Jennifer Wilson Soprano
In 2002 American soprano, Jennifer Wilson, made her operatic stage debut as Turandot with the Connecticut Opera, and since that time has firmly established herself as one of the world’s leading dramatic sopranos.
Also a versatile concert artist, Jennifer Wilson's extensive repertoire includes R Strauss’ Four Last Songs, Beethoven's Symphony No 9 and Verdi’s Requiem alongside less frequently performed works by composers such as Durufle, Haydn, Saint-Saens and Vaughan-Williams. A recent debut with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano as Elisabeth in concert performances of Wagner’s Tannhauser, led to immediate return invitations for performances of Mahler’s Symphony No 8 and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9.
A native of Fairfax, Virginia, Jennifer Wilson is the recipient of a major grant from the Olga Forrai Foundation, as well as the 2003 Robert Lauch Memorial Grant from the Wagner Society of New York and the Liederkranz Foundation's Ethel Bleakley Daniels Award for Wagnerian Voices. She is the recipient of the Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart Emerging Singers Career Grant from the Wagner Society of Washington.
Last season brought Jennifer Wilson’s debut as Aida for Opera Australia, a house debut at the Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona in Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Sebastian Weigle, as well as Gutrune in the Los Angeles Opera’s new Ring Cycle with James Conlon. Future projects include Isolde with the Leipzig Opera, at the Hong Kong Festival and with ABAO Bilbao, Leonore/Fidelio at the Palau de les Arts, Valencia, Brunnhilde with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Turandot with the Bayerische Staatsoper, and Senta with the Wiener Staatsoper and at Tokyo’s New National Theatre.
2010/2011 Season
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