She was heard at Oper Frankfurt for her first performances as the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Sebastian Weigle which was just released by Oehms Classics. She made her Italian debut with Riccardo Chailly and Teatro alla Scala Orchestra in Verdi’s Messa da requiem with performances in Pavia, Paris, and Hamburg and inaugurated the new opera house in Kyoto, Japan with Seiji Ozawa as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus. Wilson made her acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut in Aida and London debut in Calixto Bieto’s new production of La forza del destino at the English National Opera, for which she received an Olivier Award nomination.

In the summer of 2019, she will sing the title role of Aida in the famous Franco Zeffirelli production at Arena di Verona. 8 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. 9 with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Welser-Möst, and her debut in Mahler’s Symphony No. Her concert performances will hear her in Bruckner’s Te Deum with the La Scala Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi, Beethoven’s Symphony No. Wilson makes her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Leonora in Il trovatore, returns to the Canadian Opera Company as Verdi’s Desdemona in Otello, and returns to the Zurich Opera to sing Chrysothemis in Elektra.

In the 2018-2019 season, Tamara Wilson will return to the Metropolitan Opera to sing the title role in Aida conducted by Nicola Luisotti and makes her mainstage debut at Teatro alla Scala in a new production as the Prima Donna/Ariadne inAriadne auf Naxos conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, a role she will first sing with him conducting the Cleveland Orchestra as well. She is the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Richard Tucker Award from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation and Olivier Award nominee. With a voice that is a “veritable force of nature” (Chicago Tribune), American soprano Tamara Wilson is quickly gaining international recognition for her interpretations of Verdi, Mozart, Strauss and Wagner.

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