These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut for Harold Wilson.

As a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin for five seasons, bass Harold Wilson sang over 30 roles with the company. In the United States, he has been part of over a dozen productions with the Metropolitan Opera.

Harold Wilson began the 2025/26 season in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería in Mexico City, Mexico. He has also returned to the Metropolitan Opera to sing the Speaker in their holiday performances of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and joined Nashville Opera as Ashby/Jake Wallace in Puccini’s La fanciulla del West. The 2024/25 season featured debuts with San Diego Opera in Puccini’s La bohème and with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Mass in C minor. In addition, Wilson returned to the Metropolitan Opera in two roles.

Previous opera engagements have included the Canadian Opera Company, Opera Colorado, and Opera Delaware, among many others. Concert appearances have included the Seattle Symphony, for Handel’s Messiah; Carnegie Hall and the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, for Verdi’s Requiem; and Manhattan Concert Productions, for Mozart’s Requiem. He joined The Philadelphia Orchestra for multiple performances of the Mozart Requiem in the 2023/24 season, including at Carnegie Hall.