Megan Gillis

Soprano

Megan continues to expand her passion for the performing arts onstage as well as off and her music making has brought her around the world and across many genres. Megan graduated from the University of Georgia ('13) and Manhattan School of Music ('15) with degrees in Vocal Performance and has performed roles such as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Gertrude Stein in The Mother of Us All. Megan made her international debut in 2012 at the Gottisher Saal in Salzburg, Austria performing Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. She also travels and collaborates frequently with The Masterson Ensemble, a musical group comprised of herself, baritone Thaddaeus Bourn and pianist Sarah Masterson. She can be found performing with The St. Bartholomew’s Choir, The Choir of First Presbyterian Church of New York, Apartment Sessions, HouseofYES, and occasionally at Rockwood Music Hall.

Opera

ROLES AND *SCENES

*Arabella in Arabella (Strauss)

Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte (Mozart)

Rose in Lakme (Delibes)

Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Mozart)

Mother in Hansel unt Gretel (Humperdinck)

*Agnès in Written on Skin (Benjamin)

First Lady/Erste Dame in The Magic Flute/Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)

Gertrude Stein in The Mother of Us All (Thompson)

Francesca in Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninov)

*Rusalka in Rusalka (Dvorak)

Voice of the Mother in Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach)

Countess in Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

*Laetitia in The Maid and the Thief (Menotti)

*Beth in Little Women (Adams)

Suor Osmina in Suor Angelica (Puccini)

Concert and Recital Work

The Gauntlet - National Sawdust

R. Strauss: Vier Letze Lieder - The Masterson Ensemble

D. Thomas: Interpersonal Warmth (World Premier) - HouseofYES

Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915

G.F. Handel - Messiah - St. Barts Singers

Brahams: Ein deutsches Requiem - Choir of First Presbyterian Church of New York

“Ms. Gillis gave us a Susannah from the eponymous Carlisle Floyd opera singing "Ain't It a Pretty Night" with such good English diction that we caught every word.”

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Upcoming Engagements:

The Masterson Ensemble - Spring Concert Tour (March - April 2024)