Wilma Wever appeared in the world premiere in the eponymous role of Jocasta by Ruth Schonthal at Voice & Vision Theatre in New York City. The New York Times called her performance “attractive and engaging”. She debuted with Encompass Opera as the ‘Marchesa’ in Henze’s The End Of A World and sang Ms. Edison in a reading of Tesla, an opera by Kievman for VOX, a presentation of new works by New York City Opera. Most recently she appeared as ‘Leonore’ in Fidelio with Brooklyn Repertory Opera and as ‘Leonora’ in Verdi’s Il Trovatore with Espresso Opera also in NYC. As a winner of the Hunter Concerto Competition she performed the C-minor Mass by Mozart with the Hunter Symphony in April 2008. Upcoming engagement is excerpts from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro with the String Orchestra of Brooklyn in June 2008.

Ms. Wever has performed numerous recitals in distinguished venues such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Holland and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. The Music Connoisseur called her a performer with “savvy and grit.” The song cycle For Three Sundays by Kevin Beavers was commissioned by her for a project called Round Trip Amsterdam-New York for which she received a grant from the Netherland-America Foundation, the Amsterdam Art Foundation, as well as a grant from CitiBank.

Wilma Wever has been featured as Alumni of the Month for OperaWorks. A Dutch native, she was heard in an interview on the Dutch National Radio prior to a Musical Theater Concert Tour in Europe.

As a freelance author Wilma Wever published 2 articles in the Classical Singer Magazine; Sing without Fear and Battling Academic Pressures.

As a recipient of the ‘Lotte Pulvermacher-Egers’ Humanities Award Ms. Wever graduated from Mannes College of Music in New York and received her MA from Hunter College.