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| Harold Wilson Bass |
North American Bass, Harold Wilson is quickly establishing himself on both sides of the
Atlantic. He has spent the last few seasons as a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
While there he has sung such roles as Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Arkel in Pelleas
et Melisande, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Biterolf in Tannhäuser and Roucher in Andrea
Chenier. His other European credits include: Aufstieg und Fall des Stadt Mahagonny in
Basel, Switzerland, Tannhäuser at the Staatsoper Berlin, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona (available on DVD from Decca). In the USA he has sung
with Palm Beach Opera, Florentine Opera, Opera Carolina, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and
covered at the Metropolitan Opera. Already in his young career, he has shared the stage
with such stars as Luciano Pavarotti, Salvatore Licitra, Neil Shicoff, Jose Cura, Maria
Guleghina, Angela Gheorghiu, Sumi Jo, Violetta Urmana, Juan Pons, Franz Grundheber,
and Ruggiero Raimondi. Harold received his Master’s Degree from the Indiana School of
Music where he had the honor to study with the great bass, Giorgio Tozzi. Next season
Mr. Wilson will sing Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Oroveso in Norma, Pogner in Die
Meistersinger, and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte in Halle, Germany. He can be heard in
concert next season singing Handel’s Messiah with the Seattle Symphony and Beethoven’s
9th Symphony with the Brandenburgische Philharmonie Frankfurt.
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