Internationally acclaimed bass Harold Wilson has enjoyed a successful career on both sides of the Atlantic. As a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin for five seasons, he sang over 30 roles including Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Roucher in Andrea Chenier, and Monterone in Rigoletto. He has also performed at the Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro Liceo Barcelona, Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Theater Basel, Oper Halle, and Oper Dortmund. In the United States he can often be seen on the stage of The Metropolitan Opera, where he has been part of over a dozen productions and sung over 50 performances.
Mr. Wilson begins this season as Osmin in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Bard Music Festival and then travels to Mexico City for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. For the remainder of the season, he will be at The Metropolitan Opera, where he will sing Ashby in a new production of La fanciulla del West and the King in Aida and cover major roles in Medea, Der Rosenkavalier and Parsifal.
Mr. Wilson began the 2025-2026 season as the bass soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City. At The Metropolitan Opera he sang the Speaker in their holiday performances of The Magic Flute and covered König Marke in Yuval Sharon’s anticipated new production of Tristan und Isolde and Rodolfo in La Sonnambula. He also joined Nashville Opera as Ashby/Jake Wallace in La fanciulla del West, and made his debut with the North Carolina Symphony for Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor.
Mr. Wilson made a number of debuts and returns during the 2024-2025 season. He began with his house and role debut as Colline in San Diego Opera’s production of La bohème, before making his orchestral debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor under the baton of Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann. In addition, he returned to the roster of the Metropolitan Opera, where he sang The King in Aida and 1st Soldier in Salome, and covered Ramfis in Aida and Rocco in Fidelio.
In the summers, Mr. Wilson has been a frequent performer at Bard Summerscape, triumphing in the central role of Sir Morosus in Richard Strauss' Die Schweigsame Frau in 2022, as Le Duc de Norfolk in Camille Saint-Saëns' Henry VIII in 2023, and as Zacharie in Meyerbeer's Le Prophète in 2024.
Mr. Wilson has also performed with Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Colorado, Opera Philadelphia, Santa Fe Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Caramoor Festival, Portland Opera, Dayton Opera, Tulsa Opera, Birmingham Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Opera Memphis, Sarasota Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Opera Delaware.
Harold recently joined the Voice Faculty at The Mannes School of Music.
Mr. Wilson begins this season as Osmin in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Bard Music Festival and then travels to Mexico City for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. For the remainder of the season, he will be at The Metropolitan Opera, where he will sing Ashby in a new production of La fanciulla del West and the King in Aida and cover major roles in Medea, Der Rosenkavalier and Parsifal.
Mr. Wilson began the 2025-2026 season as the bass soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City. At The Metropolitan Opera he sang the Speaker in their holiday performances of The Magic Flute and covered König Marke in Yuval Sharon’s anticipated new production of Tristan und Isolde and Rodolfo in La Sonnambula. He also joined Nashville Opera as Ashby/Jake Wallace in La fanciulla del West, and made his debut with the North Carolina Symphony for Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor.
Mr. Wilson made a number of debuts and returns during the 2024-2025 season. He began with his house and role debut as Colline in San Diego Opera’s production of La bohème, before making his orchestral debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor under the baton of Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann. In addition, he returned to the roster of the Metropolitan Opera, where he sang The King in Aida and 1st Soldier in Salome, and covered Ramfis in Aida and Rocco in Fidelio.
In the summers, Mr. Wilson has been a frequent performer at Bard Summerscape, triumphing in the central role of Sir Morosus in Richard Strauss' Die Schweigsame Frau in 2022, as Le Duc de Norfolk in Camille Saint-Saëns' Henry VIII in 2023, and as Zacharie in Meyerbeer's Le Prophète in 2024.
Mr. Wilson has also performed with Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Colorado, Opera Philadelphia, Santa Fe Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Caramoor Festival, Portland Opera, Dayton Opera, Tulsa Opera, Birmingham Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Opera Memphis, Sarasota Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and Opera Delaware.
Harold recently joined the Voice Faculty at The Mannes School of Music.
