Alexandra Wilson

Professor Alexandra Wilson is a musicologist and cultural historian at Oxford Brookes University's School of Arts, specializing in Italian opera and British operatic culture from 1900 to the present. She has received prestigious awards including the American Musicological Society's Lewis Lockwood Award and a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.

• Co-Director of OBERTO opera research unit
• Research Coordinator for Music at Oxford Brookes
• Teaches music history modules with focus on opera

Her research explores opera's cultural-political dimensions, reception history, and intersections between high/low culture. Current projects examine British opera elitism stereotypes and modernity in 20th-century opera. She actively engages public audiences through BBC broadcasts, opera company collaborations, and media writing.

Recent publications analyze Italian opera's role in British cultural identity and opera's representation in film/literature. Awards include Brookes Research Excellence Award and British Academy funding. She contributes to opera program essays, pre-performance talks, and media commentary for leading UK companies.