Helen-Jane Howells
Soprano
Recitals Oratorio Opera Concerts
Comments on Helen-Jane:
"Your ‘Et incarnatus est’ on Saturday was one of the loveliest and most perfect things I have heard sung by a soprano in a long time". Edward Marston, English Arts Chorale
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"The arias chosen came mainly from Acis and Galatea, Giulio Cesare, Serse and Semele, and it was soprano Helen-Jane Howells -heard in the previous Kempe concert with very different repertoire - who sang them with incomparable beauty of vocal treatment and passionate expression. Her dazzling coloratura alternating with highly sensual and often poignant lyricism was simply stunning". The Stratford Herald
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"Helen-Jane Howells, soprano, in her performance of songs by Strauss and Mahler, spun a beautiful line and showed off her glorious top register. The pianissimo ending of Mahler's Ging heut morgen was stunning". The Farnham Herald
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Review of the opera Love in Transit (role: 'Barbara', a diva!), "Whilst all the roles were very competently sung, the star of the performance, in more ways than one, was undoubtedly Helen-Jane Howells, the blonde ‘diva’. She has a beautiful clear soprano voice, and excellent diction. She is a singer to watch out for the future; already assured, confident in the command of her vocal range, and with a strong stage presence". Leszek Marcinowicz, Capriccio
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“She has a star studded career ahead of her”, Mary King, judge at the John Warner Competition
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"The soloists Helen-Jane Howells and Douglas Rice-Bowen were at the top of their game and seemed to lift the response of the audience. . . Any confidence the choir may have lacked in the opening was quickly recovered by the example of Helen-Jane Howells, whose soaring line was radiant in tone and had a seemingly effortless delivery. Her feeling for the phrases was matched by Douglas R-B". Mark Gale, Mid-Sussex Times
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“Awarded not only because of the beauty of her singing, but her professionalism throughout this competition”, the Russell Sheppard Scholarship
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