As a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin for five seasons, Bass Harold Wilson sang over 30 roles with the company, including: Arkel in Pelléas et Mélisande, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Zuniga in Carmen, and the Hermit in Der Freischutz. 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.
The 2026-2027 brings exciting features at The Metropolitan Opera for the bass, including performances of the King in Aida and Ashby in a new production of La fanciulla del West. He also covers the roles of Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier, Titurel in Parsifal, and Creonte in Medea. Elsewhere in the season, he returns to the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City, Mexico for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.
Wilson began the 2025-2026 season as the bass soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Sbegymphony in his debut with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. He then returned to The Metropolitan Opera to sing the Speaker in their holiday performances of The Magic Flute and covers König Marke in Yuval Sharon’s anticipated new production of Tristan und Isolde, and Rodolfo in La Sonnambula. Elsewhere in the season, he joined Nashville Opera as Ashby/Jake Wallace in La fanciulla del West, and debuted with the North Carolina Symphony for Mozart’s Mass in C minor. During the summer, he sang Osmin in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Bard Music Festival.
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 Mass in C Minor under the baton of Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann. In addition, the bass returned to the roster of the Metropolitan Opera where he sang performances of The King in Aida, as well as the role of 1st Soldier in Salome, while also covering Ramfis in Aida and Rocco in Fidelio.
Other engagements at the Metropolitan Opera have included singing the Sprecher in Simon McBurney’s new staging of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Reinmar in Tannhäuser, Hobson in Peter Grimes, and Ramfis in a performance of Verdi's Aida. Earlier assignments include 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.
Equally in demand across North America, he made his Canadian Opera Company debut as Daland in Der fliegende Holländer, and has appeared in multiple productions with Opera Colorado as Daland in Der fliegende Holländer, Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Ashby in La fanciulla del West, Ramfis in Aida, and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte; Bard Summerscape as the central role of Sir Morosus in Strauss’ Die Schweigsame Frau, Zacharie in Meyerbeer’s Le prophète, and Duke of Norfolk in Saint-Saën's Henry VIII; Opera Delaware as the Four Villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Polonio in Amleto, and Oroe in Semiramide in a co-production with Baltimore Concert Opera; Ramfis in Aida with Dayton Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Birmingham Opera; Timur in Turandot with Dayton Opera and Hawaii Opera; the Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Opera Memphis and Portland Opera; Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Birmingham and Chautauqua Opera; Rocco in Fidelio with Sarasota Opera, where also made his role debut as Mustafa in L’italiana in Algeri; the High Priest of Baal in Nabucco with Palm Beach Opera; and his debut with the Caramoor Festival as Ernesto in Il Pirata.
He has been seen in concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra (Nathalie Stutzmann) for performances of Mozart's Requiem at both Verizon Hall and Carnegie Hall, the Seattle Symphony for Handel’s Messiah, Carnegie Hall and the Grand Junction Symphony for Verdi’s Requiem, Manhattan Concert Productions for Mozart’s Requiem, and the Greensboro Symphony and Brandenburgische Philharmonic Frankfurt for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
