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Baritone Donald Wilkinson enjoys
a distinguished career in concert, opera, oratorio, recital and
contemporary music, and has appeared throughout the United States
and Canada.
In 1995 he made his European debut performing the role
of Dionysos in the World premiere of Theodore Antoniou’s
opera, The Bacchae, at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Since that
debut he has appeared in Germany (Kassel), France (Paris, Strasbourg,
Saintes, Clisson, Ribeauvillé), and Holland (Utrecht). Mr.
Wilkinson has performed as soloist with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood and the Handel and Haydn
Society (a U.S. tour of Bach’s Missa
Brevis in G Minor) and
the symphony orchestras of Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Springfield
(MA), Portland (ME), and Vermont. Since 1984 he has been a soloist
in Emmanuel Music’s famed Bach Cantata
Series under the direction
of Craig Smith.
Highly sought after for his interpretations of
Bach, in 2003 he made his debut at the Northwest Bach Festival
(Spokane) in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Mozart’s
Requiem under the direction of Gunther Schuller. He has also appeared
at the Bach Festivals of Carmel and Philadelphia, and is featured
on Emmanuel Music’s recordings (Koch International Classics)
of Bach’s Christmas Cantatas, St.
John Passion (1725 version)
and Cantatas for the 1st and 2nd Sundays
after Trinity. His Discography
also includes the title role on the internationally acclaimed Johnny
Johnson by Kurt Weill on Erato Disques, Angels with the Boston
Camerata (Erato), John Harbison’s Recordare on Koch International
Classics, David Patterson’s song cycle Last
Words on Albany
Records and the recently released The Jesuit
Operas with Ensemble
Abendmusik on Dorian Recordings. In 1990 he was awarded a fellowship
to Tanglewood.
Mr. Wilkinson teaches voice at Phillips Academy
Andover and maintains a private studio at his residence in Nahant, MA.
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