Soloists

Rachael Wilson - Fatima

Admired for her dramatic intensity and vocal versatility, Rachael Wilson is rapidly earning distinction across a wide and varied repertoire. Whether inhabiting the emotional depth of Bizet’s Carmen, the spiritual transcendence of Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans, or the blazing ardour of Mozart’s Donna Elvira, she brings a rare combination of vocal finesse and fearless stagecraft to each role.

In the 2025/26 season, Rachael makes two major role debuts in new productions: Venus in a new production of Tannhäuser at Opernhaus Zürich and Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites at Staatsoper Stuttgart. She returns to Komische Oper Berlin as Olga in Eugene Onegin and to Bayerische Staatsoper as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel. Her concert engagements reflect equal range and ambition: she will perform Messiaen’s Harawi at Opéra de Lille; appear with the National Ballet of Canada in Procession; sings Mahler’s 8th Symphony with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at Tempelhof Airport and undertakes a tour of Asia and Europe with The English Concert under Harry Bicket, making her role debut as Armida in Handel’s Rinaldo.

In the 2024/25 season, Rachael made her debut at the Komische Oper Berlin as the Alto Soloist in Damiano Michieletto’s staged Messiah at the Tempelhof Airport. She sang Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni at Staatsoper Hamburg and returned to Theater Basel in the title role of Carmen. At the Glyndebourne Festival, she appeared as Varvara in Katya Kabanova under Robin Ticciati.