Meghan Picerno

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Meghan Picerno
Alma materManhattan School of Music
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
Websitehttps://www.meghanpicerno.com/

Meghan Picerno is an American theatre actress and coloratura soprano opera singer.[1] She is best known for her five-year history of playing the role of Christine Daaé in several productions, including the US Premiere and 1st National Tour of Love Never Dies and the world tour and Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera. [1][2][3][4]

Education and career[]

Meghan Picerno studied music at Illinois Wesleyan University[5] and later graduated from Manhattan School of Music with a M.M. in voice.[1]

Picerno began her career in the opera world. In 2015, she became a quarterfinalist in Plácido Domingo's Operalia International Vocal Competition.[6] She has also performed La fée from Massenet's Cendrillon in Montreal and the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.[1]

Picerno's first crossover into musical theatre was New York City Opera's Candide, which was directed by Hal Prince.[5] After she played Cunégonde at this production,[5] Hal Prince and his team cast Picerno as Christine Daaé in the US Premiere and First National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, the sequel to the hit and longest running stage musical The Phantom of the Opera.[1] In 2019, she reprised the role in the second world tour of The Phantom of the Opera.[2] Later in the year, she transferred to the New York production to make her Broadway debut in the role.[2] After reopening The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, Picerno played her final show as Christine Daaé on January 23, 2022, ending her five-year run as the character.[7]

Performance credits[]

Year(s) Production Role Location Category
2017 Candide[8] Cunégonde Jazz At Lincoln Center's Rose Theater Off-Broadway
Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage[9] Performer York Theatre Company Off-Broadway Revival
The Dreyfus Affair[10] Lucie Dreyfus BAM Fisher Off-Broadway
Love Never Dies[11] Christine Daaé US Tour
2019-22 The Phantom of the Opera[2][3] Christine Daaé Theatre at Solaire (Manila)

Marina Bay Sands Theatre (Singapore)

Istana Budaya (Kuala Lumpur)

Israeli Opera (Tel Aviv)

World Tour
Majestic Theatre Broadway

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "About". meghanpicerno. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. ^ a b c d "Broadway's Phantom of the Opera to Welcome Meghan Picerno, John Riddle & Bradley Dean to the Cast". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  3. ^ a b "Love Never Dies Alum Meghan Picerno to Revisit Christine Daaé on International Tour of Phantom". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  4. ^ Gans, Andrew (11 September 2019). "John Riddle and Bradley Dean Join Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera September 11". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  5. ^ a b c "How Meghan Picerno Went from Opera to The Phantom of the Opera". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  6. ^ Redazione (2015-07-16). "Plácido Domingo's OPERALIA 2015. Watch this Sunday!". Revista Panorámica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  7. ^ "Emilie Kouatchou Will Take Over as Christine Daaé in Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera". Playbill. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  8. ^ "New York City Opera presents Leonard Bernstein's Candide". New York City Opera. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  9. ^ "Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill". yorktheatrecompany. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  10. ^ Gans, Andrew (2017-04-04). "Max von Essen Will Star in The Dreyfus Affair at BAM". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  11. ^ "Opera Stars Meghan Picerno & Gardar Thor Cortes Will Lead the Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.


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