchi as a member of the Manetti Shrem Opera Program with Festival Napa Valley (Napa Valley, California). She also returned to Opera Project Columbus (Columbus, OH) as Miss Pinkerton in The Old Maid and the Thief and covered the role of Norina in Don Pasquale with Opera MODO (Detroit, MI).

The 2020 season began with the role of Adele in Die Fledermaus with Opera Project Columbus. Recent engagements include Anna Gomez in The Consul with Opera MODO and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Opera Project Columbus.

Ms. Santora graduated from The University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music (CCM) with an Artist Diploma in Opera in 2016. She also completed a Master of Music in Voice Performance at The University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music (CCM), a Master of Music in Opera Theatre at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. At The University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music (CCM), Ms. Santora performed the roles of Vixen Sharp Ears in The Cunning Little Vixen, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Giannetta in L'elisir d'amore, Princesse Laoula in L'etoile, and Thibault in Don Carlos. She was also the soprano soloist in Stravinsky's Les Noces and was featured in a Kurt Weill Cabaret.

In 2013, Ms. Santora was the soprano young artist with Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs, NY) and Opera Columbus (Columbus, OH). She has participated in Cincinnati Opera's Opera Fusion (Cincinnati, OH): Champion, Meet John Doe, and Shalimar the Clown. Ms. Santora also performed the role of Serpina in La Serva Padrona with the Cincinnati Chamber Opera (Cincinnati, OH). Other opera performances include Cugina in Madama Butterfly, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Miss Jessel in Turn of the Screw, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Elisetta in Il Matrimonio Segreto, Diana in A Wedding, Lola in Gallantry, Lady Macbeth in Lady Macbeth by Pasatieri, and the narrator in Sweet Betsy from Pike.