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

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Operatic repertoire PDF

Concert and chamber music PDF

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