Helen Williams
Helen Williams was born in Merseyside and studied at the Royal Northern College of Music. She made her Glyndebourne Festival debut in 1988 as Sashka in Osborne’s The Electrification of the Soviet Union. She subsequently sang Emmie Albert Herring on Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s tour to Rome and Reggio Emilia.
Recent engagements include Rodelinda and Ginevra Ariodante for Opera Theatre Company throughout Ireland and the UK, Rodelinda in New York, Frasquita at Royal Albert Hall, a recording of Carlo di Borgogna for Opera Rara, recordings with Diana Montague and Bruce Ford for Chandos, Queen of Night and Eurydice Orpheus and Eurydice at ENO, Micaela Carmen for Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Queen of the Night with Opera North, the title role Semele and Mistress Ford The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Buxton Festival, 2nd Niece Peter Grimes at both Netherlands Opera and the Royal Opera House, the televising of Francesca Zambello’s production of The Little Prince for BBC, Avril Ainger Love Counts at the Almeida Festival and in Modena, the premiere of Rachel Portman’s The Water Diviner’s Tale at the BBC Proms and European performances of Messiah with the Sixteen. Plans include Agathe in Messager’s Veronique for the Buxton Festival.