--- title: Blog — Chorus Connection | Lola Watson description: Lola Watson, Soprano, has sung with success on both national and international stages. She made her Carnegie Hall Debut, in New York City, singing Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Her Violetta, in Verdi’s La Traviata in San Francisco, Juliette, in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette with the New Jersey State Repertory Opera, and the title role in Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe, are a few of Ms. Watson’s most successful roles. The role of Rossane in Handel's Alessandro, Ms. Watson’s European Debut, with Maestro Nowaskowski and the Sinfonia Varsovia in Warsaw, Poland, can be heard on a live recording released by the Schwann-Koch label. Ms. Watson has been heard with the Minnesota Orchestra singing the High Priestess In Aida and as the Mother in a fully staged production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel which she also performed with the Denver Symphony. She also sang with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus under Robert Shaw and for twenty years was a contracted singer with the Minnesota Chorale under Dr Kathy Romey Salzman, She is currently a staff singer with the San Diego Master Chorale and the San Diego Symphony Chorus, and a member of the La Jolla Symphony Chorus. In addition to a successful music career, Lola also celebrates a 45 year career as a nationally published, award winning interior designer, and former President of the American Association of Interior Design, Minnesota Chapter representing over 500 members. 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She made her Carnegie Hall Debut, in New York City, singing Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Her Violetta, in Verdi’s La Traviata in San Francisco, Juliette, in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette with the New Jersey State Repertory Opera, and the title role in Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe, are a few of Ms. Watson’s most successful roles. The role of Rossane in Handel's Alessandro, Ms. Watson’s European Debut, with Maestro Nowaskowski and the Sinfonia Varsovia in Warsaw, Poland, can be heard on a live recording released by the Schwann-Koch label. Ms. Watson has been heard with the Minnesota Orchestra singing the High Priestess In Aida and as the Mother in a fully staged production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel which she also performed with the Denver Symphony. She also sang with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus under Robert Shaw and for twenty years was a contracted singer with the Minnesota Chorale under Dr Kathy Romey Salzman, She is currently a staff singer with the San Diego Master Chorale and the San Diego Symphony Chorus, and a member of the La Jolla Symphony Chorus. In addition to a successful music career, Lola also celebrates a 45 year career as a nationally published, award winning interior designer, and former President of the American Association of Interior Design, Minnesota Chapter representing over 500 members. She happily lends her talents to causes that are dear to her heart; Children’s Cancer Research Fund / Dare to Dream Benefit, DIFFA /DIVA Ball and The Alzheimer’s Gala, to name just a few. 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