Following the closure of The Sound Of Music, she played Vava in Opera North's production of Paradise Moscow in spring 2009. There were performances in Leeds, Newcastle, Salford (the Lowry), Nottingham and Bregenz. In the summer, Preece reprised her role as the Mother Abbess in the UK Tour of The Sound of Music, including performances at the Wales Millennium Centre.[13]
In 2022, Preece played the role of the strict Mother Superior in the musical Sister Act with the English Theatre Frankfurt.[14]
Reception
Musical theatre
In 2009, the Western Mail said in a review of The Sound of Music that "Margaret Preece as the Mother Abbess could probably shatter the chandelier on the centre of the stage with her amazing soprano voice."[15]
In 2022, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said that Margaret Preece was one of the singers in Sister Act who would be thrilling even if they were only singing a telephone book".[14]
Opera
A 2003 review in The Spectator said Preece's turn as Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with the English Touring Opera "stands out" in "a superb ensemble effort".[16]The Independent found Preece "vocally lustrous" in the Garsington Festival production of Il mondo della luna in 2000.[17]
Stage repertoire
Varochka and Vava in Paradise Moscow (spring 2009)
Sister Sophia and Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music[5]
