Madama Butterfly at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Following her success earlier in the season conducting their special Aids concert, Berlin’s Deutsche Oper has invited Ms. Wilson to return for a three-performance run of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly later this month on May 21, 25, and 29.
Beethoven and Brahms in Budapest
Maestro Wilson returns to Budapest to conduct the Hungarian National Orchestra in Mupa Hall on May 12th.
Keri-Lynn Wilson leads the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
In a gesture of solidarity with the victims of the war in Ukraine, Maestro Wilson will lead the newly formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra for a European and American tour July 28–August 20, including stops in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, before culminating with concerts in New York and Washington, DC.
Paul Hindemith’s “Das Unaufhörliche” with the Bruckner Orchester Linz
On April 28th, Maestro Wilson makes her debut with the Bruckner Orchester Linz, conducting Hindemith’s oratorio “Das Unaufhörliche“, an epic paean to creation scored in three parts for orchestra, soloists, chorus and children’s chorus.
Concert with the Prague Philharmonia
Maestro Wilson returns to the Czech Republic to conduct the Prague Philharmonia at the Dvořák Hall Rudolfinum on March 10th.
Concert with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria
Returning to Las Palmas to the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, following her debut there in 2019, Ms. Wilson will conduct Shostakovich’s “The Bolt” Ballet Suite Op. 27a, Piazzola’s “Aconcagua” Concerto for Bandoneon, and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 7
Madama Butterfly at the Canadian Opera Company Broadcast
Maestro Wilson returns to her home country of Canada to conduct Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Canadian Opera Company. Unfortunately, due to the continued surge of Omicron transmission across Ontario, all live-audience performances for this production have been canceled.
Pique Dame and Tosca at The Latvian National Opera
This February, Maestro Wilson returns to The Latvian National Opera to conduct two operas: Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame and Puccini’s Tosca. Ms. Wilson is no stranger to either. She conducted Pique Dame previously in Stockholm and Tel Aviv, and she has conducted Tosca at many of the world’s leading houses, including Munich, Vienna, the Bolshoi and the Arena di Verona.
Aids-Stiftung Gala at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
On November 27th, Maestro Wilson will proudly lead the Aids-Stiftung Gala at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, a special concert to raise funds for the German Aids Foundation, which has been helping Aids victims and HIV sufferers since 1987. She will be joined by international opera stars Asmik Grigorian, Pretty Yende, Nicole Car, Aida Garifullina, Rihab Chaieb, Edgardo Rocha, Jonathan Tetelman, Alex Esposito, and Etienne Dupuis, along with the Ensemble Solisten der Deutschen Oper Berlin, the Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, and the Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin.
Carmen at the Bolshoi Theatre
Maestro Wilson returns to the Bolshoi Theatre this month to conduct Carmen, with performances scheduled on November 12, 13 and 14. In spite of Moscow’s current lockdown, its theaters remain open, and rehearsals for the performances are taking place this week.
Russian National Orchestra Concert
Maestro Wilson has been invited to perform with the Russian National Orchestra next month, leading two concerts in October in Moscow. These concerts are in addition to her performances at the Bolshoi in November, when she will conduct a run of Carmen. The first of her two concert performances on Oct. 17th takes place at the recently opened Vetoshny Hall. The program is Prokofiev’s Suite from “The Love of Three Oranges”, Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, with cellist Dali Gutserieva, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1.
Performance at the Bulgaria Concert Hall
Next on Maestro Wilson’s concert agenda is a return engagement with the Sofia Philharmonic on September 23rd, performing Shostakovich’s tour-de-force Symphony No. 1, Smetana’s nostalgic « The Moldau », and Bruch’s Violin Concerto with noted Armenian soloist, Sergey Khachatryan.
9/11 Memorial Concert
Maestro Wilson begins her 2021/22 season with the opening concert of the Lithuanian National Philharmonic’s 81st season. A special performance commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Ms. Wilson conducts a program in homage to the victims: Mahler’s “Adagietto”, Penderecki’s “Resurrection” piano concerto, and Corigliano’s song cycle, “One Sweet Morning”.
Orchestergraben Interview
Keri-Lynn Wilson needs no introduction. The Canadian conductor can look back on an impressive career in both opera and symphonic music. At very short notice, it has now been announced that she will conduct „La Traviata“ at the Bavarian State Opera starting June 16. I was very happy to take the opportunity to interview her, and because of Wilson’s broad repertoire, our opera expert Isabella Steppan fortunately came to my aid for the interview.
La Traviata at the Bayerische Staastoper
Keri-Lynn Wilson returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct La Traviata this June, a result of the sudden reopening of theaters in Germany. Ms Wilson had been scheduled to conduct Rigoletto there earlier in the season, but those performances were cancelled during one of the pandemic shutdowns. Ms. Wilson most recently conducted La Traviata at the Bolshoi earlier this month.
La Traviata at the Bolshoi Theatre
Maestro Wilson returns to the Bolshoi Theatre — one of the few opera houses that has remained open without interruption throughout the pandemic — this May to conduct five performances of Verdi’s La Traviata. A frequent guest conductor at the Bolshoi, Ms. Wilson’s past performances there include Un Ballo in Maschera, Don Carlo, La Bohème, Manon Lescaut, Iolanthe and Tosca.
Un Ballo in Maschera at the Bolshoi Theatre
In March, Maestro Wilson returns to the Bolshoi, where she is a frequent guest, to conduct performances of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. The cast includes Anna Nechaeva (Amelia), Vladimir Stoyanov (Renato), Oleg Dolgov (Richard), Elena Manistina (Ulrica), and Anna Aglatova (Oscar).
Mozartwoche 2021
Even though there is currently a complete lockdown in Austria, not all of the scheduled performances of the January Salzburg Mozartwoche have been cancelled. Maestro Wilson’s debut, conducting the opening concert of the festival on January 21st, will take place as scheduled – although it will now be broadcast at a later date since no audience will be permitted inside Salzburg’s historic Mozarteum for the performance.
Carmen at Opéra national de Paris
cancelled due to Covid-19
When the President of France announced last week that theaters will reopen on December 15, it created the scenario that Keri-Lynn Wilson’s highly anticipated debut at the Opera national de Paris conducting Carmen, scheduled for December 16, would take on even greater importance by being the first opera performance to take place on the stage of the Bastille since the pandemic halted performances last March.
Maestro Wilson Nominated as “Conductor of the Year 2o2o”
Maestro Wilson has just been nominated for an Opus Klassik 2020 Award as "Conductor of Year," in recognition of her work on the recording of Rossini's Sigismondo. The album was recorded live in Munich with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks and soloists Marianna Pizzolato, Hera Hyesang Park, Kenneth Tarver, Rachel Kelly, and Gavan Ring. The recording received three additional nominations: The Münchner Rundfunkorchester for "Orchestra of the Year," Hera Hyseang Park for "Singer of the Year," and "19th Century Opera of the Year." The awards will be announced in October.