Soprano Mary Wilson has been hailed as one of today's most exciting artists, receiving critical acclaim for a voice that is “lyrical and triumphant, a dazzling array of legato melodies and ornate coloratura” (San Francisco Chronicle). Opera News heralded her first solo recording, Mary Wilson Sings Handel, stating, “Wilson’s luminous voice contains so much charisma,” and dubbing her recording one of its “Best of the Year.”

Wilson sang the world premiere of the song cycle “Songs Old and New” written especially for her by Ned Rorem with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra. She has frequently worked with conductors including Jeffrey Thomas, Nicholas McGegan, Bernard Labadie, Martin Pearlman, Martin Haselböck, Robert Moody, Carl St. Clair, JoAnn Falletta, Michael Stern, Anton Armstrong, and Leonard Slatkin.

An exciting interpreter of Baroque repertoire, she has appeared with American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque, Musica Angelica, Boston Baroque, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Grand Rapids Bach Festival, Bach Society of St. Louis, Baltimore Handel Choir, Florida Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Colorado Bach Festival, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Casals Festival Puerto Rico, and the Carmel Bach Festival. Wilson was named an Emerging Artist by Symphony Magazine in the publication’s first-ever presentation of promising classical soloists on the rise. 

Equally at home on the opera stage, she is especially noted for her portrayals of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Susannah in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Gilda in Rigoletto. She has created leading roles in North American and world premiere performances of Dove’s Flight, Glass’s Galileo Galilei, and Petitgirard’s Joseph Merrick dit L’Elephant Man. 

In addition to her lauded soprano voice, Wilson is also an accomplished pianist. She holds performance degrees from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Memphis, and resides in Memphis, Tennessee, with her husband, son, and two dogs.