"With a voice of steely beauty and great power" (Houston Chronicle), soprano Tamara Wilson began the 2009/10 season as Alice Ford in Falstaff for her debut with Washington National Opera. "A bona fide Verdi soprano," Ms. Wilson made her Canadian Opera Company debut as Amelia Grimaldi in Simon Boccanegra and Opera Australia debut in a new production of Aida during the 2008/09 season. Other Verdi roles have included Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera at Houston Grand Opera in which she "handled the role with authority and great musicality" (Opera News) and La Marchesa del Poggio in Un Giorno di Regno with Wolf Trap Opera Company.

Ms. Wilson also returns to the Canadian Opera Company in the spring of 2010 for her role debut as Elettra in Idomeneo conducted by Harry Bicket, which will be broadcast by the CBC across Canada. She recently made her LA Opera debut as the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte with James Conlon conducting. Other Mozart heroines include Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Houston Grand Opera showing "excellent control of her considerable power as well as good coloratura and range" (Houston Chronicle) and the Countess Almaviva in Berkshire Opera's production of Le nozze di Figaro.

Also in 2009/10, she will be heard as Miss Jessel in Houston Grand Opera's production of The Turn of the Screw and will be soprano soloist for performances of Beethoven's Missa solemnis with John Nelson and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Lisbon for DVD release and with Ensemble Orchestral de Paris at Notre Dame. Future seasons will see Ms. Wilson at Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Teatro Municipal de Santiago in Chile, Oper Frankfurt, and Houston Grand Opera.

A former member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, she has previously been seen as the High Priestess in Aida, the Innkeeper's Wife in The Cunning Little Vixen, and the Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro. In June 2007, Ms. Wilson received acclaim for her performance of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with Aspen Opera Theater. Also in the 2006 - 2007 season, she made her debut with the Houston Ballet performing Stravinsky's Les Noces, as well as the role of Bubikopf in a production of Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis conducted by James Conlon. Other appearances include Rossini's Petite messe solennelle with the Choral Arts Society in Austin, Texas.

Ms. Wilson's awards include the George London Award from the George London Foundation in which she was hailed for a "striking timbre all her own" (Opera News) and a study grant from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation in 2008. Other notable awards include first place in the 2005 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers in Houston and finalist in the 2004 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, among others. In addition to her operatic and orchestral performances, Ms. Wilson is an avid lecturer of vocal technique. In April 2008, she was the Guest Master Class Lecturer for the National Pastoral Musicians in the Chicago area. Ms. Wilson received her degree at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music.