Helen Lyons grew up in Vermont and holds degrees from Wellesley College, The Royal Academy of Music, and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. She has performed in Germany with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Mainz Staatstheater, and Landestheater Coburg, as well as in the US, China, and the Philippines. She is the Director of Music and morning host on Vermont Public Classical, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Opera Company of Middlebury.

Helen has sung as a soloist with orchestras all over the world, including the Philippine Philharmonic, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Thüringen Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Henderson Symphony Orchestra. Operatic roles include: Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) Chrysothemis (Elektra), Mme. Lidoine (Les Dialogues des Carmelites), Elisabeth (Don Carlos), Turandot, Iphigénie (Iphigénie en Tauride), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro), First Lady (Die Zauberfloete), Governess (Turn of the Screw), Lady Billows (Albert Herring), Irene/Mary (Jerry Springer: The Opera), and Mme. de Volanges (Dangerous Liaisons).

Since moving back to Vermont in 2016, Helen has enjoyed performing as a soloist with local ensembles and orchestras in a wide array of music, from opera and oratorio, to song recitals with her collaborating pianists Elaine Greenfield, Claire Black, and Carl Recchia.

We welcome Helen Lyons to her first performance on our Historical Piano Concerts Series.