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Margo
Watson is that rare performer who easily moves
between concert and theater halls. The Salt Lake
Tribune recently reviewed, “few sopranos can match
Margo Watson’s range of expression and vocal
talent... With her clean, pristine... yet lyrical
and supple voice, she can do it all-from Baroque to
Gershwin, and she does it magnificently.”
Appearing
as the featured soloist with numerous orchestras, some of Ms. Watson’s
favorite highlights include A Salute to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Irving
Berlin Classics, A Jellicle Night-Cats in Concert, Mary Poppins-In
Concert, A Salute to Gershwin, Broadway’s Best and An Evening of Gilbert
and Sullivan. Margo Watson has also performed numerous times with
the Utah Symphony in concerts as soloist in Messiah and the music of Lerner and Lowe, Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Bernstein and classic Viennese favorites.
She enjoyed similar
success singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the National
Repertory Orchestra of Colorado; On Broadway with the
Cleveland Pops Orchestra and Toledo Symphony; Porgy and
Bess in the title role with the
American West Symphony, and the Western premier of Daniel Gawthorp’s Behold the Miracle in the Mormon Tabernacle in
Salt
Lake City .
Ms. Watson received
critical acclaim for her performance of selections from Samson, Die
Zaüberflöte, Susannah, La Traviata, Porgy and
Bess and Die Fledermaus. The
Maui
Sentinel reviewer said, “her
inspired selection of arias demonstrated the soprano’s range and
versatility... Sung effortlessly through complex high notes and musical
patterns.”
Margo
Watson’s theatrical roles include Die Zaüberflöte (Pamina);
Die Fledermaus (Adele);
The Secret Garden (Lily);
Mikado (Yum Yum); Pirates of Penzance (Mabel);
Candide (Cundegonde); Merry Widow (Anna); The King
and I (Anna); The Music Man (Marian); My Fair Lady
(Eliza); The Sound of Music (Maria); and Phantom
(Christine) The review of her most recent performance in Phantom said,
“perfectly cast as Christine, operatically trained Margo Watson, did a
magnificent job.”
Margo
Watson had a successful US
tour
and album release as the leading role in the original musical
Charly." She later toured with her sisters nationwide and
released a Christian Country album called “Three Again.” They
frequently fronted Country Music Awards’ Group of the Year, “Diamond
Rio.” She has toured internationally in Good Will Performing Groups to
India
,
Nepal
,
Philippines
,
Sri
Lanka ,
Spain
and
Europe.
Ms. Watson’s other performance
expertise includes broadcasting, where she has been the principal talent
in numerous national commercials, movies, infomercials and local
programming. Margo just released a new CD called “Always…Broadway” containing
broadway favorites with fresh arrangements by Sam Cardon, Ron Saltmarsh,
Don Hart, Jerry Williams and Dan Truman.
CDs are available through bookstores and at
HeartRise
Music's web site where samples of these songs can be heard
.