Previous Welsh National Opera Roles:
Cio-Cio-San Madam Butterfly (Autumn 2002), Gilda Rigoletto, Marenka The Cunning Little Vixen, Jenufa Jenufa, Katerina The Greek Passion
Born in North Wales, Helen Field studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester and the Royal College of music, London. Her many awards have included the Dame Eva Turner Prize for Opera, the Royal Society of Arts Scholarship and the Young Welsh singers Competition.
Her recent roles include Countess Die Soldaten Kostelnicka Jenufa in Osnabrück; and Denise in Michael Tippett's [The Knot Garden].
Her other roles include the Governess in Britten's [The Turn Of The Screw] in Cologne, Dresden, Montpellier, Amsterdam, Schwetzingen and Barcelona; Gilda Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Cio-Cio San Madama Butterfly at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Aspasia Mitridate at Monte Carlo, Desdemona OTELLO in Brussels; and Jenufa in Liege, Düsseldorf and Toronto. Helen performed the roles of Pamina, Nedda, Violetta, Donna Anna, Marguerite, Duchess of Parma, Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO. For Scottish Opera she sang the roles of Vixen, Katya, James McMillan's Ines de Castro (world premiere) and the title role in Salome. As the title role in Salome her appearances have also included Brussels, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Covent Garden, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Nürnberg, Holland, and Frankfurt.