Stanley Wilson, tenor, has a background in both classical music and musical theatre. He has a Master of Music from The Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA in Opera Performance and is currently studying with Douglas Kevin Wilson.
Some of his opera credits include Gastone in La Traviata, Laurie in Mark Adamo’s Little Woman, Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos, El Rememdado in Carmen with Commonwealth Opera, Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro, Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, Tinca in Il Tabarro and Gherardo in Gianni Schicchi
He has traveled to the Jarvis Conservatory in Napa, CA to be involved in their production of Dona Francisquita , a Spanish Zaruela. Stanley has sung with the Bel Canto Music Festival of New Hampshire for their in school production of The Magic Flute singing the role of Tamino.
He has worked with John Davies and the New England Opera Theatre in performances of The Three Little Pigs, a children’s opera based on the story of the Three Little Pigs set to the music of selected scenes from operas by Mozart.
Stanley’s concert work includes performances of the Bach Christmas Oratorio, CPE Bach Magnificat, Handel Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Mozart Requiem, Mozart Great Mass in c minor and Coronation Mass, Elijah, Haydn Mass in the Time of War, Vivaldi Dixit Dominus, Beethoven Choral Fantasy, the premier of Gwenyth Walkers’ Come Life, Shaker Life, Bach St. John Passion, Schubert Mass in B and Puccini Messa di Gloria.
He has sung with the Boston Classical Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony, the Salisbury Singers and Arcadia Orchestra, the Arlington Philharmonic, the Concord Chorus and Orchestra, the Manchester Chorale and Orchestra, the Master Singers of Worcester, the Oratorio Choir of New Haven and the Concert Singers of Greater Lynn.
Stanley recently completed Intermezzo, a month long opera festival with Maestro Steven Osgood, where he sang the roles of Laurie in Little Women and Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos.
He participated in Solfest, a month long festival for children and adults, which is sponsored by the Key West Symphony Orchestra.
He was a finalist in the Boston Region of the NATS Competition in 2002.
Stanley has performed a full recital titled From Baroque to Broadway with pianist Malcolm Halliday. The program includes songs by Handel, Faure, Quilter, Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter and Sondheim.
Stanley has worked with the Provincetown Repertory Theatre in their productions of The Trip to Bountiful and Amphoragorey which is an original musical based on the drawings and stories of Edward Gorey. He traveled to New York City with the Repertory Theatre’s workshop production of The Trip to Bountiful at the West Beth Theater.
Some musical theatre roles which he has performed include Eddie Ryan in Funny Girl, the MC in Cabaret and Sasha in Fiddler on the Roof.
Stanley is currently teaching voice at Trinity College in Hartford, Bancroft School as well as privately from his home in Worcester. He is currently accepting new students and can be reached by his website at www.stanleywilsontenor.com.
Stanley has just released his first CD titled "Stanley Wilson Sings Cole Porter" with pianist/arranger Ben Cook of the Boston Pops and is in production with pianist Malcolm Halliday for a CD of Schumann lieder.