Jacque Wilson Scharlach

Originally from California, Jacque Wilson Scharlach, mezzo soprano, has been hailed in reviews as a “passionate singer with beautiful warm tones”. She was the alto soloist in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at both Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall, under the baton of conductor emeritus, Bernard Haitink. Additional solo performances include Bach’s Mass in B Minor with the Freisinger Chamber Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with Masterworks Chorale and The Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Copland’s In the Beginning with the Newton Choral Society, Karl Jenkin’s An Armed Man: A Mass for Peace with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers.  She has also made solo appearances with the Metrowest Symphony Orchestra, Parkway Concert Orchestra, and Musica da Camera. 

Opera audiences have heard her in productions with Granite State Opera, Chorus pro Musica, Greater Worcester Opera, and Longwood Opera in such roles as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, and Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana. She was recently a semi-finalist in the Opera Columbus Competition and performs regularly with Capella Clausura, an early music ensemble.

Ms. Wilson Scharlach holds a Master’s degree in Opera Performance from The Boston Conservatory and a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from California State University, Northridge.