Name Helen Watts | Role Contralto | |
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Albums Beethoven: Mass In C Major / Bruckner: Motets Similar People Heather Harper, John Shirley‑Quirk, Robert Tear, April Cantelo, Tom Krause | ||
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Helen Watts CBE (7 December 1927 – 7 October 2009) was a Welsh contralto.
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- Handel messiah leppard helen watts felicity palmer shirley quirk
- Helen watts alto rhapsody ansermet by brahms
- Literature
- Songs
- References
She was born in Milford Haven, Wales, and educated at the Abbots Bromley School for Girls and at the Royal Academy of Music. She began her career with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, and was a regular broadcaster on the Welsh Home Service. She subsequently had a distinguished career as an opera singer. In 1978 she was awarded the CBE.
Watts died on 7 October 2009 at the age of 81. Watts's husband Michael Mitchell, a viola player, died in 2007.
Helen watts alto rhapsody ansermet by brahms
Literature
Songs
Cantata No 53 - BWV 53: Schlage doch - gewunschte Stunde
St Matthew Passion BWV 244 - No 47: Erbarme dich - mein Gott
Cantata Academica Op 62: Part II: VIII Docendi ac discendi aequitati
Litaniae Lauretanae - K 195: III Salus infirmorum
Chorale: Ertot uns durch dein Gute
Missa in Angustiis "Nelson Mass" - Hob XXII11 in D Minor: Benedictus
Wagner: Die Walkure / Act 3 - La Walkyrie: La chevauchee des walkyries
Sosarme - HWV 30 - Act III: Ah Padre!
Cantata academica - Op 62: Part I - Corale - Alla Rovescio - Recitativo - Arioso - Duettino - Recitativo - Scherzo
Recitative: Ich fuhle schon im Geist
Handel: Jubilate - Be ye sure that the Lord he is God
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen - BWV 200
Recitative: So klage - du zerstorte Gottesstadt
Mitridate - Re di Ponto: Act I - "Teme Ismene a ragion"
Recitative: Zwar fuhlt mein schwaches Herz
Aria: Dein Wetter zog sich auf von weitem
Aria: Mein leztes Lager will mich schrecken
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - BWV 147 - Part I - I Chorus
Sinfonie Nr 9 in d-Moll - Op 125: IV Presto - Allegro assai - "Ode an die Freude"
Recitative: Wohlan! mein Herze legt Zorn - Zank und Zwietracht hin
Das Neugeborne Kindelein - Bwv 122: Trio With Chorale: Ist Gott Versohnt
Aria: Wie zittern und wanken
Aria: Seht - seht! wie reisst - wie bricht - wie fallt
Sosarme - HWV 30 - Act I: Si - si - minaccia
Requiem in D minor - K 626: IVa Offertorium: "Domine Jesu"
Recitative: Des Hochsten Gute wird von Tag zu Tage neu
Chorale: Dahero Trotz der Hollen Heer!
Recitative: Erhohtes Fleisch und Blut
Wagner: Die Walkure / Dritter Aufzug - "Hojotoho! Heiaha!"
Recitative: Die Armen sind verstort
La Wally:
Recitative: Ich bin von Seufzen mude