Helen Noonan
Soprano Helen Noonan is a Melbourne original. A trained actress. A trained singer. The striking feature of her work is its vocal and dramatic versatility which sees her playing roles from the straight operatic to contemporary operatic.
This includes such performances as Violetta in La Traviata; to Andre Greenwell's contemporary operatic Sweet Death; or in the stage musical - Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera for example - a role she has performed over 1000 times.
The role Helen is best known for is as the Ghost of Opera in Chamber Made Opera's Recital - having performed the role (a solo 75 minute performance) to acclaim from London and Edinburgh, to Caracas and Costa Rica, to Hong Kong and all over Australia. This role required the height and brilliance of the Queen of the Night tessitura, and the dexterity and stamina of the ‘sung/speech’ which Helen developed over David Chesworth's underscoring.
Helen's passion is to portray characters who sing their stories. To sing without the limitations of convention.
Helen Noonan is featured on the following titles
A Classic Case of Love
Soprano Helen Noonan and guitarist Peter Constant present an intimate programme of love songs spanning centuries, from folk and early music to Schubert, Satie, Villa-Lobos and the twentieth-century stage and songbook.
Helen Noonan also appears on
The Ring of Bone
While the past decade has seen recordings of Elisabeth Lutyens’ chamber and choral works released to critical acclaim, her piano music has remained obscure. Pianist Arabella Teniswood-Harvey has carefully researched and here presents that neglected repertoire.
Narrator: speaker
A Sympathetic Resonance
Peter Constant presents classical guitar works by Australian composers, joined by Marion Schaap on guitar, Mardi McSullea on flute and Helen Noonan, soprano.