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Meghan Picerno is an American theatre actress and coloratura soprano opera 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]

Meghan Picerno
Alma mater	Manhattan School of Music
Occupation	Singer actress
Website	https://www.meghanpicerno.com/

Education

Meghan Picerno studied music at Illinois Wesleyan University.[5] She later graduated from Manhattan School of Music with a M.M. in voice.[1]

Career

Picerno began her career in the opera world. In 2015, she was a quarterfinalist in Plácido Domingo's Operalia International Vocal Competition.[6] 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.[7]

Performance credits

Year(s)	Production	Role	Location	Category
2017	Candide[8]	Cunégonde	Jazz At Lincoln Center's Rose Theater	Off-Broadway
	Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill: A Musical Voyage[9]	Performer	York Theatre Company	Off-Broadway Revival
	The Dreyfus Affair[10]	Lucie Dreyfus	BAM Fisher	Off-Broadway
	Love Never Dies[11]	Christine Daaé		US Tour
2019-22	The Phantom of the Opera[2][3]	Christine Daaé	Theatre at Solaire (Manila) Marina Bay Sands Theatre (Singapore) Istana Budaya (Kuala Lumpur) Israeli Opera (Tel Aviv)	World Tour
			Majestic Theatre	Broadway

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