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Cleveland.com  

"Cleveland Pops offers smooches galore at Severance Hall Saturday" February 14, 2009, 11:29 AM

 

Deseret News ~ Edward Reichel, Music Critic

“There are few sopranos who can match Margo Watson’s range of expression and vocal talents.  She has a clear, pristine voice that is also lyrical and supple.  And with that voice, she can do it all ~ from Baroque to Gershwin ~ and she does it all magnificently.”

 

Savannah Morning News ~ Gene Downs, Music Critic

“…a dazzling beauty, Watson sparkled throughout, her radiant soprano matching her flashy gowns spangle for spangle…her voice…is the quintessence of brilliance, like a newly cut diamond: bright, glinting, crisp, and faultlessly clear.”

 

Maui News ~ Elizabeth Janes

“The brilliant voice of Margo Watson and the precise baton of LaMarchina earned bravos from the audience during the concert series opener.  Appearing in the kind of gowns befitting an opening night, Watson Watson sparkled in the eyes and ears of the audience…opening with three arias that demonstrated the soprano’s range and versatility in Let the Bright Seraphim, Ach, Ich Fuhls and Sempre Libera.”

 

 

 

Deseret News Music Critic~ Edward Reichel

“Watson’s voice is expressive and powerful, and she sings with a tremendous amount of feeling.  She sounded in Porgy and great Bess duets with baritone Bounous…especially exciting was their rendition of  Bess, You I s My Woman Now and What you Want Wid Bess. What a great team!”

                              

Salt Lake Tribune ~Nancy Melich           

“Secret Garden blossoms with sweet sounds…offered by graceful Margo Watson who’s voice and acting is stunning as the decease wife, Lily.”

                                              

The Idaho Artist ~ Beverly Todd 

 “…fulfilled the musical fantasies of a whole audience touching and moving us as individuals and all together…a rich talent, Margo Watson, a strong person with a strong presence.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Savannah Morning News ~ Doug Wyatt

“Watson, as anyone who’s seen her previous Savannah appearances will recall, combines a formidable voice with a deft sense of stage presence.  Her solos in Gilbert and Sullivan classics…were radiant while her duets…fairly exuded charm.”

 

Cleveland Plain Dealer ~ Donald Rosenberg

 “…the night was given over to cherishable fare shaped with vim, vigor and velvet with Watson, a shining lyric soprano.”

 

Hawaii Morning News ~ Liz James 

 “…the soprano sang effortlessly as though the high notes and complex musical patterns already existed and she had the delight of revealing them to the audience.”

 

Salt Lake Tribune ~ Catherine Reese 

“…Utah Symphony’s New Years Eve excursion to Vienna featured the crowd’s favorite soloist,  Salt Lake City’s Margo Watson, whose bright, sparkling voice was well-suited to such light-hearted fare as the “Laughing Song,” “Czardas,” “Voices of Spring,” and “Vila.”  Ms. Watson appeared quite at ease on stage with gestures that projected as clearly as her voice.”

 

Deseret News ~ Ivan Lincoln 

“…a very talented soloist in her own right giving a show stopping performance.”

 

The Plain Dealer-Carlo Wolff 

“...The queenly Margo Watson, her soprano impossibly pure, played the coquette well during the Cleveland Pops Orchestra concert at Severence Hall....the vocalist bring show power in concert’s best performance.”

                                               

Salt Lake Tribune ~ Catherine Reese 

“…the vocal abilities of Margo Watson enhanced the musical score…Ms. Watson demonstrated and attractive singing tone and impressive range, both dramatically and musically.  Very believable.”

 

Deseret News ~ William Goodfellow 

“Margo Watson, well up to the coloratura hilarity of “Adele’s Laughing Song” and the gypsyisms of Rosalinda’s “Klaenge der Heimat,” her bright projection was likewise well applied to a vocal version of “Voices of Spring,” it’s high notes dead on pitch, and as an encore, a quietly affecting “Vilia” from Lehar’s “The Merry Widow.”

 

The Daily Herald ~ Eric D. Snider 

“Two words sum up the reason to see “The Sound of Music”…Margo Watson.  Watson’s clear, expressive voice and enthusiastic performance as Maria almost carry the show.  Rare is the scene in which she does not add radiance and charm.”