Megan Fleischmann is a soprano pursuing her bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music in the studio of Theresa Brancaccio. At Northwestern she has had the opportunity of singing Adele in Die Fledermaus, Miles in The Turn of the Screw, and Phyllis in Iolanthe. Megan was most recently seen as an Emerging Artist with the Seagle Festival, where she sang the role of Susan Twichell in the world premiere of Harmony, an opera by Robert Carl and Russell Banks. In April 2021, Megan was named a finalist and recipient of the Friends of the Opera award in Opera Grand Rapids’ Collegiate Vocal Competition. In previous years she was an Apprentice Artist at Miami Beach Classical Music Festival, where she sang Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro. Born and raised in Northern California, Megan has had the pleasure of touring the San Francisco Bay Area with Lamplighters Music Theatre in a number of their productions, most recently singing the role of Rose Maybud in Ruddigore. In February 2022 Megan sang the role of Selena in Jake Heggie’s If I Were You at Northwestern University. Megan is thrilled to join Chautauqua Opera Company for their 2022 season.