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Paula Goodman Wilder BIOGRAPHY
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“…the beauty of Wilder's upper register could bring tears to anyone's eyes."
-- Keith Kreitman, Tri-Valley Herald, about Manon Lescaut 2.21.2006:
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“Wednesday's performance ... was notable particularly for soprano Paula Goodman Wilder's gutsy, vigorous performance as Minnie. She tore into the role right from its opening scene, with a throaty vocal force that was irresistible […] full-bodied and impeccably placed”
--Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle 7.21.06
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photo by Kingmond Young
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Hailed for her wide dynamic range, dramatic acting and compelling variety of vocal colours, Paula Goodman Wilder is emerging as a specialist in the spinto repertoire. Since returning to California in June 2004 after a three-year residence in Berlin, she has débuted with many companies on the West Coast, including Opera Santa Barbara, Berkeley Opera, West Bay Opera, North Bay Opera, Opera Fresca, Saint Helena Chamber Singers, and the Auburn Symphony at the Mondavi Center. She performed many new roles including: Minnie (La Fanciulla del West), Lady Macbeth, Manon Lescaut, Leonora (Trovatore), Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), and Hanna Glawari, as well as singing soprano solos in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the Poulenc Gloria, and Schubert's Mass in G. Each summer, she appeared with the Mendocino Music Festival, performing in theme concerts to large audiences under the Festival Tent, in repertoire including Lieder of Brahms and chamber works of Stravinsky (Three Japanese Lyrics) and Ravel (Trois Chansons de Mallarmé). In March 2006, she made her German début in the Berlin Konzerthaus as Leonora in Il Trovatore in concert with the Orchestra of the Cottbuser Staatstheater.
Upcoming Engagements include her début with Rimrock Opera in Montana as Minnie in La Fanciulla del West, (October 2007); Senta in Der Fliegender Holländer for West Bay Opera (May 2008), and Elisabetta in Don Carlos (2009 TBA). Upcoming concert engagements include the Strauss Four Last Songs with the Palo Alto Philharmonic (February 16, 2008), and Malher's Songs of a Wayfarer for Symphony of the Redwoods (April 2008).
Works she has performed in previous years include Un Ballo in Maschera (Amelia), Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne), Massenet's Cleopâtre (Octavie), Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Ariane), Riders to the Sea (Cathleen), the Verdi Requiem, Brahms Requiem, and Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah" Symphony.
The California-born soprano attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in vocal performance, (with conservatory scholarship and grant) and holds a Masters degree in French literature from UC Berkeley. Principal voice teachers and coaches included Janet Parlova and Sylvia Anderson (SF); Marianna Christos, Shirlee Emmons, Pierre Vallet, and Katherine Olsen (New York); and Stewart Emmerson (Berlin).
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updated June 15, 2007
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