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Helen Watts was born on 7 December, 1927, is a Welsh contralto. Discover Helen Watts's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Born 7 December, 1927
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1927

Helen Watts (7 December 1927 – 7 October 2009) was a Welsh contralto.

Helen Josephine Watts was born in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Her father was a pharmacist, Tom Watts and moved to live above his shop at 26 Market Street, Haverfordwest, Wales as a child.

She was educated at Taskers School for Girls in Haverfordwest, the Abbots Bromley School for Girls, and at the Royal Academy of Music where she was taught voice by Caroline Hatchard.

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.

1955

She sang Bach arias at her debut at The Proms, in 1955.

1964

She toured the Soviet Union with the English Opera Group in 1964, singing the lead in The Rape of Lucretia.

1969

She was also known for her 1969 performances as Mistress Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff with the Welsh National Opera.

In 1969, her voice was described by a critic as "not particularly large, but the general purity and warmth of its tone gives it a direct, communicative power. And the singer uses it with taste and imagination."

The many recordings by Helen Watts included a "monumental" edition of forty Bach cantatas, with Helmuth Rilling conducting the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart.

She also made several recordings as a soloist in Handel's Messiah, various roles in Wagner's Ring cycle, and an album of Welsh songs with the Treorchy male voice choir.

1970

She was asked to choose her favourite record, book, and luxury as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 1970.

They were:

1978

In 1978, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

1980

Helen Watts married Michael Mitchell, a viola player with the London Symphony Orchestra, in 1980.

2007

Mitchell died in 2007.

2009

Watts died on 7 October 2009 at the age of 81.