Helen Watts

Singer, Musical Artist

1927 – 2009

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Who was Helen Watts?

Helen Watts CBE was a Welsh contralto.

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.

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Born
Dec 7, 1927
Milford Haven
Also known as
  • Watts, Helen
Profession
Education
  • Royal Academy of Music
Died
Oct 7, 2009

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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