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VALDA WILSON

Soprano

'An exceptionally beautiful, straight-to-the-heart voice'

Ingrid Gerk, Der Neue Merker

Biography
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BIOGRAPHY

"Whatever she sings is

imbued with a palette of fresh colour

and her deliveries exude a penetrating insight,

which makes her riveting to listen to."

~ Gillian Wills

Valda Wilson is one of the most versatile, exciting and musically curious sopranos of her generation. In the past five European seasons, Valda debuted to critical acclaim as Violetta (La traviata), Elisabeth de Valois (Don Carlos), Leonora (Il trovatore), Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Marguerite (Faust), Musetta (La bohème), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte),Vitellia (La clemenza di Tito), Euridice (Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice), Alcina (Alcina), Sylva Varescu (The Gypsy Princess),  Josepha Vogelhuber (Im weissen Rössl) and Eliza Doolittle (My Fair Lady). She thrilled and delighted audiences as Contessa di Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) and reprised her signature role of Hanna Glawari (Die lustige Witwe).

In the 2022-23 season, Valda will reprise the role of Violetta (La Traviata) and debut as Micaëla (Carmen), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) and in the title role of the world premiere of Sarah Nemtsov’s Ophelia at the Saarländisches Staatstheater. She will sing Wellgunde (Das Rheingold) at Opéra Royal, Versailles in addition to performing ‘Ah! perfido’ in a series of Beethoven concerts with Bremer Philharmoniker under John Nelson.


Her extensive opera and concert repertoire ranges from Bach and Handel, through Mozart and Beethoven, to Bellini, Verdi, Gounod,  Massenet, Mahler, Strauss, Schreker, Hindemith, Shostakovich, Hans Werner Henze and contemporary composers such as Miroslav Srnka, Philip Glass, Michael Obst and Australians Graeme Koehne, Paul Stanhope and Brett Dean.  Valda has worked with the orchestras of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Semperoper Dresden, Teatro di San Carlo Naples, Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen, New National Theatre Tokyo, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Strasbourg Philharmonique, Bremer Philharmoniker,  deFilharmonie Antwerp, and the Hallé, and such notable conductors as Richard Bonynge, Sir Antonio Pappano, Christian Thielemann, Charles Dutoit, John Fiore, Fabio Luisi, Philippe Herreweghe, Theodor Guschlbauer, Marko Letonja, Marcus Bosch, Thomas Søndergård, Suzuki Masato and Sébastien Rouland.

Valda is a keen explorer of chamber music. She has been the featured vocalist on many occasions in chamber music recitals with both the Sächsische Staatskapelle and the Dresdner Philharmonie.  She is an audience favourite at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and has performed in recital and in radio broadcasts with such renowned ensembles as the Auryn Quartet, the Goldner Quartet, Tinalley Quartet, Orava Quartet, Freies Ensemble Dresden, Ensemble Mediterrain and Ensemble Liaison in Germany and Australia. Valda is featured on numerous CD recordings and in Ralf Pleger’s four part TV documentary Sängerkrieg auf hoher See about the prestigious Stella Maris International Singing Competition, which she won.

Full biography in English  PDF

Please email for biography in German/French.

Operatic repertoire PDF

Concert and chamber music PDF

REPERTOIRE
Engagements

ENGAGEMENTS

2023-2024 Season

Suor Angelica

Il Trittico - Puccini

Saarländisches Staatstheater

 

7th, 15th, 17th 21st, 27th, 31st October

 5th, 11th, 15th November

29th December

26th January

Helmwiege

Die Walküre - Wagner

Saarländisches Staatstheater

 

11th, 25th February

9th, 17th, 29th March

7th April

11th May

29th June

Agnes Sorel

The Maid of Orleans - Tchaikovsky

Saarländisches Staatstheater

 

13th, 16th, 19th, 25th, 27th April

3rd, 5th May

14th June

CONCERTS

2023-24 Season

Vier Letzte Lieder
Richard Strauss

&

Mahler 4th Symphony

Gabriel Venzago

Southwest German Philharmonic

8th, 10th & 13th December

New Years Concert

An American In Paris

Stefan Neubert

Saarländisches Staatsorchester

1st & 5th January

Music Soundcloud

'Ah, son dannata!' - Suicide scene of Suor Angelica - Puccini

Aufbruch der Jugend - Hindemith

'Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding'
Der Rosenkavalier - Strauss

Excerpt from Träume
Wesendonck Lieder  - Wagner

'Fond, flatt'ring world... adieu'

Theodora - Handel

'Dove sono i bei momenti'

Le nozze di Figaro - Mozart

Excerpt from Euridice's aria -  Gluck

'And once I played Ophelia' - Brett Dean

'To thee, thou glorious son of worth'

Duet with countertenor Christopher Lowrey

Theodora - Handel

Recordings

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CDs
Gallery

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Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss

Photo: Bettina Stoess / Director: Jakob Peters-Messer / Conductor: Roger Epple

Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss

Photo: Bettina Stoess / Director: Jakob Peters-Messer / Conductor: Roger Epple

Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss

Photo: Bettina Stoess / Director: Jakob Peters-Messer / Conductor: Roger Epple

Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss

Photo: Bettina Stoess / Director: Jakob Peters-Messer / Conductor: Roger Epple

Hanna Glawari - Die Lustige Witwe

Hanna Glawari - Die Lustige Witwe

Staging: Aron Stiehl Photo - Martin Kaufhold

Faust, Gounod

Faust, Gounod

Photo: Andrea Kremper / Director: Vasily Barkhatov / Conductor: Sébastien Rouland

Faust, Gounod

Faust, Gounod

Photo: Andrea Kremper / Director: Vasily Barkhatov / Conductor: Sébastien Rouland

Faust, Gounod

Faust, Gounod

Photo: Andrea Kremper / Director: Vasily Barkhatov / Conductor: Sébastien Rouland

Faust, Gounod

Faust, Gounod

Photo: Andrea Kremper / Director: Vasily Barkhatov / Conductor: Sébastien Rouland

Die Csárdásfürstin, Kálmán

Die Csárdásfürstin, Kálmán

Photo: Martin Kaufhold

Die Csárdásfürstin, Kálmán

Die Csárdásfürstin, Kálmán

Photo: Martin Kaufhold

Die Csárdásfürstin, Kálmán

Die Csárdásfürstin, Kálmán

Photo: Martin Kaufhold

Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, Verdi

Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, Verdi

Director and Set Design: Ben Baur / Costume Designer: Uta Meenen

Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, Verdi

Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, Verdi

Director and Set Design: Ben Baur / Costume Designer: Uta Meenen

Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, Verdi

Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, Verdi

Director and Set Design: Ben Baur / Costume Designer: Uta Meenen

Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, Verdi

Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, Verdi

Director and Set Design: Ben Baur Costume Designer: Uta Meenen

Simplicius - Semperoper

Simplicius - Semperoper

Simplicius Simplicissimus K.A. Hartmann Semperoper Dresden

Simplicius - Semperoper

Simplicius - Semperoper

Simplicius Simplicissimus K.A. Hartmann Semperoper Dresden

Portrait by Andrew Rankin

Portrait by Andrew Rankin

Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte

Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte

Photo Martin Kaufhold

Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte

Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tutte

Photo Martin Kaufhold

Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady

Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady

Photo: Yaiza Davilla-Gomez

Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady

Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady

Photo: Yaiza Davilla-Gomez

Musetta, La Boheme

Musetta, La Boheme

Photo Martin Kaufhold

Musetta - La Boheme

Musetta - La Boheme

Saarländisches Staatstheater. Photo: Martin Kaufhold

Hanna Glawari, Die Lustige Witwe

Hanna Glawari, Die Lustige Witwe

Photo: Stephan Walzl

Harey, Solaris

Harey, Solaris

Harey, Solaris

Harey, Solaris

Photos Martin Kaufhold

Mrs Naidoo, Satyagraha, Philip Glass

Mrs Naidoo, Satyagraha, Philip Glass

Photo: Stefan Walzl

Vitellia - La Clemenza di Tito

Vitellia - La Clemenza di Tito

Photo: Ilja Mess

Theodora, Handel

Theodora, Handel

Pinchgut Opera, Sydney Photo: Robert Catto

Helena, Midsummer Night's Dream

Helena, Midsummer Night's Dream

Helena and Demetrius Photo: Stephan Walzl

Donna Anna

Donna Anna

Donna Anna, Don Giovanni

Romilda - Xerxes

Romilda - Xerxes

Photo: Steven Carnarius

Contact

contact

Daniel Wolfsbauer


tel.: +43/699/19138496 
skype: d.wolfsbauer
e-mail: info@wolfsbauer-artists.com
website: www.wolfsbauer-artists.com

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Stretta Artists


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Portrait photography by Luis Zeno Kuhn.

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