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The Ausralian opera tenor, audio describer, and singing teacher, Elias Wilson, obtained his Bachelor of Music Studies degree in Classical Voice (2017-2019) and his Master of Music Studies degree in Opera Performance (2020-2021) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. During his studies he was supported by the Donald Lionel Egerton Scholarship, and the Helpmann Family Fellowship. While studying, a Vice Chancellor’s Mobility Scholarship enabled him to travel to Hangzhou, China, where he performed excerpts by Puccini and Leonard Bernstein in recital. Following his graduation, he was awarded the 2022 Harold Blair Opera Scholarship for indigenous opera singers by Melba Opera Trust.
Elias Wilson is a Birrpay man and a performer of opera, chamber music and oratorio, based in Sydney, Australia. Since 2021, he has appeared on the opera stage with Pacific Opera (Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, directed by Peter Coleman-Wright AO), NIDA (Lysander in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Kate Gaul, December 2021) and Pinchgut Opera (Chorus in Cavalli’s The Loves of Apollo & Dafne, directed by Mitchell Butel, May 2021). His previous credits include La Rainette in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortileges (Sydney Conservatorium), Satyavān in Gustav Holst’s Sāvitri (The Cooperative, February 2021), and in full drag as Madame de la Haltière in Massenet’s Cendrillon (Sydney Conservatorium, October 2020). Elias has also performed in the choruses of Verdi’s La Traviata, and Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, directed by George Torbay for Opera New England. In 2023, he made his Cover and Principal Artist debuts with Victorian Opera, covering Beadle and Pirelli in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd (August 2023), and creating the role of Gary in Christopher Sainsbury’s operatic adaptation of Jane Harrison’s The Visitors (October 2023)
In-demand as chamber and oratorio performer, Elias Wilson performs regularly with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (December 2023-March 2024), was an associate and ensemble artist with The Song Company from 2018-2022, and in 2022 hetravelled to Darwin to perform the tenor solo in George Frideric Handel’s Messiah with conductor Brett Weymark OAM. He appears regularly with the choirs of St James King Street (Chorister since October 2021) and St Paul’s College (Lay Clerk since February 2023), and has recorded for ABC Classic under the direction of Tamara-Anna Cislowska as part of Luminescence Chamber Singers. He has performed as a chamber singer in Brisbane, Armidale, Sydney, Bathurst, Canberra and Melbourne under the batons of Sam Allchurch, Carl Crossin OAM, Paul Dyer AO, Erin Helyard, Neil McEwan AM, Roland Peelman AM, Antony Pitts, and Paul Stanhope. In March 2023, he added the role of the Evangelist in J.S. Bach’s Johannes-Passion BWV 245 to his repertoire, with performances in Armidale and Guyra NSW. Hew has also worked as Project Support Officer - Programming & Venue Hire, Audio Describer and other adminstrative post at Riverside Theatres (since March 2017); Audio Describer at Access2Arts in Sidney (since March 2022); and Project Officer at Aboriginal Culture, Heritage & Arts Association (ACHAA) (Since April 2024). |
