ABOUT

Raised in Nashville, TN American mezzo-soprano Margaret Fox is known for her expressive singing, captivating stage presence and distinctive color of voice. Ms. Fox made her operatic debut with the Florentine Opera in 2009 as the Third Spirit in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Other major operatic roles have included the title role of Handel’s Ariodante, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Meg March in Little Women (at the opera’s European Premiere), Despina in Cosi fan Tutte, Pitti Sing in Mikado, the title role in Iolanthe, and Dinah in Trouble and Tahiti.
Margaret has been making a name for herself as a recurrent young artist in concert as well; and particularly in Baroque and Classical repertoire. In 2013 she was the single recipient of the Sigma Alpha Iota Career Performance Grant. She recently sang with Haymarket Opera in Chicago. She has been a student of the American Bach Soloists Academy in San Francisco where she prepared and sang the role of Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Céphise in Rameau’s Pygmalion and performed as a soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Her solo repertoire has included Händel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and Mozart’s Mass in C minor, Requiem and Vespers. Audiences have heard Margaret as a featured soloist with the Madison Bach Musicians, American Bach Soloists, Canterbury Singers, Cor Cantiamo, Beloit-Janesville Symphony, U.W. Madison Choral Union, and OshKosh Chamber Singers; and has also sung as a professional member with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Grant Park Chorus and currently with the St.Charles Singers.
A recipient of numerous awards, Ms. Fox recently received the 3rd place award and Audience Favorite title at the 2015 Handel Aria Competition (Madison Early Music Festival). She has been encouraged by the Elgin Opera Competition (3rd place), Oratorio Society of New York Competition (Semi-Finalist), Lotte Lehman Foundation (Cyber-Sing Competition Audience Favorite Finalist), Randall Welty Career Advancement Award, and a Teaching Assistantship at UW-Madison. Most recently, Margaret is proud to be part of the Grammy wins of Florentine Opera's recording of Aldridge's Elmer Gantry from the Naxos label, on which she is featured as the singing Tour Guide and Psaltery player.
Ms. Fox holds a B.M. and M.M. in vocal performance from Illinois Wesleyan University and The University of Wisconsin Madison respectively. She has participated in the American Bach Soloists Academy, Opera for the Young, Aspen Opera Theater Center, Intermezzo Young Artist Program, and Tyrolean Opera Program. She was the 2014 Kaneland Arts Initiative Artist in Residence and lives outside of Chicago.
Margaret has been making a name for herself as a recurrent young artist in concert as well; and particularly in Baroque and Classical repertoire. In 2013 she was the single recipient of the Sigma Alpha Iota Career Performance Grant. She recently sang with Haymarket Opera in Chicago. She has been a student of the American Bach Soloists Academy in San Francisco where she prepared and sang the role of Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Céphise in Rameau’s Pygmalion and performed as a soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Her solo repertoire has included Händel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and Mozart’s Mass in C minor, Requiem and Vespers. Audiences have heard Margaret as a featured soloist with the Madison Bach Musicians, American Bach Soloists, Canterbury Singers, Cor Cantiamo, Beloit-Janesville Symphony, U.W. Madison Choral Union, and OshKosh Chamber Singers; and has also sung as a professional member with the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Grant Park Chorus and currently with the St.Charles Singers.
A recipient of numerous awards, Ms. Fox recently received the 3rd place award and Audience Favorite title at the 2015 Handel Aria Competition (Madison Early Music Festival). She has been encouraged by the Elgin Opera Competition (3rd place), Oratorio Society of New York Competition (Semi-Finalist), Lotte Lehman Foundation (Cyber-Sing Competition Audience Favorite Finalist), Randall Welty Career Advancement Award, and a Teaching Assistantship at UW-Madison. Most recently, Margaret is proud to be part of the Grammy wins of Florentine Opera's recording of Aldridge's Elmer Gantry from the Naxos label, on which she is featured as the singing Tour Guide and Psaltery player.
Ms. Fox holds a B.M. and M.M. in vocal performance from Illinois Wesleyan University and The University of Wisconsin Madison respectively. She has participated in the American Bach Soloists Academy, Opera for the Young, Aspen Opera Theater Center, Intermezzo Young Artist Program, and Tyrolean Opera Program. She was the 2014 Kaneland Arts Initiative Artist in Residence and lives outside of Chicago.