Watts, Helen

Performer

Helen Watts CBE (December 7, 1927 – October 7, 2009) was a Welsh contralto. She was born in Wales at Milford Haven and educated at the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley and the Royal Academy of Music. She began her career with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, and was a regular broadcaster on the Welsh Home Service. Watts subsequently had a distinguished career as an opera singer. In 1978 she was awarded the CBE. She died on October 7, 2009 at the age of 81. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Mavra
• Rodelinda, HWV 19
• Sosarmes, King of Media, HWV 30
• Always a bearer of glory handel, HWV 87
• Shine sunrise in the east, HWV 166
• St. John Passion, BWV 245
• Mass in D minor, Hob. XXII:11 - Nelson Mass (Ed. H. C. Robbins Landon)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61
• Beatrice and Benedick, H 138