Recently hailed by Opera News for his “clear and sweet lyrical tone,” California native Todd Wilander is quickly becoming sought after as a leading tenor on American and European stages. His repertoire encompasses a broad range of roles from baroque and bel canto to 20th century opera. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Arturo in the new Mary Zimmerman production of Lucia di Lammermoor under the baton of James Levine, after having being a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

In the 2007-08 season, Mr. Wilander shares his time between Europe and New York singing Leicester in Maria Stuarda for London’s Chelsea Opera Group, Nadir in Les Pecheurs d’Perles for Dublin’s Anna Livia International Opera Festival, Sam in Susannah and Percy in Anna Bolena with English Touring Opera, Tonio in La Fille du Régiment for Netherland’s Opera Zuid, as well as his Metropolitan Opera debut.

Mr. Wilander made his professional debut singing Eurimaco in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse at Glimmerglass Opera. Other recent operatic highlights include an engagement with New York City Opera as Uberto in La donna del lago, Buxton Opera Festival as the title role in Roberto Devereux and Renaud in Gluck’s Armide, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia as Nanki-Poo in Mikado, New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv as the Italian Singer in Der Rosenkavalier, Landestheater Linz, Austria as Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Portland Opera as Rodolpho in A View from the Bridge, New Zealand Opera covering the title role in Faust and Ernesto in Don Pasquale and London’s Opera Holland Park as Edmondo in Manon Lescaut.

At Deutsche Oper Berlin he sang many roles including Frère Massée in Saint François d’Assise, Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Knappe 4 in Parsifal, Junger Mann in Moses und Aron and First Armored Man in Die Zauberflöte. With San Francisco Opera he has been involved in a variety of roles including Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Frère Massée in Saint François d’Assise, Kudrjasch in Kát’a Kabanová, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, and Thaddeus Stevens in The Mother of Us All.

Additional operatic roles performed include Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Molqi in Death of Klinghoffer, Fenton in Falstaff, Wilhelm Meister in Mignon, Serse in Serse, Candide in Candide, Albert Herring in Albert Herring, Alfredo in La Traviata, Nero in L’incoronazione di Poppea and Colonel Fairfax in Yeomen of the Guard.

He has also performed with several other companies including Santa Fe Opera, Opera Delaware, Opera Memphis, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Eugene Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Chautauqua Opera, Nevada Opera, Opera Saskatchewan, Mid-Wales Opera and Opera Orchestra of New York.

An active concert performer as well, Mr. Wilander has appeared as soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Missa Solemnis, Berlioz’s Requiem, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, R.V. Williams’s Hodie, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Britten’s Serenade. He has performed with many orchestras and symphonies, including BBC Radio Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Los Angeles Music Center Orchestra, Hamburg NDR Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kansas City Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Wilander has been a winner of many prestigious competitions, including Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Belvedere Competition, Licia Albanese/Puccini Foundation, American Berlin Opera Foundation, Oratorio Society of New York, Enrico Caruso/Altamura Competition and Loren L. Zachary Society Competition. He was a finalist in the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, McAllister Competition and the Houston Grand Opera Competition.

Originally from Arcadia, California, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in music at California State University, Los Angeles, received a Master of Music in opera performance from Northwestern University, and an Artist Diploma at the University of Missouri, Kansas City Conservatory of Music.