Zachary Wilder

Biography

An exemplary interpreter of 17th and 18th-century repertoires, American tenor Zachary Wilder collaborates with ensembles such as Pygmalion, Les Arts Florissants, L'Arpeggiata, Les Talens Lyriques, Le Concert d'Astrée, the Boston Early Music Festival, Bach Collegium Japan, the Handel & Haydn Society and the Nederlandse Bachvereniging. Beyond the confines of early music, his collaborations with symphony orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra allow him to tackle later repertoires such as Vaughan-Williams' On Wenlock Edge and Britten's Nocturne (Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra), Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (Musica Festival in Strasbourg; Paris Philharmonie), or The Tale of Genji (Tokyo's Kabukiza Theater).

Recent seasons have been punctuated by significant undertakings, including the expansive Monteverdi 450 tour (John Eliot Gardiner), Händel's Radamisto (Il Pomo d'Oro conducted by Francesco Corti), and Purcell's The Fairy Queen (Drottningholm Opera). Zachary Wilder interpreted the role of Erinda in the revival of Sartorio's Orfeo at the Opéra de Montpellier (conducted by Philippe Jaroussky), Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro in Boston (Raphaël Pichon), and Agenore in Il re pastore at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (Christina Pluhar).

He has recorded for Ricercar, CPO, Soli Deo Gloria, Glossa, Atma, Aparté and harmonia mundi, with the direction of William Christie, John Eliot Gardiner, Masaaki Suzuki, Christophe Rousset, and Raphaël Pichon. His special partnership with Ensemble I Gemelli has yielded recordings of Monteverdi's L’Orfeo (Naïve) and Il ritorno d'Ulisse (Gemelli Factory), alongside A Room of Mirrors (Gemelli Factory).