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| Harold Wilson Bass |
The young American bass Harold Wilson is quickly establishing himself on both sides of
the Atlantic. Mr. Wilson began his 2008-09 season with a return to Seattle Symphony for
the Mahler Symphony #8 before making his Minnesota Opera debut as Osmin in Die
Entführung aus dem Serail. Additional engagements last season included joining the
roster of the Metropolitan Opera for Rigoletto, singing in Salome in Toulouse and singing
Il Commendatore in Santa Fe Opera’s Don Giovanni. Engagements this season include
Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Tulsa Opera, Ramfis in Aida with Opera
Birmingham, Zuniga in Carmen with Madison Opera, and a return to Santa Fe Opera as
The Bonze in Madama Butterfly and Luther/Crespel in the new production of Les Contes d’
Hoffmann.
As a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin for five seasons he sang Arkel in Pelleas et
Melisande , Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte , Zuniga in
Carmen, The Hermit in Der Freischutz, in addition to performances of La traviata, Il
trittico, Tannhäuser, La Fanciulla del West, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Un ballo in
maschera, Tosca, Boris Godounov, Lohengrin, Idomeneo, Salome, Andrea Chenier, and
Germania. Mr. Wilson joined the Opernhaus Halle in the 2007-08 season for
performances of Pogner in Die Meistersinger, Oroveso in Norma, Sarastro in Die
Zauberflöte, Gremin in Eugene Onegin and Il Re in Ariodante. He was heard on a new
recording of Kurt Weill’s Eternal Road. He also sang Messiah with the Seattle Symphony
and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Brandenburgische Philharmonie Frankfurt.Other
European credits include his debut at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona singing in Britten’s A
Midsummer Night's Dream (available on DVD from Decca), Tannhäuser at the Staatsoper
Berlin, and in Basel, Switzerland in Aufstieg und Fall des Stadt Mahagonny .
Previous US engagements have included contracts with Opera Carolina (Nabucco and
Lucia di Lammermoor), Lyric Opera of Kansas City (Lucia di Lammermoor), Florentine
Opera (A Midsummer Night's Dream), The Metropolitan Opera (A Midsummer Night's
Dream), Palm Beach Opera (Tannhäuser), Opera Theatre of St. Louis (The Grand Duchess
of Gerolstein and Miss Havisham's Fire), Opera North (Eugene Onegin), Opera Illinois
(Rigoletto and Falstaff), and Glimmerglass Opera (Salome).
Equally comfortable on the concert stage, Mr. Wilson has been the bass soloist in
Mozart's Mass in c minor, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Handel's Messiah, and the
Requiems of both Brahms and Faure. Among the orchestras he has performed with in
concert are Indianapolis Symphony, Yakima Symphony, Deutsche Oper Orchester,
Hallesche Philharmonie, Brandenburgische Philharmonie Frankfurt, Seattle Symphony and
Staatskappelle Orchester Berlin.
He has been an award winner in numerous competitions including the Belvedere
Competition, the Singer of the Year, Florida Grand Opera, National Society of Arts &
Letters, Bel Canto Competition, Orpheus Competition, NATS, MTNA, American Berlin
Opera Foundation, and the Franz-Josef-Weissweiler-Fellowship. Mr. Wilson earned his
Masters Degree from Indiana University where he studied with renowned bass Giorgio
Tozzi.
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