Carol Wilson is an American operatic

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and, from 1998, a principal artist at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. In 2012 she became associate professor of voice at the University of North Texas. Wilson attended Iowa State University and received Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale School of Music. Wilson has played several roles, including Agathe in '' Der Freischütz'', Alice Ford in ''

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'', and the Countess in '' Capriccio.'' As a guest artist, Wilson has performed at the

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, the

Connecticut Early Music Festival Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...

(Elisa in '' Il re pastore''), Oper Frankfurt (Eva), the

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(Marie/Marietta in '' Die tote Stadt''), and the

Savonlinna Opera Festival Savonlinna Opera Festival ( fi, Savonlinnan oopperajuhlat) is held annually in the city of Savonlinna in Finland. The Festival takes place at the medieval Olavinlinna (St. Olaf's Castle), built in 1475. The castle is located amid spectacular lake ...

(Eva). She has also performed in concerts with the

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, the Boston Masterworks Chorale, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic (concert performances of Violetta in ''

La Traviata ''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...

'' and Micaela in ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

'').Biography of Carol Wilson at Iowa University

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Carol American operatic sopranos Iowa State University alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women