Young Artist Winner of 1999
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Mary
Wilson, Soprano Young Artist Winner of 1999
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Originally from Rosemount, Minnesota, Mary Wilson received her BM in Vocal Performance with Departmental Distinction from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MInnesota. She studied voice with Dan Dressen and Sang in the world-famous St. Olaf Choir. She pursued additional study at the New England Conservatory of Music with Susan Clickner. She received her MM in Vocal Performance at Washington University in May 1999 and is a student of John Stewart.
Her opera credits include roles with Union Avenue Opera Theater, Ex Machina Baroque Opera, the Minnesota Opera, Washington University Opera, Four Days in May Opera and North Star Opera. As a soloist she has appeared with the St. Louis Symphony, the Bach Society of St. Louis, the Bach Society of Minnesota, the Kingsbury Early Music Ensemble, Master Class (a national summer church music workshop in Ohio), and the Washington University Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. Ms. Wilson was an apprentice artist with Dorian Summer Opera Theater in Decorah, Iowa, and an Artist-in-Residence with Opera Theater of St. Louis. She was also awarded the Adams Masterclass Fellowship for the Carmel Bach Festival in Carmel, California.
Ms. Wilson was recently named a National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition Competition. Part of the experience was having the honor to perform Handel and Mozart arias with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra.
Ms. Wilson has received excellent reviews:
"More will surely be heard of soprano Mary Wilson."
The New York Times,
New York, NY
"A fine young artist who gives every evidence of being on the verge of
an important career. [She] performed with style and charm. Poised
and comfortable on stage, Wilson seems to have the goods."
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
St. Louis, MO
"As [his] countess, soprano Mary Wilson sails her two lush arias out
over the audience, where they hover and fall gently as tangible blessings."
The Riverfront Times,
St. Louis, MO
Operatic Roles
| Handel | Cleopatra, Guilio Cesare |
| Hoiby | Alma, Summer & Smoke |
| Mozart |
Susanna and the Countless, Marriage of Figaro; Fiordiligi, Cosi fan Tutti; Pamina, Magic Flute |
| Offenbach | Four Ladies, Tales of Hoffman |
| Puccini | Musetta and Mimi, La Boheme |
| Verdi | Violetta, La Traviata Cilda, Rigoletto |
Orchestral
| Bach | Cantata No. 202, Wedding Cantata; Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott |
| Faure | Requiem, Pie Jesu |
| Gliere | Concerto for Coloratura: Soprano & Orchestra |
| Handel | Siliete venti |
| Mozart | Exsultate, jubilate (Motet K. 165) Exsultate, jubilate; Fuget amica dies (recit): Tu virginum corona; Alleluia |
| Puccini | La Boheme, Quando men vo, Donde lieta; Turandot, Tu che di gel, Signore ascolta; Rondine, Canzonetta de Doretta |
| Rutter | Requiem, Pie Jesu |
Recital
| Adam | O Holy NIght |
| Barber | Knoxville: Summer of 1915 |
| Bernstein | Simple Song (Mass) |
| Debussy | Quatre chansons de jeunesse |
| Dvorak | Ciganske Melodie, Op. 55, Ma Pisen Zas mi laskou zni; Aj! Kterak Trojhranec muj, A les Je Tichy Kolem Kol, Kdyz Mne Stara Matka, Struna Naladena, Siroke Rukavy, Defte Klee Jestrabu |
| Gershwin | Summertime (Porgy and Bess) |
| Gounod | Ah! Je veux vivre (Romeo and Juliette) |
| Handel | Tornami a vagheggiar, Lascia Ch 'io pianga, Da tempeste, Piangero la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare), V'adoro pupile (Giulio Cesare) |
| Mozart | Ach, ich fuhl's (Die Zauberflote0; Et incarnatus est (Grand) |
| Poulenc | Fiancailles pour rire La Dame D'Andre Dans I' Herbe Il Vole Airs, Mon Cadavre est doux, Comme un Gant, Violin, Fleurs, Chantes |
| Puccini | Quando me vo (La Boheme) |
| Rachmaninoff | Vocalise |
| Strauss | Brentano Lieder, Op. 68 Ich wollt' ein Strausslein Binde' Sausle, Liebe Myrte!; Amor! |
| Stravinsky | No word from Tom... I go to him... (The Rake's Progress) |