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48Megan Pachecano is a captivating Jane, a light lyric soprano with immaculate diction who is incisive yet entirely sympathetic. It’s an affecting performance conjuring a virtuous woman swimming against the tide of history.
This recording of his evening-length, three-act opera uses the same forces as the semi-staged concert performance that introduced it to audiences, including strong performances from soprano Megan Pachecano as the hapless but devout Lady Jane Grey [...] the singers on this recording work to keep the diction clear.
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43Megan Pachecano was Younger Alyce, actually older Jim’s memory of her, light voiced and brilliantly optimistic...
Odyssey Opera has carved out a name for itself by offering works well off the beaten path for most companies. As part of a festival of British operas in May, Gil Rose and company offered a rare treat in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Sir John in Love. The swift and humorous opera featured fine singing and acting from Oren Gradus (Sir John Falstaff), Michael Chioldi (Ford), Samuel Levine (Fenton), and Megan Pachecano (Anne Page), performances that made this opera one of the year’s highlights. (AK)
The two lovers—Anne Page (Megan Pachecano) and Fenton (Samuel Levine) were warm, funny, and passionate by turns, soaring in elegant lyricism and preventing parental control from destroying their own plans.
Megan Pachecano is a finch fancier in ‘Vinkensport.’ The vocally noteworthy cast, members of Opera Saratoga’s Young Artist Program, are actor-singers well prepared by company’s music staff.
The cast... soprano Megan Pachecano... is in terrific voice, and offers enthusiastic, imaginative and detailed character studies...
Solid singing across the board—all the more remarkable for these singers being cast for a different score.
Soprano Megan Pachecano is Beatriz. She sings with soaring high notes that seem to caress the tree that Beatriz calls her brother. She has the simplicity of a girl and the allure of a woman, all shrouded in a gentle yet lonely soul.
Angelic harp notes, the marimba and upper register wind instruments signal Megan Pachecano's presence. She has a sweet soprano.
The night’s uniformly strong cast was headlined by Megan Pachecano as Lady Jane Grey. She’s got a lovely, silver-toned voice and her singing on Saturday was equally precise in intonation and diction. A capable actress, Pachecano drew out as much from Jane’s passive appearances in Acts 1 and 2 (where she’s largely a pawn of her conniving parents and in-laws) as one might have hoped – maybe more: hers was a character clearly uncomfortable with her circumstances, yet unable to resist the course of events.
By contrast, dizzying heights of romantic extravagance are achieved by the illicit young lovers Camille de Rosillon and Valencienne, played by tenor Scott Quinn and soprano Megan Pachecano, respectively...
What redeems the production is the marvelous voices of the cast [...] Another pleasure in the production is the performance of Megan Pachecano as Valencienne... who elevates flirting to a fine art. Her engaging, charming performance along with her lovely singing is especially impressive... She has a promising future.
Megan Pachecano, slinky and pouty as Valencienne, seemed to channel Friends’ Courtney Cox.
"The powerful control of tenor Piotr Buszewski as Camille and the soulful singing of soprano Megan Pachecano as Valencienne stand out as both capture the pain of departure or burden of marital duty."
Two slaves, Crobyle (soprano Megan Pachecano) and Myrtale (mezzo Tynan Davis) [...] with the virtuosic support of Pachecano and Davis...
Equally attractive singing came from soprano Megan Pachecano (Frasquita) [...] all of whom delivered full-bodied, powerhouse sounds.
Unfair as it is to single out a few in a cast so super... Soprano Megan Pachecano was a delightful and charming Papagena.
Credit must also be made to her hilarious group of back-up performers, a trio of nymphs played in perfect balance by Sara Ann Mitchell, Claudia Chapa, and Megan Pachecano.
Soprano Megan Pachecano was also impressive.
Soprano Megan Pachecano sang most expressively, too.
I believe that the evening’s success truly hinged on the charisma and talent of the four young lovers. As Fiordiligi and Dorabella, Megan Pachecano and Sarah Nelson Craft were excellent, believable within their roles, while remaining vocally reliable. Despite the cognitive dissonance I felt about their setting and situation, both singers were able to build fully realized characters. [...] Pachecano and Craft’s fluid, robust singing. [...] the pliant and luminous Craft and Pachecano.
As is also generally the case at LoftOpera, casting was both offbeat and deeply satisfying. Megan Pachecano as sensible sister Fiordiligi sang the difficult virtuoso music with a light, tart soprano, complementing the warmly romantic vocalism of Sarah Nelson Craft as the younger Dorabella.
Some singers handle their challenges better than others... Soprano Megan Pachecano's richness as Cinderella leaves you wanting more.
