Helen Sherman

Mezzo Soprano

Helen Sherman has represented Australia at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and at the Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition. She was nominated for a Helpmann Award (Best Female Performer in an Opera) for her portrayal of Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea for Pinchgut Opera.

Recent appearances include Flora in La traviata (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro (Opera North), Tamiri in Farnace (Pinchgut Opera), Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Teatru Manoel, Malta), the title roles in Carmen (State Opera South Australia) and Giulio Cesare (Bury Court Opera) and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Sesto in La clemenza di Tito (Classical Opera Company and The Mozartists).

Helen’s recordings include Mozart in London for Signum Records and L’incoronazione di Poppea and Bajazet – both for Pinchgut Live. She has also recorded with The Orchestra of the Antipodes, Classical Opera and The Mozartists, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

Helen’s concert appearances include performances at Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Cadogan Hall, St John’s Smith Square and Milton Court. She has sung at Festspiele Zurich, Cheltenham Festival, Cambridge Summer Music Festival and with the Australian Haydn Ensemble, the Sydney and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and The London Mozart Players. She has taken the alto solos in Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, QPAC Concert Hall, Middle Temple Hall and The Sage Gateshead.

In 2024, Helen Sherman sang Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte and Mistress of the Novices in Suor Angelica for Opera Australia. She also performed Sesto in Giulio Cesare and Irene in Theodora for Pinchgut Opera and appeared as soloist with the Melbourne Symphony and the Australian Haydn Ensemble. She returns to OA in 2025 as Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Mercédès (Carmen).