Helen Williams was born in Merseyside and studied at the Royal Northern College of Music.
During the late 1980s she sang regularly at Glyndebourne‚ making her Festival debut in 1988‚ to great acclaim‚ 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. Other engagements at this time included performances with Opera Factory and at the Buxton Festival. In 1994 she sang the role of Second Niece in Richard Hickox’s St Endellion Festival performances of Peter Grimes. Since then she has worked regularly with English National Opera‚ making her house debut in 1996 as Ensemble Soprano in Monteverdi’s Orfeo. More recently she has been seen as Dalinda Ariodante‚ Amor Orpheus and Eurydice for ENO‚ Naiad Ariadne auf Naxos for Scottish Opera‚ Yvette La Rondine with The Royal Opera‚ the world premiere of Hey Persephone! at Aldeburgh and the Almeida Festival‚ 2nd Niece Peter Grimes with the Royal Opera House‚ Covent Garden in Finland‚ First Lady The Magic Flute for Scottish Opera‚ Mendelssohn’s St Paul in Snape Maltings‚ Vaughan Williams The Poisoned Kiss with the LSO at the Barbican‚ Flaminia Il Mondo della Luna with Opera Zuid in Holland‚ Suppés Galatea at Buxton‚ First Flowermaiden Parsifal with Scottish Opera‚ Helena A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Polissena Radamisto at Opera North.
Helen Williams’ concert career has included a wide variety of repertoire. Recent engagements have seen her performing at St John’s Smith Square‚ Brighton Festival and with Paul Daniel at the City of London Festival (Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream). She has sung regularly in Canterbury Cathedral‚ including such works as Christmas Oratorio‚ St John Passion and Britten’s Spring Symphony.
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‚ Antonia For You with Music Theatre Wales and Agathe in Messager’s Veronique for the Buxton Festival.
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