AT A GLANCE

Praised by Opera News as “a gifted actress with a strong, appealing voice, graced by a rich lower register,” Megan Marino is a versatile musician and compelling storyteller whose work spans opera, musical theatre, contemporary music, and American vernacular styles.

The 2026–27 season includes the world premiere of A River Runs Through It (Heidi “Rawhide”) with Opera Montana, a crossover role combining country and western, musical theatre, and opera. Opera Today called her “an unbounded delight,” praising her “polished, dusky instrument” and folk-style delivery. Additional engagements include Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah) with Austin Symphony, Fiddler on the Roof (Golde) with Detroit Opera, Der Rosenkavalier (Annina) with Houston Grand Opera, and Falstaff (Meg Page) with Garsington Opera.

Recent credits include: The Sound of Music (Elsa Schraeder) with Houston Grand Opera, Eugene Onegin (Olga) with the Canadian Opera Company, La traviata (Flora) with Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman) with Utah Opera and Opera Maine, Rigoletto (Maddalena) with OperaDelaware, Lucrezia Borgia (Maffio Orsini) with Opera Baltimore, and the world premieres, and subsequent recordings, of The Dialogue of Memories (Sonia Reich) and Before It All Goes Dark (trio of roles), both with Music of Remembrance.

A regular performer with the Metropolitan Opera since her 2013 debut, Marino's Met credits include La traviata (Flora), The Magic Flute (Second Lady), Rusalka (Second Wood Sprite), Iolanta (Laura), Thaïs (Myrtale), and Boris Godunov (Feodor). She has also appeared with the Santa Fe Opera in Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino), Falstaff (Meg Page), Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), and Der Rosenkavalier (Annina); with The Atlanta Opera in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), Giulio Cesare (Sesto Pompeo), The Threepenny Carmen (title role), and Pagliacci (Beppe). Additional credits include leading and title roles in Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, and Hänsel und Gretel with multiple regional companies nationwide.

Her recordings include Weill's Road of Promise, Higdon's Cold Mountain, It's You I Like, and The Travelled Road: The Music of Evan Mack. She has appeared as a concert soloist with major orchestras and collaborates regularly with pianist John Arida and harpist Grace Browning.

Marino holds an MM in Vocal Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder and a BM in Vocal Performance with minors in piano and jazz from the University of Southern Maine. A former Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Artist and Aspen Music Festival Opera Fellow, she frequently serves on the vocal faculty of Taos Opera Institute.

Also a keyboardist, teaching artist, occasional stage director, and community arts leader, Marino is co-founding Executive Director of the Creede Musical Arts Collective in Colorado's San Luis Valley and a member of the Midnight Cricket Club, a Colorado-based bluegrass-fusion quartet.

Updated October 13, 2026

Ms. Marino is currently represented by Justin Werner of Stratagem Artists. Please direct all professional inquiries to jwerner@stratagemartists.com. More info @ stratagemartists.com