Meghan Picerno is an American theatre actress and 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]
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| Alma mater | Manhattan School of Music |
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| Website | https://www.meghanpicerno.com/ |
Education
editMeghan Picerno studied music at Illinois Wesleyan University.[5] She later graduated from Manhattan School of Music with a M.M. in voice.[1]
Career
editPicerno began her career in the opera world. In 2012, she took part in the "I Sing Beijing" program, performing at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China),[6] and appeared on a popular China Central Television program, performing George Gershwin's It Ain't Necessarily So, along-side American Tenor Jamez McCorkle and Dutch-Canadian Tenor Lucas van Lierop.[7] In 2015, she was a quarterfinalist in Plácido Domingo's Operalia International Vocal Competition.[8] 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] She played Cunégonde at this production.[5]
Hal Prince and his team then 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.[9]
Performance credits
edit| Year(s) | Production | Role | Location | Category |
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| 2017 | Candide[10] | Cunégonde | Jazz At Lincoln Center's Rose Theater | Off-Broadway |
| Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage[11] | Performer | York Theatre Company | Off-Broadway Revival | |
| The Dreyfus Affair[12] | Lucie Dreyfus | BAM Fisher | Off-Broadway | |
| Love Never Dies[13] | Christine Daaé | US Tour | ||
| 2019-22 | The Phantom of the Opera[2][3] | Christine Daaé | Theatre at Solaire (Manila)
Marina Bay Sands Theatre (Singapore) |
World Tour |
| Majestic Theatre | Broadway |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "About". meghanpicerno. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Love Never Dies Alum Meghan Picerno to Revisit Christine Daaé on International Tour of Phantom". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "How Meghan Picerno Went from Opera to The Phantom of the Opera". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ Caroline Berg (2013-02-01). "West gets lesson in Chinese opera". The China Daily. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ Hunter, Briana (January 4, 2013). ""It Ain't Necessarily So"". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ Redazione (2015-07-16). "Plácido Domingo's OPERALIA 2015". Revista Panorámica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- ^ "Emilie Kouatchou Will Take Over as Christine Daaé in Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera". Playbill. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "New York City Opera presents Leonard Bernstein's Candide". New York City Opera. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill". yorktheatrecompany. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (2017-04-04). "Max von Essen Will Star in The Dreyfus Affair at BAM". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "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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