“That was a moment: I found my voice,” says Wilson, now a 33-year-old independent mezzo-soprano selling out the opera halls of Europe. But then, instead of saying I should cool it and sing softer, this judge turned to the entire group and said, ‘You should all sing louder.’” “The judge said, ‘One singer is singing so loud,’” says Wilson. The Spring Valley High School choir had just finished a song at a 2007 competition, and she’d been called out for overpowering her fellow singers.
Rachael Wilson, who grew up in Las Vegas, has made all the world her stage.
