Praised for her “soaring, diamantine high notes” (Opera News) and “blood-curdling virtuosity” (San Francisco Enquirer), Canadian soprano Megan Chartrand feels equally at home singing early music, art song, chamber music and concert repertoire.

Her present season features solos in Mozart’s Requiem with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale; Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at the Staunton Music Festival; Britten’s Missa Brevis with the Yale Choral Artists; and Vivaldi’s Gloria with Seraphic Fire, among others. Highlights of previous seasons include singing Dalila in Handel’s Samson with the American Classical Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall; Bach’s Mass in B minor, Cantata 198 and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung with conductor Masaaki Suzuki; the title role in Handel’s Esther at the ABS Academy; Handel and Mozart arias with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; and Handel’s Crudel Tiranno Amor with The Alberta Baroque Ensemble.

Megan graduated with a Masters of Music specializing in early music, oratorio and chamber ensemble singing from the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music studying with James Taylor. She also holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Alberta where she studied with Jolaine Kerley.