Lambert Wilson studied the repertoire of the American musical and in 1989 recorded “Musicals”, an album dedicated to the great standards of the genre. In 1990, he presented a musical show, “Lambert Wilson Chante”, and in 1996 he recorded a CD of the most beautiful songs from French cinema (“Démons et Merveilles”). In 2004, he produced and performed in the musical “Nuit Américaine”, and in 2010 he appeared in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music.                                                        

2016 saw the release of the album “Wilson chante Montand”, a show co-produced by Lambert Wilson (France TV recording) which toured France in 2017 before being presented in Montreal and New York.

Since autumn 2021, Lambert Wilson has been performing in a show he devised with conductor and arranger Bruno Fontaine, based around the orchestral melodies of Kurt Weill, which magnificently highlights his aura and influence on a large number of musicians and even songwriters.

In 2006, Lambert Wilson was directed by Robert Carsen in Bernstein’s musical Candide, first performed at the Châtelet and then at La Scala in Milan in 2007. The show was recorded for Arte and the BBC.                                                                                                            

In 2010, he performed Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at the Châtelet and appeared in Singin’in the Rain, again directed by Robert Carsen. 

Lambert Wilson has also taken part as a narrator in numerous shows combining text and music (La Sonate de Vinteuil (Proust), Les Nuits (Musset), Les Lettres à Gala (Éluard), as well as Pierre et le Loup, L’Histoire du Soldat, Lélio, Manfred, Orphée, La Danse des Morts, Oedipus Rex, Le Roi David, The King and I under the baton of renowned conductors (M. Rostropovitch, S. Ozawa, M.Corboz, F.Welser-Most, M.Janowski, G.Prêtre, K. Masur…). 

Lambert Wilson has made numerous recordings (Le Roi David (Corboz), Oedipus Rex (Welser-Most), Pierre et le Loup (Plasson), Rédemptions (Plasson), A Little Night Music (Cuneen) as well as Le Gendarme Incompris, and Lélio (Ch. Dutoit). In June 1998, Lambert Wilson performed the role of Saint Sebastian in Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien conducted by Georges Prêtre in Vienna, at La Scala in Milan and at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.