Praised by Opera News for his “clear and sweet lyrical tone” and “brave, vocally assured portrayals” (The New York Times), Todd Wilander is one of America’s most sought-after leading tenors. Since winning The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he has appeared with the company singing Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor (James Levine), Harry in La fanciulla del West, and Ensemble 15 The Nose (HD movie) and covered many leading roles including Don Alvaro in La forza del destino, Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera,  Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer, Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Beppe in I Pagliacci, Der Nerr in Wozzeck, American Congressman in Two Boys, Marcellus in Hamlet, Gambler 1 in Gambler, Malcolm in Macbeth, and Young Prisoner in From the House of the Dead. 

Upcoming engagements include Hoffmann in Les Contes D’Hoffmann with Virginia Opera Williamsburg and Rodolfo in La Bohème for Theater Erfurt (Germany).

Recent performances include The Prince in Rusalka, Samson in Samson et Dalila, and Canio in Pagliacci covering for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Des Grieux  Manon Lescaut for the Dorest Opera Festival (UK),  Cavaradossi in Tosca for Los Angeles Vocal Arts Ensemble, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana for Verdi Chorus, Rodolfo in La bohème with Opera Tampa, Pollione Norma and Leicester Maria Stuarda, & Duke Rigoletto for Musica Viva (Hong Kong); Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer & Don José Carmen covering for Canadian Opera Company, Radamès Aida at Bohème Opera New Jersey; Riccardo Un Ballo in Maschera for Amore Opera in New York, Erik Der Fliegende Holländer for Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, China; Florestan Fidelio with Symphony of the Vines (California); Calaf Turandot at Missisipi Opera, and as  the title role of Hoffmann Les Contes D’Hoffmann  with Opera North (USA).

He appeared with New York City Opera as Charles Clayton in Stephen Schwartz’s Séance On A Wet Afternoon, Uberto in La donna del lago, and Harry in La fanciulla del West.  For New York Opera Society he sang Rodolfo in La bohème and Nemorino in L’Elisir D’Amore.

Elsewhere in the U.S., he has appeared with Portland Opera as Rodolpho in View From The Bridge, Captain Leadbetter in Princess Sofia for Orpheus Project Juneau Alaska,  Brooklyn Academy of Music as Molqi in Death of Klinghoffer, Pollione in Norma for Pacific Opera Northwest Washington, Don José in Carmen for Central Florida Lyric Opera; Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, with Opera Memphis, the title role of Tito for West Bay Opera, and Center for Contemporary Opera as Andrew in A Death in the Family. Other companies with whom he has appeared include Madison Opera as Rodolfo in La bohème,  Santa Fe Opera as Young Servant in Elektra, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte for St. Petersburg Opera, Florida, at Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as Nanki-Poo in Mikado, and as Fairfax in Yeoman of The Guard, at Opera Saskatchewan (Canada) as Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Chautauqua Opera as Fenton in Falstaff, Grant Park Music Festival Chicago in the title role of Candide, Nevada Opera as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Opera Orchestra of New York as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon, Opera Delaware as Macduff in Macbeth and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicch, Opera in the Ozarks in the title-role of Albert Herring, Glimmerglass Opera as Eurimaco in Il ritorno d’Ulisse, the Coach in Bounce with Manhattan’s ADA Arts; and as Camille Merry Widow & Tamino Die Zauberflöte for Opera Fairbanks, Alaska.