Harold Wilson, Bass
A member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin for five seasons, bass Harold Wilson sang over 30 roles with the company including: Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Zuniga (Carmen), and the Hermit (Der Freischutz). In the United States, he has been seen in over a dozen productions at The Metropolitan Opera.
The 2025-2026 season begins in Mexico City with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. He then returns to The Met to sing the Speaker in The Magic Flute and covers König Marke in Yuval Sharon’s Tristan und Isolde, and Rodolfo in La Sonnambula. He joins Nashville Opera as Ashby/Jake Wallace (La fanciulla del West), and debuts with North Carolina Symphony for Mozart’s Mass in C minor.
Mr. Wilson made a number of debuts and returns during the 2024-2025 season. At The Met, he sang performances of the King (Aida); 1st Soldier (Salome); while also covering Ramfis (Aida) and Rocco (Fidelio). He made a house and role debut at San Diego Opera as Colline (La bohème), and an orchestral debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. In 2023-2024, he returned to The Met roster as Reinmar (Tannhäuser) and in Nabucco and Turandot. He appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra (Nathalie Stutzmann) for Mozart’s Requiem at both Verizon Hall and Carnegie Hall. Other engagements at the Metropolitan Opera include: the Sprecher (Simon McBurney’s new staging of Die Zauberflöte); Hobson (Peter Grimes), and Ramfis in a performance of Verdi’s Aida. In addition, his assignments extended to Tosca, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Armida, The Rake’s Progress, Roméo et Juliette, Boris Godunov, Don Carlos, Les Troyens, Turandot, Macbeth, Der fliegende Holländer, The Fiery Angel, Die Zauberflöte, Nabucco, Iolanta, and Das Rheingold.
Across North America, he made his Canadian Opera Company debut as Daland (Der fliegende Holländer). With Opera Colorado, Daland (Der fliegende Holländer), Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Ashby (La fanciulla del West), Ramfis (Aida), and Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte); Ramfis (Aida) with Dayton Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Birmingham Opera; Timur (Turandot) with Dayton Opera and Hawaii Opera; the Commendatore (Don Giovanni) with Opera Memphis and Portland Opera; Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) with Opera Birmingham and Chautauqua Opera; Rocco (Fidelio) and Mustafa (L’italiana in Algeri) with Sarasota Opera; the High Priest of Baal (Nabucco) with Palm Beach Opera; and with the Caramoor Festival, Ernesto (Il Pirata).