Background
Wilson-Johnson, David was born on November 16, 1950 in Northampton. Son of Harry K. Johnson and Sylvia C. Wilson.
Wilson-Johnson, David was born on November 16, 1950 in Northampton. Son of Harry K. Johnson and Sylvia C. Wilson.
Wellingborough School, Northamptonshire., British Institute of Florence, Saint Catharine’s College, Cambridge and Royal Academy, of Music.
A Midsummer Marriage 1988; National Federation Music Society; Schubert’s Winterreise, Mozart Masses from King"s College, Cambridge, Haydn’s Nelson Mass, Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon, King Priam, Punch and Judy, Louisiana Traviata, Lucrezia Borgia and Michael Berkeley’s Or Shall We Die?, Belshazzar’s Feast, L’Enfance du Christ.Debut at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in We Come to the River 1976. Has since appeared in Billy Budd, L’Enfant et les Sortileges, Le Rossignol, Les Noces, Boris Godunov, Die Zauberflote, Turandot, Werther, Madam Butterfly. Wigmore Hall recital debut 1977.
British Broadcasting Corporation Promenade Concert debut 1981.
Appeared at Edinburgh Festival 1976, Glyndeboume Festival 1980 and at festivals in Bath, Bergen, Berlin, Geneva, Graz, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Orange, Paris and Vienna. Paris Opbra debut in Die Meistersinger 1989.
Played Saint Francis of Assisi (title role) in Olivier Messiaen’s 80th birthday celebrations 1988. American debut in Paulus (title role) 1990.
Evening Standard.