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 2018-19 European season, Valda debuted to critical acclaim as Violetta (La Traviata), Sylva Varescu (The Gypsy Princess), Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier) and Marguerite (Faust). She opened the current season to great critical acclaim as Contessa di Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro). Later this season she makes her role debut as Elisabeth de Valois (Don Carlos) and reprises her signature role of Hanna Glawari (The Merry Widow).
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Her extensive opera and concert repertoire ranges from Bach and Handel, through Mozart and Beethoven, to Bellini, Verdi, Massenet, Gounod, Strauss, Mahler, Shostakovich and contemporary composers such as Miroslav Srnka, Hans Werner Henze, Philip Glass, Michael Obst and Australians Graeme Koehne and Brett Dean. Valda has worked with the orchestras of Covent Garden, the Semperoper Dresden, Strasbourg Philharmonique, Bremer Philharmoniker, deFilharmonie Antwerp, Teatro di San Carlo Naples, Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and the Hallé, and such notable conductors as Richard Bonynge, Christian Thielemann, Charles Dutoit, Antonio Pappano, John Fiore, Fabio Luisi, Philippe Herreweghe, Marko Letonja, Marcus Bosch and Sébastien Rouland.
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In addition Valda is a keen explorer of chamber music. She has been the featured vocalist on numerous occasions in chamber music recitals with both the Sächsische Staatskapelle and the Dresdner Philharmonie. Valda was invited by pianist Piers Lane to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and performed in recital and in radio broadcasts with the renowned ensembles 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.
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Full biography in English PDF
Biographie auf deutsch PDF
Biographie en français PDF
Operatic repertoire PDF
Concert and chamber music PDF
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ENGAGEMENTS
Saarländisches Staatstheater
2020-21 Season
Leonora
Il Trovatore
Director: Tomo Sugao
Conductor: Sébastien Rouland
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Dates TBC from November.
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Josepha Vogelhuber
Im weissen Rössl
Director: Michael Schachermeier
Conductor: Justus Thoreau
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Helmwige
Die Walküre
Director: Alexandra Szemerédy and Magdolna Parditka
Conductor: Sébastien Rouland
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Additional concert performance in Versailles, France
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Michaela
Carmen
Conductor: Sébastien Rouland
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Helena
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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New National Theater Tokyo
October, 2020
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TBC
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Recordings
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 Der Rosenkavalier, StraussPhoto: Bettina Stoess / Director: Jakob Peters-Messer / Conductor: Roger Epple |  Der Rosenkavalier, StraussPhoto: Bettina Stoess / Director: Jakob Peters-Messer / Conductor: Roger Epple |  Der Rosenkavalier, StraussPhoto: Bettina Stoess / Director: Jakob Peters-Messer / Conductor: Roger Epple |
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 Der Rosenkavalier, StraussPhoto: Bettina Stoess / Director: Jakob Peters-Messer / Conductor: Roger Epple |  Faust, GounodPhoto: Andrea Kremper / Director: Vasily Barkhatov / Conductor: Sébastien Rouland |  Faust, GounodPhoto: Andrea Kremper / Director: Vasily Barkhatov / Conductor: Sébastien Rouland |
 Faust, GounodPhoto: Andrea Kremper / Director: Vasily Barkhatov / Conductor: Sébastien Rouland |  Faust, GounodPhoto: Andrea Kremper / Director: Vasily Barkhatov / Conductor: Sébastien Rouland |  Die Csárdásfürstin, KálmánPhoto: Martin Kaufhold |
 Die Csárdásfürstin, KálmánPhoto: Martin Kaufhold |  Die Csárdásfürstin, KálmánPhoto: Martin Kaufhold |  Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, VerdiDirector and Set Design: Ben Baur / Costume Designer: Uta Meenen |
 Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, VerdiDirector and Set Design: Ben Baur / Costume Designer: Uta Meenen |  Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, VerdiDirector and Set Design: Ben Baur / Costume Designer: Uta Meenen |  Violetta Valéry, La Traviata, VerdiDirector and Set Design: Ben Baur Costume Designer: Uta Meenen |
 Simplicius - SemperoperSimplicius Simplicissimus K.A. Hartmann Semperoper Dresden |  Simplicius - SemperoperSimplicius Simplicissimus K.A. Hartmann Semperoper Dresden |  Portrait by Andrew Rankin |
 Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tuttePhoto Martin Kaufhold |  Fiordiligi, Cosi fan tuttePhoto Martin Kaufhold |  Eliza Doolittle, My Fair LadyPhoto: Yaiza Davilla-Gomez |
 Eliza Doolittle, My Fair LadyPhoto: Yaiza Davilla-Gomez |  Musetta, La BohemePhoto Martin Kaufhold |  Musetta - La BohemeSaarländisches Staatstheater. Photo: Martin Kaufhold |
 Hanna Glawari, Die Lustige WitwePhoto: Stephan Walzl |  Harey, Solaris |  Harey, SolarisPhotos Martin Kaufhold |
 Mrs Naidoo, Satyagraha, Philip GlassPhoto: Stefan Walzl |  Vitellia - La Clemenza di TitoPhoto: Ilja Mess |  Theodora, HandelPinchgut Opera, Sydney Photo: Robert Catto |
 Helena, Midsummer Night's DreamHelena and Demetrius Photo: Stephan Walzl |  Donna AnnaDonna Anna, Don Giovanni |  Romilda - XerxesPhoto: Steven Carnarius |
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