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19th - 29th November, 2009

Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, N6 4BD

Hampstead Garden Opera
The Dionysus Ensemble

Purcell - Dido and Aeneas

Director - James Hurley
Conductor - Oliver-John Ruthven 

Dido - Helen Bailey
Belinda - Lucy de Butts
Aeneas - James Gilbert
Sorceress - Fiona Mackay

14th November, 2009

St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Summertown, Oxford

Oxford University Press

Mozart - Missa Brevis
Scarlatti - Miserere

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Debra Ogden (alto)
Jon Trenchard (tenor)
Edwin Pitt-Mansfield (bass) 

12th & 13th November, 2009

Opera Scenes Showcase
The David Josefowitz Recital Room, The Royal Academy of Music 

Royal Academy of Music

Helen will be performing the role of Suzel in scenes from Mascagni's L'Amico Fritz. 

10th October, 2009

A Harvest of Song
St. James' Church, North Cray

A selection of operatic arias and songs from musicals, including
Puccini and Sondheim.

Octavia Voices 

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Stephanie Seeney (mezzo-soprano)
Zachary Roberts (tenor)
Matthew Kellett (bass-baritone)
Suzy Ruffles (piano) 

3rd October, 2009

Autumn concert 
St. Michael's Church, Highgate 

Hampstead Garden Opera 

Helen will sing arias and duets by Korngold and Mascagni.

25th September, 2009

Song recital 
Pushkin House, London 

Including Barber's Hermit Songs and Lisa's aria from
Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades.

American and Russian song recital

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Derek S. Henderson (bass)
Julian Gallant (piano)  

14th August, 2009

Songs for summer recital 
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Nunthorpe 

An eclectic mixture of arias and musical theatre songs.

Song recital

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Gina Bailey (soprano)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)

13th August, 2009

Summer show-stoppers concert 
Stockton United Reform Church

Musical theatre songs and duets.

Music theatre recital

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Gina Bailey (soprano)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)

14th - 19th July, 2009

Blackheath Halls

Blackheath Halls Community Opera

Gluck - Orpheus and Euridice

Mary Nelson - Euridice
Orpheus - Wendy Dawn Thompson

Helen will understudy the role of Euridice.

11th July, 2009

Choral favourites
Trinity United Reform Church, Bromley 

Bromley Oecumenical Singers

Helen will sing soprano solos with the BOES chorus.

25th June, 2009

Song recital 
Eltham Parish Church, London 

Octavia Voices 

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Anna Whyte (soprano)
Suzy Ruffles (piano) 

17th June, 2009

Postgraduate final recital 
Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich

Handel - L'amero... e gelosia quella tiranno (Serse)
R. Strauss - Die Nacht
R. Strauss - Allerseelen
Barber - Hermit songs 
Handel - Scoglio d'immota fronte (Scipione)
Messiaen - Trois Mélodies.
Campbell - The passing year
Heggie - A route to the sky (Paper Wings)

Trinity College of Music

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)

12th & 13th June, 2009

Goldsmiths University 

OperaGold

Le nozze di Figaro

Director - Nan Christie 
Conductor - Tim Hooper 

Countess - Helen Bailey
Susanna - Nathalie Chalkley
Cherubino - Charlotte King
Marcellina - Jennifer Hunt
Figaro - Henry Bennett
Count - Daniel Rudge

7th June, 2009

St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge

Situation Opera

Le nozze di Figaro (in concert)

Countess - Helen Bailey
Susanna - Casey Evans
Cherubino - Charlotte King
Marcellina - Iris Korfker
Figaro - Daniel Roddick
Count - Daniel Rudge

3rd June, 2009

Recital of opera and song
St. Martin-within-Ludgate, London

Handel - L'amero... e gelosia quella tiranno (Serse)
R. Strauss - Allerseelen
Handel - Scoglio d'immota fronte (Scipione)
Messiaen - Trois Mélodies.
Campbell - The passing year
Heggie - A route to the sky (Paper Wings)

Recital

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Emma Watkinson (mezzo-soprano)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)

30th May, 2009 - 7.30pm

St. Paul's Church, Beckenham

Cantata

Purcell - Come ye sons of art
Purcell - O dive custos auriacae domus
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Stephanie Seeney (mezzo-soprano)
William Petter (tenor)
Thomas Stoddart (bass)
Suzy Ruffles (piano) 

23rd May, 2009

Song recital 
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Yarm

Recital

Gina Bailey (soprano)
Helen Bailey (soprano)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)

20th May, 2009 - 1.10pm

St. Alfege's Church, Greenwich 

Situation Opera 

Purcell - Dido and Aeneas

Dido - Helen Bailey
Aeneas - Daniel Rudge
Sorceress - Stephanie Seeney
Belinda - Anna Whyte

16th May, 2009

St. Thomas Church, Lymington 

Lymington Choral Society

Rutter - Mass of the children
Jenkins - The Armed Man

Helen Bailey (soprano)
James Oldfield (bass-baritone) 

15th May, 2009 - 7.30pm

St. George's Church, Bickley

Recital

Schumann - Frauenliebe und Leben
Barber - Hermit Songs

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Stephanie Seeney (mezzo-soprano)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)

9th May, 2009

St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Summertown, Oxford

Oxford University Press

Charpentier - Mass for double chorus
Haydn - Little Organ Mass
Mozart - Exsultate, jubilate
Edward Lewis (conductor) 

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Malcolm Pearce (organ)

8th May, 2009

Contemporary choral works
Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair 

The King William Singers 

Hilary Campbell (musical director)

Choral pieces from the 21st Century, including work by Whitacre, Lauridsen, Weir, and Hilary Campbell.

24th April - 2nd May, 2009 - 7.30pm

Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, N6 4BD

Hampstead Garden Opera
The Dionysus Ensemble

Carlisle Floyd - Susannah

Director - Sinéad O’Neill 
Conductor - Oliver-John Ruthven

Susannah Polk - Helen Bailey
Mrs Ott - Annette Dumville
Elder Gleaton - Henry Gush
Olin Blitch - Derek Henderson
Mrs MacLean - Jill House
Mrs Gleaton - Anna Kirby
Elder Ott - David Matthews
Elder MacLean - Martin Musgrave
Little Bat MacLean - Zack Roberts
Elder Hayes - Jake White
Sam Polk - Nick Whitfield
Mrs Hayes - Anna Whyte

4th April, 2009

All in an April evening: opera and oratorio
Sutton Coldfield United Reformed Church

The Vaughan Singers

With guest soloists:

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Elizabeth Mantle (soprano)

28th March, 2009

St. Thomas' Church, Lymington

Lymington Choral Society

Handel - The Messiah
Michael Goldthorpe (conductor)

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Jenny Samuel (mezzo-soprano)
Alex Veariey-Roberts (tenor)
Christopher Ruscoe (baritone)

7th March, 2009

Song recital 
St. James' Church, North Cray

Octavia Voices 

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Anna Whyte (soprano)
Louisa Tee (mezzo-soprano)
Nick Whitfield (tenor)
Suzy Ruffles (piano) 

20th & 21st February, 2009

Opera scenes showcase
Blackheath Halls

Trinity College of Music

Helen will sing the role of Mimi in a scene from Puccini's La Bohéme.

5th February, 2009

The Peacock Room, Trinity College of Music

French Chamber Music Festival

Chausson - Chanson perpétuelle
Eugine Asti (artistic director)

Helen Bailey (soprano)
Firat Altay (piano)

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