Carol Wilson is an American operatic soprano who is particularly admired for her interpretations of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Richard Wagner. She has also had a considerable amount of success in performing in baroque operas. A graduate of Iowa State University and the Yale School of Music, Wilson has been a principal artist at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein since 1998 where she has portrayed such roles as Agathe in Der Freisch�tz, Alice Ford in Falstaff, the Countess in Capriccio, Elisabeth in Tannh�user, Eva in Die Meistersinger von N�rnberg, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Leonore in Fidelio, Senta in Der fliegende Holl�nder, and the title heroines in Alcina, Ariadne auf Naxos, L'incoronazione di Poppea, and Iphig�nie en Tauride. Her 2009 performances at the house include Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten, Freia in Das Rheingold, Gutrune in G�tterd�mmerung, the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Ortlinde in Die Walk�re, and La Speranza/La Musica in L'Orfeo.