Helen Cannell

MEZZO-SOPRANO AND VOCAL COACHEDUCATION Born Bedford, England. Studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, AGSM and opera courses. Teachers include Johanna Peters, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claudio Desderi, Elizabeth Glauser, Corinne Sherman-Sarti and Anne Evans.EMPLOYMENT Regular concert and oratorio performances, including an evening of Britten's theatre music at the Aldeburgh Festival, Honegger's King David in Croydon, Haydn's Nelson Mass, Zena in Katya Kabanova, at the Royal Albert Hall, Pastuchyna in Jenufa with the L.P.O at the Festival Hall, Concerts at the Brighton Festival and appeared in the German TV film Revolution for ZDF Munich. · For Glyndebourne Festival Opera played and understudied a wide range of parts,including the lead role of Anna in Nigel Osbourne's The Electrification of the Soviet Union directed by Peter Sellers; the Mother and White Cat in Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortileges, directed by Frank Corsaro; Adelaide in Richard Strauss's Arabella, directed by John Cox; Second Lady in Die Zauberflote directed by Peter Sellers; Flora in La Traviata and Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, both directed by Peter Hall.Operatic Roles performed: Cherubino in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro; Berta in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Orlovsky in Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus; Rosina in Scarlatti's Il Trionfo dell'Onore; Clori in Cavalli's L'Egisto; Second Boy in Die Zauberflote in a six month tour of England and also for the festivals in Bath, Dijon and Sully sur Loire; the German Mother in Death in Venice directed by Stephen Lawless and conducted by Graeme Jenkins for the Glyndebourne Touring Opera and the BBC film and DVD/Video of the opera; Second Slave in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail directed by Peter Woods; Zena in Katja Kabanova directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff, conducted by Andrew Davis; Pastuchyna in Jenufa directed by Nikolas Lehnhoff and conducted by Andrew Davis, for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and for the TV film and DVD/video; Ludmilla in Prodana Nevesta by Smetana for Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg and Mulhouse.Helen is in demand as a voice coach,working with pop singers, actors and classical singers teaching both privately and also running group workshops /consultancies around the country.Helen is also a judge for the Live and Unsigned pop competition(Formerly South Coast Idol.)