Shelly the Singing Siren

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"Rambunctious, over the top and of considerable charm" Bernard Holland - NY Times
"The centerfold of opera" Carson Daly - MTV
From Lincoln center to the Lower East side, uber talented Burlesque host and singing sensation Shelly Watson is conquering all things performance. Tin Pan Alley, opera, jazz, pop, rock, cabaret and contemporary are among her musical talents with comedy, improvisation, costume/stage designing, emcee/hosting, acting, directing, producing, and voice-overs being just a few of her other artistic blessings.
After kicking ass in the band Alice I Wonder in Los Angeles and abroad in Amsterdam, she reinvented herself and received both a B.M. and M.M. degree in Opera performance from Juilliard. Shelly was the inspiration for and recipient of the first ever Inter Arts Award for her innovative and creative practice of combining the three Juilliard disciplines of Music, Dance and Drama into collaborative performances. These groundbreaking performances helped pave the way for the Jazz and Inter Arts programs in Juilliard's current curriculum.
Three years in a row the Metropolitan Opera had Shelly singing concerts commissioned by the Guild throughout the tri-state area. She also sang on the Met stage with Jaime Foxx for MTV's VMA's in 2001...wearing her own latex and Brunhilde horns of course!
Blending her love of Opera and comedy Shelly created Yo Opera Lady! for YO Networks an online web series where she roamed the streets of NY getting unsuspecting people to do improv opera. This caught the eye of a talent scout and landed her nationally syndicated radio segment currently in it's fifth season called Hip Hopera where she arranges and performs Rap and Hip Hop as Opera.
The premiere of her musical The New Bohemia; A Burlesque Murder Mystery Musical at the NY Fringe Festival thrust her onto the Burlesque and Cabaret scene in 2005. Since then she's emceed and performed for Starshine Burlesque, Viva Burlesque, Kitty Nights, Joes Pub, Slipper Room, The Cutting Room, Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction, Bowery Poetry Club, Don't tell Mama's and many more. In 2007 the songstress won the coveted Mo Pitkins Cabaret Star of the Year award. Her emcee skills make her one of the most popular hosts on the NY Burlesque Scene.
You might also recognize her from a few of the t.v. shows she's been on : MTV's The State, TRL, The Video Music Awards, ABC's Hooking up and TLC's Dinner takes all.
Aside from composing herself, Shelly enjoys putting her own twist on popular songs from string quartet versions of Iron Maiden to a hill billy, operatic versions of Depeche Mode stretching and flexing her artistic imagination for all to experience.
June 2008 debuted Shelly's "Inter Arts Variety Show" at The Zipper Factory. A new off Broadway monthly series that brings all forms of art together for a spectacular evening of music, dance, drama, visual and performance art. In addition to hosting, producing and performing for the series she also became a documentarian and made films with Darlinda Just Darlinda, Clams Casino and Little Brooklyn and Creamy Stevens of Starshine Burlesque as well as NY School of Burleque's head mistress Jo Boobs Weldon.
An all around performer, Shelly continues to take on all things artistic. Always looking for the next inspiration by keeping her eyes and ears open. She suggests you do the same...