Megan Marino (MM '08) wins 3rd prize in 2012 Lotte Lenya Competition
CUǸԹ Music alumnaMegan Marino (MM 2008, vocal performance)won third prize in the 2012 Lotte Lenya Competition on April 21, 2012, at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Three-time Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker, Broadway and Encores! music director Rob Berman, and Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization President and American Theater Wing Chairman of the Board Theodore S. Chapin served as judges.
Held annually by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, the Lotte Lenya Competition is an international theater singing contest that recognizes talented young singer-actors, ages 19-30, who are dramatically and musically convincing in a wide range of repertoire, and emphasizes the acting of songs within a dramatic context.
Noted for her “amber voice” and powerful stagepresence,is becoming a soughtafter performer in opera and musical theater. Shebegan her 2011-2012 season with a series of roleand house debuts at Opera Colorado as the 3rdWood Nymph in Rusalka and Tisbe in LaCenrentola, Anita in West Side Story and Hermia(cover) in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at theAspen Music Festival and most recently sang thetitle role in La Cenerentola with the BaltimoreConcert Opera. Her 2012-2013 season brings house debuts at the Virginia Opera asPitti-Sing in The Mikado, The Caramoor International Music Festival as Ciro (cover) inCiro in Babilonia, Opera Fort Collins as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Opera Coeurd’Alene as Mercédès in Carmen. Other recent highlights include: Orlofksy in DieFledermaus, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, 2nd Bridesmaid & Cherubino (cover) in Le Nozzedi Figaro, Phoebe in Yeomen of the Guard, Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia and creation ofthe role of the Greek Trio Mezzo in David Chesky’s award winning operatic satire ThePig, the Farmer and the Artist at the NYC Fringe Festival.
She is a 2 time Finalist in the Kurt Weill Foundation’s Lotte Lenya Competition, aRegional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Allied ArtsCareer Grant Winner and was a multi-year prizewinner at the Denver Lyric OperaGuild Competition. She has participated in young artist training programs withSarasota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Aspen Opera Theater, and has toured withOpera Iowa, Central City Opera and Virginia Opera.