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Megan Stetson will perform the role of Hansel in Golden Gate Opera's production and outreach performances of Hansel and Gretel. She is an active performer in the bay area, both as a recitalist and opera singer. Megan’s professional operatic credits of 2008 include, Kate Pinkerton in Martinez Opera's production of Madama Butterfly and the title role in Bizet's Carmen with Bay View Music Festival in Traverse Bay, Michigan. In 2009 Megan sang the title role in Offenbach's La Belle Helene, Mercedes in Carmen, as well as Staruszka in a new English translation of Moniuszko's The Haunted Manor with Pocket Opera in San Francisco.

This past September, Megan performed the role of Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Oakland Metro Opera House with Bay Area Bach Ensemble. Other roles include Venus in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, and Ottavia in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea. Megan was a featured soloist during the Yehudi Menuhin Festival, performing the world premiere of Three Songs for Mezzo-soprano and Piano by internationally acclaimed composer and pianist, Emile Naoumoff.

An Ann Arbor, Michigan native, Megan received her B.M. from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. After a brief time exploring other creative interests, including the creation of a handmade fingerless glove business (threadsbycho-cho.com), Megan returned to school and received a M.M. in Classical Voice from San Francisco State University. In 2010, Megan will sing the role of Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Opera Non Troppo in Berkeley, as well as Flora in Pocket Opera's production of La Traviata.