Press

The Power of Paternal Love, Barber Opera 2023

“Helen Stanley’s man-eating Rubia revealed a range of timbre and a comic gift which promises much for the future.” - Opera Magazine

“There are also strong character performances from a gloriously trashy Rubia (Stratonica’s companion), sung by a leopard-print-clad Helen Stanley” – The Stage

“The servants Silo and Rubia are played with irresistibly cheeky and saucy humour by Brendan Collins and Helen Stanley.” – Classical Source

Cabildo, Wilton’s Music Hall 2021

“Helen Stanley was both naïve and engaging as she relived both the joys and sorrows of Lady Valerie and her pirate-prince… At the close, Mary’s very real feeling – and personal transfiguration – was communicated profoundly by Stanley.” – Opera Today

Cabildo, Grimeborn 2019

“Helen Stanley (Mary) and Joseph Buckmaster (Tom) were persuasive as redneck newlyweds (oversized earrings for her; denim and Trump 2020 cap for him).” – The Guardian

Pelléas et Mélisande, Opera on the Move 2019

“Helen Stanley made a distinguished, velvety, subtly imperious Geneviève” – Opera Magazine

Semele, Mid Wales Opera 2017

“The cast exuded freshness and spirited commitment. Helen Stanley’s badass-Goth Juno stood out.” – The Independent 

“Juno, whose place Semele has taken in Jupiter’s bed, was sung by Helen Stanley: a feisty mezzo with natural stage presence, she vaped and vamped with a vengeance.” – The Guardian 

“There was fine singing and plenty of frivolity from the conspiring Juno and Iris sung and acted by Helen Stanley and Beatrice Acland.” – Arts Scene in Wales 

L’Italiana in Algeri, Pop Up Opera 2015

“It is the role of Isabella, performed by Helen Stanley, that Rossini has set up to be the star, and Stanley was definitely a star.” – Planet Hugill

“Helen Stanley and Oliver Brignall gave stand-out performances.” – London Theatre Reviews

“It really needs to be said that Helen Stanley was fully equal to the demands of the steepling, vertiginous coloratura that garlanded her role.” – British Theatre

“Matching him in downright sauciness was Helen Stanley who brought a bit of Beyoncé-esque attitude to the role of the showgirl who wraps everyone around her little finger.” – West End Wilma

Così fan tutte, Pop Up Opera 2014

“The sisters were excellent… Helen Stanley’s bold Dorabella, an accomplished vocal and comic turn.” – Opera Magazine