Soprano MARY WILSON is an unequivocal pleasure, a voice of penetrating clarity wielded expressively. Even her ornaments carry meaning.
— Cleveland Plain Dealer

REPERTOIRE

(Listed by composer)

J.S. BACH

  • Cantata No. 19

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Cantata No. 51

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Bach Society of St. Louis, Cleveland Brass at MasterClass Lakeside OH, Grand Rapids Bach Festival, MasterClass OH, Musica Angelica, Memphis Chamber Music Society, Music City Baroque, National Philharmonic, Sarasota Bach Festival

  • Cantata No. 70

    • American Bach Soloists

  • Cantata No. 79

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Cantata No. 80

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Cantata No. 147

    • American Bach Soloists

  • Cantata No. 191

    • Los Angeles Philharmonic

  • Cantata No. 202 “Wedding Cantata”

    • American Bach Soloists, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Bach Society of St. Louis, Boston Baroque, Casals Festival Puerto Rico, Musica Angelia

  • Cantata No. 204 (fully staged)

    • American Bach Soloists

  • Cantata No. 209

    • American Bach Soloists, American Bach Academy Master Recital, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Cantata No. 210

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Cantata No. 211 “Coffee Cantata”

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park (fully staged), Bach Society of St. Louis, Opera Memphis (fully staged), Orchestra Iowa

  • Cantata No. 212

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Christmas Oratorio

    • American Bach Soloists, Bach Society of St. Louis, Carmel Bach Festival, University of Memphis

  • Easter Oratorio

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Magnificat

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Bach Society of St. Louis, Boston Baroque, Casals Festival Puerto Rico, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mercury Orchestra Houston

  • Mass in b-minor

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Bach Society of St. Louis, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Masterworks Chorus Washington DC, Memphis Masterworks Chorale, Musica Angelica, Orchestra Iowa

  • St. John Passion

    • Atlanta Baroque, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Bach Society of St. Louis, Berkshire Choral Festival, Boston Baroque, Musica Angelica

  • St. Matthew Passion

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Bach Society of St. Louis, Brooklyn Academy of Music (fully staged), Mercury Orchestra Houston

C.P.E. BACH

  • Magnificat

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

BARBER

  • Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Boulder Philharmonic, Cedar Rapids Symphony, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Shreveport Symphony Orchestra

  • Prayers of Kierkegaard

    • Rhodes Master Chorale

BEETHOVEN

  • Leonore — Marzelline

    • Kansas City Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

  • Missa Solemnis

    • Berkshire Choral Festival, Colorado Symphony, Conspirare, Orchestra Iowa, Victoria Bach Festival

  • Symphony No. 9

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Berkshire Choral Festival, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Music Festival, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Crystal Cathedral, Dayton Philharmonic, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Irvine Outdoor Amphitheater, Jackson Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Masterworks Chorus Washington DC, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Mercury Orchestra Houston, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Costa Rica, New Hampshire Music Festival, Pacific Symphony, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Round Top Music Festival, Santa Fe Symphony, Savannah Philharmonic, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Traverse City Symphony, University of Southern California

BERNSTEIN

  • Candide — Cunegonde

    • Buffalo Philharmonic, Memphis Repertory Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra

  • Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish”

    • Arizona Music Fest, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra

BIZET

  • Te Deum

    • Berkshire Choral Festival

BOLCOM

  • Songs of Innocence and Experience

    • Vocal Essence MN

BRAHMS

  • Ein Deutches Requiem

    • Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Boise Philharmonic, Duke Chapel, Durham Choral Society, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Oratorio Society, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Rhodes Master Chorale, St. Olaf Choir and Orchestra, University of California Davis

BRITTEN

  • Gloriana — Penelope

    • Opera Theatre of St. Louis

  • Rejoice in the Lamb

    • Bach Society of Minnesota

CANTELOUBE

  • Songs of the Auvergne

    • Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Delaware Symphony Orchestra

CAVALLI

  • Il Giasone — Alinda

    • Ex Machina Baroque Opera

CLERAMBEAULT

  • Orphée

    • Boston Baroque, Kingsbury Early Music Ensemble

CHARPENTIER

  • Les Arts Florissants

    • American Bach Soloists

COPLAND

  • Emily Dickinson Songs

    • Ricercata Wind Quintet

DAUGHERTY

  • Labyrinth of Love

    • University of Memphis Wind Ensemble

DOVE

  • Flight (North American Premiere) — Flight Controller

    • Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis

DUBOIS

  • Seven Last Words of Christ

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

DVORAK

  • Stabat Mater

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Te Deum

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

FAURÉ

  • Requiem

    • Carnegie Hall, Grace Lutheran Church Festival MN, Webster Groves Church MO, Manhattan Concert Productions, St. Louis Symphony, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra

GJEILO

  • Dark Night of the Soul

    • Key Chorale Sarasota, Sarasota Ballet

GLASS

  • Galileo, Galilei (World Premiere) — Duchess Christina

    • Brooklyn Academy of Music, Goodman Theatre Chicago

GLUCK

  • Orfeo et Euridice — Euridice

    • Boston Baroque, NPR World of Opera

HANDEL

  • Apollo et Daphne

    • American Bach Soloists

  • Amadigi di Gaula (North American Premiere) — Oriana

    • Boston Baroque

  • Delirio amoroso

    • American Bach Soloists, Kingsbury Early Music Ensemble

  • Dixit Dominus

    • American Bach Academy Recital, American Bach Soloists, Bach Society of Minnesota, Bach Society of St. Louis, Colorado Bach Festival

  • Deutche Arien

    • American Bach Soloists, Memphis Chamber Music Society, Music City Baroque

  • Gloria

    • American Bach Soloists, Bach Society of St. Louis, Boston Baroque, Casals Festival Puerto Rico, Colorado Bach Festival, Key Chorale Sarasota, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Musica Angelica, Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra

  • La Resurrezione — Der Angel

    • American Bach Soloists, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

  • Laudate pueri

    • American Bach Soloists, Bach Society of St. Louis, Colorado Bach Festival, Key Chorale Sarasota

  • Messiah

    • American Bach Soloists, Augustana College, Bach Society of St. Louis, Bach Society of Minnesota, Calvin College Oratorio Society, Cleveland Orchestra, Colorado Baroque Ensemble, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Duke University, Duluth-Superior Symphony, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Evansville Symphony Orchestra, Handel Oratorio Society of Augustana, Idaho State Civic Symphony, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan Concert Productions, MasterWorks Chorale Belleville IL, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Orlando Messiah Festival, Pacific Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Santa Fe Symphony, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, The Handel Choir of Baltimore, University of California Davis, University Musical Society Ann Arbor, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Washington University, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra

  • Ode for St. Cecelia’s Day

    • American Bach Soloists, Colorado Music Festival, Mercury Orchestra Houston

  • Rinaldo — Armida

    • Berkshire Opera

  • Saeviat tellus inter rigores

    • American Bach Academy Recital, American Bach Soloists

  • Silete venti

    • American Bach Soloists, Boston Baroque, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Kingsbury Early Music Ensemble, Washington University

  • Tra le fiamme

    • American Bach Soloists

HAYDN

  • The Creation

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Bach Society of St. Louis, Buffalo Philharmonic, Chorus Pro Musica Boston, Key Chorale Sarasota, MasterWorks Chorale Belleville IL, Memphis Masterworks Chorale, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Symphony Orchestra

  • Lord Nelson Mass

    • Bach Society of St. Louis, Barkshire Choral Festival, Boston Baroque, Carnegie Hall, Kansas City Symphony, Key Chorale Sarasota, Manhattan Concert Productions, Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra

  • Salve Regina

    • Musica Angelica

HELLA-JOHNSON

  • Considering Matthew Shepard

    • Memphis Symphony Orchestra

HOIBY

  • Summer and Smoke — Alma

    • Washington University

HOWELLS

  • Hymnus Paradisum

    • University of California Davis

INCE

  • Jus Soli (World Premiere)

    • University of Memphis, Naxos Classical

LLOYD-WEBBER

  • Requiem

    • Mansfield Symphony Orchestra

LUTOSLAWSKI

  • Chantefleurs et Chantefables

    • Alabama Symphony Orchestra

MAGER

  • Symphony Pastorale (World Premiere)

    • Bach Society of St. Louis

MAHLER

  • Symphony No. 2

    • Memphis Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Costa Rica, Pacific Symphony, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony Orchestra

  • Symphony No. 4

    • Boulder Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic, Cedar Rapids Symphony, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, Santa Fe Symphony

  • Symphony No. 8

    • Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony

MANDONVILLE

  • Dix Motets

    • Kingsbury Early Music Ensemble

MENDELSSOHN

  • Elijah

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Cleveland Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale

  • Hear My Prayer

    • St. Olaf College, University of Memphis Chamber Choir

  • Lobgesang

    • Kansas City Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

  • Midsummer Night’s Dream

    • Blossom Festival, Cleveland Orchestra

MONTECLAIR

  • The Death of Dido

    • Kingsbury Early Music Ensemble

MONTEVERDI

  • Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

    • Boston Baroque

  • Vespers of 1610

    • Boston Baroque

MOZART

  • Concert Arias

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Eugene Symphony, Key Chorale Sarasota, Memphis Repertory Orchestra, Moravian Music Festival, Washington University, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Olaf College, Springfield Symphony Orchestra

  • Coronation Mass

    • Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Key Chorale Sarasota, MasterWorks Chorale Belleville IL

  • Cos fan tutte — Fiordiligi, Despina

    • Muddy River Opera, Union Avenue Opera

  • Die Zauberflöte — Der Königen die Nacht, Pamina

    • Boston Baroque, Dayton Opera, Washington University

  • Exsultate, jubilate

    • Bach Society of St. Louis, Berkshire Choral Festival, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Music Festival, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Symphony, IRIS Chamber Orchestra, Key Chorale Sarasota, MasterClass OH, Memphis Repertory Orchestra, North Star Choral Festival NY, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra

  • Le Nozze di Figaro — Susanna, Contessa

    • Arizona Opera, Dayton Opera, Muddy River Opera, St. Olaf College Opera, Union Avenue Opera

  • Regina Coeli

    • Colorado Music Festival, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, University of California Davis

  • Requiem

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Cedar Rapids Symphony, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Long Island Choral Festival, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic, Orchestra Iowa, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Rhodes MasterSingers TN, Rochester Philharmonic, Third Baptist Church Festival MO, Traverse City Symphony Orchestra

  • Mass in c minor

    • Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Cincinnati Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Key Chorale Sarasota, National Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra

  • Solemn Vespers

    • Colorado Music Festival, Cincinnati Symphony, North Star Choral Festival NY, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Springfield Symphony Orchestra

  • The Impresario — Madame Goldentrill

    • Opera Memphis

ORFF

  • Carmina Burana

    • Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Berkshire Choral International Festival, Boulder Philharmonic, Chorus Pro Musica Boston, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New Hampshire Music Festival, Pennsylvania Ballet (fully staged), Quad Cities Symphony, Sacramento Choral Society, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Wichita Symphony Orchestra

ORBAN

  • Mass No. 1 (World Premiere)

    • Bach Society of Minnesota

PATTERSON

  • Requiem (World Premiere)

    • Rhodes MasterChorale TN

PERGOLESI

  • Stabat Mater

    • American Bach Academy, American Bach Soloists, Florida Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Chatham Baroque, Musica Sacra de Quito Festival Ecuador, New York City Ballet

PETITGIRARD

  • Joseph Merrick dit L’Elephant Man (North American Premiere) — La Colorature

    • Minnesota Opera

POULENC

  • Gloria

    • Berkshire Choral Festival, Duke University, Carnegie Hall, Manhattan Choral Productions, New York Sinfonia and Festival Chorus, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

RAMEAU

  • Pygmalion - L’Amour

    • American Bach Soloists

  • Hippolytus and Aricia — Goddess Diana

    • Opera Theatre of St. Louis

RAVEL

  • Sheherazade

    • Delaware Symphony Orchestra

ROREM

  • Songs Old and New (World Premiere)

    • IRIS Chamber Orchestra

ROSSINI

  • Stabat Mater

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Berkshire Choral Festival, Rhodes MasterChorale TN, Virginia Symphony Orchestra

RUTTER

  • Magnificat

    • Bach Society of St. Louis, Key Chorale Sarasota, Sarasota Ballet

  • Mass of the Children

    • Bach Society of St. Louis

  • Requiem

    • Bartlett United Methodist Church TN, Germantown United Methodist Church TN, Grace Lutheran Church Festival MN, Sacramento Choral Society

SCARLATTI

  • Stabat Mater

    • Chatham Baroque, Musica Sacra de Quito Festival Ecuador

SOLER

  • Una Cosa Rara (United States Premiere) — Queen Isabella

    • Opera Theatre of St. Louis

R. STRAUSS

  • Ariadne auf Naxos — Zerbinetta

    • Tulsa Opera

  • Vier letzte Lieder

    • Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Delaware Symphony Orchestra. Memphis Symphony Orchestra

TORRAJEON

  • La Purpura dela Rosa — Flora

    • Ex Machina Baroque Opera

VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS

  • Dona Nobis Pacem

    • Canterbury Choral Society, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic

  • Mass in g minor

    • Bach Society of Minnesota, Bach Society of St. Louis

VERDI

  • Requiem

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Rhodes MasterChorale TN, Orchestra Iowa

  • Rigoletto — Gilda

    • Arizona Opera, Opera Southwest

VIVALDI

  • Gloria

    • American Bach Academy Recital, American Bach Soloists, Boston Baroque, Casals Festival Puerto Rico, Key Chorale Sarasota, Memphis Symphony Orchestra

  • In furore iustissime irae

    • American Bach Academy Master Recital, American Bach Soloists, Key Chorale Sarasota, Memphis Repertory Orchestra

  • Nulla in mundo pax sincera

    • American Bach Soloists, Boston Baroque, Kingsbury Early Music Ensemble

  • Salve Regina

    • American Bach Academy Recital, Kingsbury Early Music Ensemble

WHITACRE

  • Five Hebrew Love Songs

    • Key Chorale Sarasota, Sarasota Ballet

  • Goodnight Moon

    • Key Chorale Sarasota, Sarasota Ballet

WILBERG

  • I’ll Speak the Honors of My King

    • Bach Society of Minnesota

WILHELM-WOLFE

  • Österkantate

    • Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Moravian Music Festival, Moravian Music Foundation

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