Photo: Hettie Pearson
Helen Maree Cooper
Primary Skill:
Mezzo-Soprano
Nationality:
British
Country:
United Kingdom
Links:
Languages (fluent):
English
Experience
Opera
La suora infermiera
Suor Angelica (Puccini)
Wexford Festival Opera
2023
Soloist
Enhanting Arias Opera For Kids (Various)
Royal Albert Hall
2023
Second Witch/Spirit
Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
If Opera
2022
Angelina
La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Arcola Theatre, Grimeborn (Barefoot Opera)
2022
Hänsel
Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck)
Westminster Opera Co
2021
Dritter Knabe
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Royal College of Music
2021
Dorabella
Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Royal College of Music
2021
Radamisto
Radamisto (Handel)
Royal College of Music
2021
Tisbe
Cenerentola (Rossini)
Royal College of Music
2021
Hermia
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Royal College of Music
2020
Ruggiero
Alcina (Handel)
Royal College of Music
2020
Tinkerbell (silhouette)
Peter Pan (Richard Ayres)
Welsh National Opera
2015
Louise
Ava's Wedding (Micheal Wolters)
The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
2015
Mrs quickly
Sir John in Love (Vaughan-Williams)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2015
Lyel
The Snowmaiden (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Eastbourne College - AIMS summer course
2014
Sœur Mathilde
Dialogues des Carmélites (Poulenc)
The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
2014
Cenerentola
La Cenerentola (Rossini)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2014
Hänsel
Hansel und Gretel (Humperdinck)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2013
Moth Fairy
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Britten)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, ABH
2013
Mercedes
Carmen (Bizet)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2012
La Libellule
L'enfant et les sortileges (Ravel)
Eastbourne College - AIMS summer course
2012
Musical Theatre
Stella and Shirley
The Land of Might-Have-Been (Ivor Norvello)
Buxton International Festival
2023
Mezzo-soprano
Thursford Christmas Spectacular (Various)
Thursford Christmas Spectacular
2015
Mrs Segstrom
A Little Night Music (Sondheim)
The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
2014
Chorus
Chorus
La Ciociara (Tutino)
Wexford Festival Opera
2023
Chrous
La sonnambula (Bellini)
Buxton International Festival
2023
Chorus
La Rondine (Puccini)
If Opera
2022
Oratorio/Concerts
Alto Soloist
Bach Magnificat (Bach)
St Edburg Church, Biecester
2016
Alto Soloist
Mozart's Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (Mozart)
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
2016
Alto soloist
Messiah (Handel)
Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall, Shropshire
2015
Alto soloist
Requiem (Mozart)
Blue Coat School Chapel, Harbourne, Birmingham
2015
Alto soloist
Requiem (Durufle)
St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham
2015
Alto soloist
Messiah (Handel)
St Nicholas’ Church, Kenilworth
2014
Alto soloist
Liebeslieder Waltzes (Brahms)
Symphony Hall Foyer, Birmingham
2014
Choral
Alto
Various (Various)
Festival Voices
2017
Alto
Various (Various)
Philharmonia Chorus
2016
Alto
Various (Various)
CBSO Chorus
2012
Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled
Awards
Royal College of Music - Accelerate Award (2021)
Royal College of Music - Mercers’ Arts Award (2020)
Competitions
Mario Lanza opera prize (2015)
Mario Lanza opera prize (2014)
Winifred Micklam Prize (2011)
Education
Masters of Performance
Royal College of Music
2019–2021
National Opera Studio - Short Course
National Opera Studio
2017
BMus(Hons) Vocal and Opera Studies
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2011–2015