Helen Winter Official

Helen Winter, born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, is an accomplished soloist who has a wide-ranging career in recital work as well as opera, choral, stage performances, teaching and more recently directing.

Hailing from a very musical background and family, she followed her singing ambition and gained her BMus after studying at Trinity College of Music, London, with Professor Susan McCulloch.
Following this, Helen was a member of the BBC Singers' ad hoc chorus whilst studying at ‘The Knack’, an Opera training course with English National Opera. Helen currently studies with Phillip Doghan (RAM) and is coached by Linnhe Robertson (GSMD).

Helen’s operatic roles have included Ninetta in The Love for three Oranges (Prokofiev) for English Pocket Opera; Musician in Manon Lescaut (Puccini); Apparition in Macbeth (Verdi), Barena in Jenufa (Janacek), Voce Interna in L’amore dei tre Re (Montemezzi), and Monterone’s daughter in Rigoletto (Verdi), all for Opera Holland Park; Musetta in La Boheme (Puccini) and Adele in Die Fledermaus (Strauss) in Spain for ‘Singing in Aragon’ with European Chamber Opera and Lucy in The Telephone (Menotti).

Recital and Concert work regularly takes her abroad. She has performed most of the major Oratorios and has had the pleasure of working with conductors including Nicholas Cleobury (Britten Sinfonia), Mark Elder (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment), Nigel Morley (Boston Sinfonia), Peter Robinson (City of London Sinfonia) and Stephen Jackson (BBC Symphony Chorus). Helen has performed in many prestigious venues as a soloist, such as Saint Thomas Kirche (Leipzig), The Royal Festival Hall (London), Symphony Hall (Birmingham) and St. David’s Hall (Cardiff), amongst others.

Throughout 2013, Helen has been directing for Opera Anywhere and performing the roles of Yum Yum (Mikado) and Mabel (Pirates of Penzance). Other performances in 2013 included the soprano solos in Verdi's Requiem with the Guildford Symphony Orchestra (Jun 2013), Haydn's The Creation with The South Chiltern Choral Society (Apr 2013).