Opera Repertoire
Full Roles Performed
Vanessa - The Baroness - Barber
Carmen - Carmen/Mercedes - Bizet (Fre/Eng)
Albert Herring - Florence Pike - Britten
Turn of the Screw - Mrs Grose - Britten*
Serse - Arsamenes - Handel (It)
Hansel & Gretel - Die Hexe, Gertrude - Humperdinck (Eng)(Ger)
Jenufa - Grandmother Burjya - Janacek (Eng)
Cunning Little Vixen - Innkeepers Wife /Pi Pasek- Janacek (Czech)
Cosi Fan Tutte - Dorabella - Mozart (Eng)
Don Giovanni - Donna Elvira - Mozart (It)
Die Zauberflöte - 3rd Lady - Mozart (Ger) (Eng)
The Marriage of Figaro - Marcellina - Mozart (Eng)
Orpheus in the Underworld - Diana - Offenbach (Eng)
Madame Butterfly - Kate Pinkerton / Suzuki** - Puccini (It)
Dido & Aeneas - Dido*/2nd Witch - Purcell
Samson & Delilah - Delilah - Saint-Saens (Eng)
In to the Woods - Cinderella's Stepmother/Granny - Sondheim
Die Fledermaus - Count Orlovsky* - J. Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos - Der Komponist - R. Strauss
La Traviata - Flora - Verdi (Eng)
Rigoletto - Maddalena - Verdi
Il Trovatore - Azucena - Verdi
*Role performed in full in Concert
** Roles Covered
Roles Performed in Opera Excerpts
Turn of the Screw - Mrs Grose (Britten)
Fidelio - Leonora (Beethoven)
La Calisto - La Natura (Cavalli)
Alcina - Bradamante (Handel)
Der Rosenkavalier - Octavian (Strauss)
Roles currently in Preparation/Study:
Jezibaba - Rusalka (Dvorak)
Werther - Charlotte (Massenet)
Sorceress - Dido & Aeneas - (Purcell)
Concepcion - L'heure Espagnol (Ravel)
Octavian - Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss)
Andromache - King Priam (Tippett)
Amneris - Aida (Verdi)
Ulrica - Ballo in Maschera (Verdi)
Other Arias Performed:
Abscheulicher wo eilst du hin (Leonora) - Fidelio - Beethoven
Je vais mourir - (Didon) - Les Troyens - Berlioz
Quint, Peter Quint (Mrs Grose) - Turn of the Screw - Britten
Dr Jessops Midwife (Florence Pike) - Albert Herring - Britten
Acerba Volutta (La Principessa) - Adriana Lecouvreur - Cilea
O mio Fernando (Leonora) - La Favorita - Donizetti
Crude Furie (Serse) - Serse - Handel
Dopo Notte (Ariodante) - Ariodante - Handel
Sta Nell'Ircana (Ruggiero) - Alcina - Handel
Where Shall I Fly (Dejaneira) - Hercules - Handel
Voi lo sapete O mamma (Santuzza) - Cavalleria Rusticana - Mascagni
Va, laisse couler mes larmes (Charlotte) - Werther - Massenet
Smanie Implacabili (Dorabella) - Cosi Fan Tutte - Mozart
Amore un ladroncello (Dorabella) - Cosi Fan Tutte - Mozart
Stella del Marinar (Laura) - La Gioconda - Ponchielli
Oh! la pitoyable aventura (Concepcion) - L'Heure Espagnol - Ravel
Sein wir wieder gut (Der Komponist) - Ariadne auf Naxos - R Strauss
Wie du warst (Octavian) - Der Rosenkavalier - R.Strauss
Entweihte Götter (Ortrud) - Lohengrin - Wagner
Hore mit sinn (Waltraute) - Götterdämmerung - Wagner
Der Manner sippe (Sieglinde) - Die Walkure - Wagner
Wo in Bergen du dich birgst (Fricka) - Die Walkure - Wagner
Concert Repertoire
Song Cycles
Berlioz - Les Nuits d'ete
Brahms - Zigeunerlieder
Elgar - Sea Pictures
Francis-Hoad - One Life Stand
Mahler - Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Mahler - Ruckert-Lieder*
Rossini - La Regatta Veneziana
Schumann - Frauenliebe und Leben
Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder
Oratorio
Dvorak - Requiem
Bach - St Matthew Passion*, St John Passion, Solo Cantatas BWV 35, 39, 54, 169, 170
Elgar - Music Makers / Dream of Gerontius / The Kingdom*
Faure - Requiem
Handel - Messiah / Dixit Dominus
Haydn - Maria Theresa Mass, Nelson Mass
Jenking - The Armed Man
Mendelssohn - Elijah
Mozart - Requiem
Pergolessi - Stabat Mater*
Rossini - Petite Messe Solonnelle, Stabat Mater
Tippett - A child of our time*
Verdi - Requiem
Vivaldi - Gloria
Other Works
Horowitz - Lady Macbeth a Scena
McDowel - White Fox Woman (Voice & Oboe)
items in rehearsal are marked with *
Helen also has a varied list of Non-classical and Musical Theatre repertoire. Please ask for more details.