Gran Wilson, a native of Bessemer, Alabama, has distinguished himself as an intepreter of the "bel canto" repertoire with a performing career spanning more than twenty-five years and four continents. He has sung with companies such as the New York City Opera, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Australian Opera, Oper Frankfort, Netherlands Opera, Vlaamse Oper, Teatro di San Carlo Lisboa, Opera de Nice, St. Paul Symphony, Edinburgh Festival, Spoletto Festival, Linclon Center Festival, and Mostly Mozart Festival. He has appeared on PBS in "Live From Lincoln Center" with Dame Joan Sutherland, and has been featured often on NPR. Mr. Wilson can bee seen on Kultur Video and heard on the Delos recording label. Maryland audiences have heard him perform with the Washington Opera, the National Symphony, the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, and most recently, Opera Vivente. He has appeared in six productions with the Baltimore Opera including his 1984 debut in the titl e role of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Mr. Wilson has resided in Baltimore since that season, and currently is on the voice faculties of Towson University and the University of Maryland at College Park.