Helen Johnson MEZZO SOPRANO

Helen Johnson studied her Post-Graduate Advanced Diploma in Vocal Studies at Trinity College of Music with support from Malpas and Palamkote, the Joan Greenfield Trust Award and the Lloyd Scholarship. In 2008 Helen was a finalist in the Wagner Society Bayreuth Bursary Competition. She continues her vocal studies with Anne Mason and coaches with Elizabeth Rowe, Philip Thomas, Ludmilla Andrew and Kelvin Lim.

Operatic roles include Madame Larina Eugene Onegin for Stanley Hall Opera, Bianca The Rape of Lucretia and Marcellina Le nozze di Figaro Opera East, Ježibaba Rusalka Iford Arts, Mrs. Goodbody / Ruth Parson's Pirates Opera della Luna, Marguerite Le Damnation de Faust Pigotts, Kolusina Jenufa, Filipyevna Eugene Onegin, Feklusha Kátya Kabanová and Clotilde Norma all for English Touring Opera. Cover roles include Hatred Armide and Boulotte Bluebeard for Buxton Festival Opera, Frugola Il tabarro and Agnes The Fantastic Mr Fox, Madame Larina Eugene Onegin, Jane Seymour Anna Bolena and Kabanicha Kátya Kabanová all for ETO. 

CV

Biography

 

Current Highlights

Reviews

2011
Frugola (cover), Il tabarro 
English Touring Opera

Madame Larina, Eugene Onegin
Stanley Hall Opera

2012
Madame Larina (cover), Eugene Onegin
English Touring Opera

Azucena, Il trovatore
Dorset Opera

2013
Annina, La traviata
Dorset Festival Opera

"Helen Johnson's witch Jezibaba was all the more ominous for being a Dr Jekyll figure"
Rian Evans, The Guardian - Ježibaba Rusalka, Iford Arts

 
Multimedia