In 2002 American soprano Jennifer Wilson made her operatic stage debut as Turandot with the Connecticut Opera, and since that time has firmly established herself as one of the world’s leading dramatic sopranos.

Following on the heels of her Connecticut success, Jennifer Wilson debuted with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Helmwige Die Walküre and made her first appearance in Europe as the leading soprano in Schulhoff's Die Flammen at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. In 2003/04, Jennifer made a short-notice debut at Houston’s Grand Opera, again as Turandot, prompting The Houston Chronicle to declare her "A star in the making". Bob Wilson’s production of Die Walküre at Paris’ Théâtre du Châtelet marked her European operatic debut in 2005/06, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.

In addition to further successful productions of Turandot for the Santa Fe Opera, Opera Australia and at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall in Greece, Jennifer Wilson enjoyed a huge success with her first Brünnhilde Die Götterdämmerung at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, also performing Helmwige, Gutrune and the Third Norn in their 2005 Ring Cycles. A debut as Senta at the artist’s home house - Washington National Opera - was acclaimed by the critics with : “Jennifer Wilson registers sit-up-and-take-notice star power in her role debut as Senta.” (The Baltimore Sun).

In the 2006/07 season, Jennifer Wilson began a multi-season collaboration with Zubin Mehta, the Palau de les Arts, Valencia, and the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence as Brünnhilde in new productions of Die Walküre, Siegfried and Die Göetterdäemmerung, which culminated in her highly-acclaimed first complete Ring Cycle performances, recorded for TV broadcast and now available on DVD/Blu-Ray on the C-Major Entertainment label. The great success achieved as Brünnhilde was confirmed by extremely positive reviews on the Seen and Heard International Opera Review: “Jennifer Wilson was again an outstanding Brünnhilde, full of power and intensity […] To my mind, she could be the Brünnhilde of our times”. The 2008/09 season saw further successful house debuts at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Turandot with Nicola Luisotti), at Hamburg State Opera (Die Walküre with Simone Young) and a role debut as Isolde at the Lyric Opera of Chicago with Sir Andrew Davis.

Also a versatile concert artist, Jennifer Wilson's extensive repertoire includes Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, Beethoven's Symphony No 9 and Verdi’s Requiem alongside less frequently performed works by composers such as Durufle, Haydn, Saint-Saëns and Vaughan-Williams. A debut with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano as Elisabeth in concert performances of Wagner’s Tannhäuser led to immediate return invitations for performances of Mahler’s Symphony No 8 and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9.

The 2009/10 season brought Jennifer Wilson’s debut as Aida for Opera Australia, a house debut at the Gran Teatro del Liceu in Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Sebastian Weigle, as well as Gutrune in the Los Angeles Opera’s new Ring Cycle with James Conlon. In 2011 Jennifer Wilson sang Isolde with Leipzig Opera, at the Hong Kong Festival and with ABAO Bilbao; Leonore Fidelio at the Palau de les Arts, Valencia; Brünnhilde with the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Hamburg State Opera; and Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Projects in the 2011/12 season included Isolde at the Bilbao Opera and with the Welsh National Opera, Turandot with the Bayerische Staatsoper, Senta at Tokyo’s New National Theatre and with the Wiener Staatsoper and Tristan und Isolde in concert in Valencia.

Engagements so far in the 2012/13 season have included La Gioconda at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma under Claudio Abbado, as well as Turandot and Brünnhilde at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Projects in the immediate future include Senta with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, as well as Irene Rienzi at the Bayreuth festival. Jennifer is also engaged to sing Abigaille Nabucco with the Wiener Staatsoper, Brünnhilde in a revival of the Ring Cycle at the Palau de les Arts under Zubin Mehta, Isolde with Oper Frankfurt and Fäberin Die Frau ohne Schatten at Oper Leipzig.

A native of Fairfax, Virginia, Jennifer Wilson is the recipient of a major grant from the Olga Forrai Foundation, as well as the 2003 Robert Lauch Memorial Grant from the Wagner Society of New York and the Liederkranz Foundation's Ethel Bleakley Daniels Award for Wagnerian Voices. She is the recipient of the Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart Emerging Singers Career Grant from the Wagner Society of Washington.

February 2013