Margaret “Margo” Meierhenry, soprano, is a native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Recently she has had the pleasure of working with Opera Festival of Chicago in their 2025 and 2026 seasons, where she has served as cover for two leading women: Nedda in Pagliacci (2025) and the title role in Adriana Lecouvreur (2026). She also served as an Apprentice Artist with Sarasota Opera in winter 2025, where she made her professional debut performing Una Donna in Le Nozze di Figaro and sang in the chorus of their other shows that season. In the 2026–2027 season, Meierhenry will join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a supplemental chorister. She is a recent graduate of DePaul University’s vocal performance master’s program and holds a Bachelor of Musical Arts from the University of South Dakota (2023).

Some of Meierhenry’s favorite roles include Blanche in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Festival of International Opera in Urbania, Italy; Eliza in Nico Muhly’s Dark Sisters with DePaul Opera Theatre; Angelica in Puccini’s Suor Angelica; and the title role in Handel’s Alcina, both with the University of South Dakota.

Recent accolades include being the 2025 winner of both the North Shore Musicians Club Competition and the Casa Italia Scholarship Competition; a 2022 Latin Grammy nomination for her solo in El Río de Agua; and recognition with multiple American Prize awards in opera performance (2021–2024).