in her dressing room afterward and being taken to the hospital. She ultimately left the Met under circumstances which were termed "creative differences" with the company's general manager Rudolf Bing. Wilson continued to perform internationally in operas in the early 1960s; appearing in theatres in the United States, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany and South America. Other roles she performed on stage included Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula, Hanna Glawari in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow, Marie in Donizetti's La fille du régiment, Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Philine in Ambroise Thomas's Mignon, and the title role in Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix. In 1959 she recorded excerpts of the role of Norina for RCA Records. Musical theatre career and later life Turning to Broadway, Wilson debuted in the 1965 production of The Yearling with David Wayne. Later that year she took over the role of Golde in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof from actress Maria Karnilova; and was again seen in that part in 1968-69. She performed in the original casts of two more musicals: portraying Maria Haggerty in Cry for Us All (1970) and Aunt Jenny in I Remember Mama (1979). In August 1979 she took over the role of Miss Hannigan in the original production of Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin's Annie. Her last appearance on Broadway was in 1983 as Vivian Proclo in the revival of Terrence McNally's The Ritz. She also appeared in productions with numerous regional theaters in the United States. Death A resident of the Lillian Booth Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, Wilson died there at the age of 82 on September 28, 2010, due to natural causes. Both of her marriages had ended in divorce and she left no immediate survivors. References External links 1928 births 2010 deaths American musical theatre actresses American operatic sopranos Jamaica High School (New York City) alumni People from Englewood, New Jersey Musicians from Philadelphia Classical musicians from Pennsylvania Singers from New Jersey Classical musicians from New Jersey 21st-century American women