
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
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Operatic repertoire PDF
Concert and chamber music PDF
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
8th, 10th & 13th December
New Years Concert
An American In Paris
Stefan Neubert
Saarländisches Staatsorchester
1st & 5th January
'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
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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 | ![]() Hanna Glawari - Die Lustige WitweStaging: Aron Stiehl Photo - Martin Kaufhold | ![]() 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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