La Cenerentola with Opera in the Heights:
"...what's a Cenerentola without a Cinderella? A revelation two seasons ago at OH as a feisty Hänsel in Humperdinck's Wagnerian Hänsel and Gretel, who knew Megan Berti could conquer – and triumph – in the dazzling fireworks of Rossini? She exudes that fairy dust I mentioned earlier; she glistens with it, tosses it in the air and envelops us. She holds us spellbound with flawless technique, perfect diction, absolute pitch and fearless attack. Even in her drab scullery uniform, she's an eyeful. Wearing haute couture at the ball, she's a knockout. What a diva! And I mean that in all sincerity. She knocks this role out of the park. After she meets the prince in disguise, she explodes in fiery roulades and filigree, each one more precise, each more ornamented. Her heart's aflame, and she sounds it, happy in love, ecstatic in joy. So are we, pulled warmly into her vocal embrace. This is a defining performance." -Houston Press
"...what's a Cenerentola without a Cinderella? A revelation two seasons ago at OH as a feisty Hänsel in Humperdinck's Wagnerian Hänsel and Gretel, who knew Megan Berti could conquer – and triumph – in the dazzling fireworks of Rossini? She exudes that fairy dust I mentioned earlier; she glistens with it, tosses it in the air and envelops us. She holds us spellbound with flawless technique, perfect diction, absolute pitch and fearless attack. Even in her drab scullery uniform, she's an eyeful. Wearing haute couture at the ball, she's a knockout. What a diva! And I mean that in all sincerity. She knocks this role out of the park. After she meets the prince in disguise, she explodes in fiery roulades and filigree, each one more precise, each more ornamented. Her heart's aflame, and she sounds it, happy in love, ecstatic in joy. So are we, pulled warmly into her vocal embrace. This is a defining performance." -Houston Press
Hansel und Gretel with Rec Room:
"As her errant brother, mezzo-soprano Megan Berti is pithy and pouty, her voice offering hefty tones that feel like caramel on the ears. Together [with soprano Julia Fox], their harmonies and campiness carry the day..." -Houstonia
"As her errant brother, mezzo-soprano Megan Berti is pithy and pouty, her voice offering hefty tones that feel like caramel on the ears. Together [with soprano Julia Fox], their harmonies and campiness carry the day..." -Houstonia
Hansel und Gretel with Rec Room:
"...if there's anyone who adds effulgent orchestration it's Berti, whose showstopping Witch is one of the wonders of the world. In bizarre gypsy garb and Rastafarian blue hair, with a cackle to rival Margaret Hamilton's, she races around the kitchen, slaps dough on the table, sharpens her cleaver, and cracks eggs with panache. Iron Chef is small potatoes next to her. She's the opera's most outrageous character, and Berti, like a vision out of Bosch, cooks on all burners." -Houston Press
La Cenerentola with Opera in the Heights:
"On February 13 Opera in the Heights tackled comic Rossini with an energetic and well-sung Lambert Hall staging of La Cenerentola. ...Megan Berti was sympathetic in the title role, and her warm mezzo met the coloratura demands nimbly..." -Opera
"On February 13 Opera in the Heights tackled comic Rossini with an energetic and well-sung Lambert Hall staging of La Cenerentola. ...Megan Berti was sympathetic in the title role, and her warm mezzo met the coloratura demands nimbly..." -Opera
La Cenerentola with Opera in the Ozarks:
"This is one of the operas that goes in and out of fashion because no one can handle singing them...Megan Berti is taking on the challenge - just the singer for the job.... Expect to see her on A-company stages." -Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
"This is one of the operas that goes in and out of fashion because no one can handle singing them...Megan Berti is taking on the challenge - just the singer for the job.... Expect to see her on A-company stages." -Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Hänsel und Gretel with Opera in the Heights:
"The future of opera is in mighty secure hands when the young cast is this assured. Full of charm and exceptional technique, these fine pros sail through Humperdinck's Wagnerian tessitura as if laughing." -Houston Press
"The future of opera is in mighty secure hands when the young cast is this assured. Full of charm and exceptional technique, these fine pros sail through Humperdinck's Wagnerian tessitura as if laughing." -Houston Press
Elijah with the Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra:
"Yet another pillar of Friday’s performance was mezzo-soprano Megan Berti, whose agile voice and buttery colors balanced the strings in her solos. She had the clarity and heft of Handel’s passionate Dido, combined with a svelte touch of German Lieder." -repeat performances
"Yet another pillar of Friday’s performance was mezzo-soprano Megan Berti, whose agile voice and buttery colors balanced the strings in her solos. She had the clarity and heft of Handel’s passionate Dido, combined with a svelte touch of German Lieder." -repeat performances
Missa Solemnis with Cantare con Vivo:
"The alto soloist, Megan Berti, who showed herself be a little closer to the angels all evening, extended the plea for mercy to over 25 notes." -San Francisco Classical Voice
"The alto soloist, Megan Berti, who showed herself be a little closer to the angels all evening, extended the plea for mercy to over 25 notes." -San Francisco Classical Voice