"Tenor Zachary Wilder, as Gay/Corydon, was clearly the hidden talent of Saturday evening’s performance. Every Handel opera seems to have this solitary moments of pathos: after Polyphemus, just finished fuming over rejected love, storms in a d minor aria (Cease to Beauty to be suing), it is Corydon, composed voice of conciliation, that enters in a subtle F major air (Would you gain the tender Creature). The movement is arresting in its contrast — a juxtaposition of rage and reason, of conviction and pathos that makes Handel not only the composer he is, but also a supreme dramatist. It is incredibly difficult to describe Wilder’s achievement at this point in the opera: how easy to over-sing, to trample on the delicate construction Handel consummates. And although Wilder’s radiant tone was successful in delivering the aria, it was in the intellectual treatment of the moment that where he achieved noteworthy greatness: in addition to his considerable abilities as a musician, it was the attenuated drama steeped with subtle tones of nostalgia that brought the complexities of this moment home."
--Sudeep Agarwala, The Tech

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 "And as that wig-less shepherd, tenor Zachary Wilder may have contributed the most subtly poignant and openly emotional performance of the night."
-Thomas Garvey, Hub Review

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"Tenor Zachary Wilder sang Ottavia's Nutrice, a part sometimes omitted entirely, in drag, executing the familiar gestures of this particular comic ploy with terrific flair and aplomb, not a bit less effective than Pudwell in pulling off a laugh. He used falsetto sparingly, and always to great effect." -Michael Miller, Berkshire Review for the Arts

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"...Laura Pudwell and Zachary Wilder gave full comic reign to Poppea's and Ottavia's nurses." -Heidi Waleson, Wallstreet Journal

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"Aaron Sheehan and Zachary Wilder brought down the house with a crisp, zesty account of 'Zefiro Torna,'..." -Allan Kozinn, New York Times Arts Beat

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 "Tenor Zachary Wilder, cross-dressing as Ottavia's nurse, is funny without sacrificing inwardness."  -Lloyd Schwartz, Boston Phoenix

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"Ross Hauck, Nell Snaidas, Erica Schuller, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Aaron Sheehan, and Zachary Wilder were among the singers who took up the smaller roles with skill and grace." -Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe

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"Zachary Wilder made a convincing Renaud, Armide's captive then true love." -Nancy Wozny, CultureVulture.net

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Click here to see a short clip from the William Kentridge production of Il Ritorno D'Ulisse with Pacific Operaworks.  Zachary Wilder is on the right playing the part of Telemaco.

 Here is a clip on youtube of a rehearsal of the Brockes Passion.  This is Petrus' aria "Nehmt mich mit, verzagte Scharen."

"...and Egerman's zealously religious son Henrik, played with wonderfully comic adolescent and hypocritical angst by gifted tenor Zachary Wilder, is simultaneously attracted to and repelled by Anne's mocking playfulness."  -Jan Nargi, Broadwayworld.com

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