Hélène Schneiderman Mezzo-soprano

American mezzo-soprano Helene Schneiderman began her career with the Theater Heidelberg Ensemble, before moving on to the Staatstheater Stuttgart Ensemble.

In 1998, she was awarded the title of Kammersängerin of the City of Stuttgart. Recent engagements include The Mayor's Wife (Jenůfa) at London's Royal Opera House, Ericlea (The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland) at the Vienna Staatsoper, the Old Lady (Candide) at Theater an der Wien. Other engagements include Mirabella (The Gypsy Baron) at Berlin's Komische Oper, Larina (Eugene Onegin) at the Vienna Staatsoper, with Toronto's Canadian Opera Company and in Valencia, Annina (The Knight of the Rose) at New York's Metropolitan Opera, the Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Proms, Madrid's Teatro Real, San Diego Opera and Milan's La Scala, la Ville Dame (Candide) and la Vieille Baronne (Vanessa) at Santa Fe Opera, Teresa (La Somnambule) at Berlin's Deutsche Oper, Marcellina (Les Noces de Figaro) with Toronto's Canadian Opera Company and at Madrid's Teatro Real, and regular appearances at London's Royal Opera House for Le Nez, Despina (Così fan tutte) and Suzuki (Madame Butterfly).

Helene Schneiderman made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in the role of the Second Lady (The Magic Flute). In addition to her operatic engagements, she has developed a varied concert career, appearing in oratorio and lieder recitals, notably at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, where she sang Leonard Bernstein's arias and barcarolles in the presence of the composer. She has also recorded Aaron Copland's Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson with the St. Luke's Orchestra, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.

At the Opéra national de Paris: The Magic Flute (Second Lady), 2001, 2002; The Marriage of Figaro (Marcellina), 2006, 2008; The Knight of the Rose (Annina), 2006; La Traviata (Flora Bervoix), 2007; The Bride Sold (Hata), 2008; Madame Butterfly (Suzuki), 2009; A Quiet Place (Susie), 2022