Born in Middlesbrough, Helen holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance from Trinity College of Music, London where she received a TCM scholarship and was the recipient of the Molly Ayes Trust Fund Bursary. Before coming to London, Helen read English Literature and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University, graduating in 2004 with First Class Honours. She then returned to Middlesbrough to train as a Secondary teacher.
Recent opera performances include Micaela (Carmen, Mean Time Opera) and Alice Ford (TCM Opera Scenes). Solo performances include Barber's Hermit Songs (Charlton House), Handel's Messiah, Britten's Our Hunting Fathers (TCM Symphony Orchestra), Britten's The Company of Heaven, Mozart's Requiem and the UK premier of Wurtz's Message From The Soul.
Future performances include Anne Trulove (The Rake's Progress, TCM), Dido (Dido and Aeneas, Brighton Festival) and Schumann's song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben (St Alfege's Church, Greenwich).
Helen is currently studying on the Advanced Postgraduate Diploma course at Trinity College of Music under the tutelage of Wendy Eathorne, coached by Robert Aldwinckle and supported by a TCM scholarship.
For more information about Helen, please visit Helen Bailey
