Amy Maude Helfer, mezzo-soprano

Amy Maude Helfer, mezzo-soprano

Amy Maude Helfer, mezzo-soprano

2024

October 27m, 2024
SOLOIST, Opera and Broadway at Acacia
Boheme Opera NJ, Lawrence Township NJ

October 19, 2024
SOLOIST, Golden Jubilee
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY


2023

December 17, 22, 2023
ALTO SOLOIST, Handel Messiah
Danbury Music Centre, Danbury & Bethel CT

October 28m, 28, 29m, 2023
LADY ANGELA, Patience
New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY

August 10, 12m, 13m, 2023
ZULMA, L’italiana in Algeri *role debut!
Opera Theater of Connecticut, Clinton CT

June 29 - July 30, 2023
SISTER MARGARETTA, The Sound of Music *role debut!
Ivoryton Playhouse, Ivoryton CT

May 19, 2023
ALTO SOLOIST, Offenbach Musical Shabbat
Congregation Mishkan Israel, Hamden CT

April 19, 2023
ALTO SOLOIST, Lera Auerbach Symphony no. 6, Vessels of Light
US PREMIERE PERFORMANCE

A Concert for Sugihara - Mo. Constantine Orbelian
New York City Opera, Carnegie Hall, New York NY

March 2, 4, 9, 11m, 12m, 2023
PITTI-SING, The Mikado (Re-Imagined)
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Wilmington NC, Clermont, Sarasota, Tallahassee, & Fort Lauderdale FL

February 8, 2023
SOLOIST, Emerging From the Dark
Light Opera of New York, New York NY


2022

 

December 18, 2022
SOLOIST, Winter Solstice Concert
First Congregational Church, Watertown CT

December 9, 2022
SOLOIST, Season’s Greetings Cabaret
First Congregational Church, Guilford CT

December 4m, 2022
WITCH, Hansel and Gretel *role debut!
Opera Theater of Connecticut, Clinton CT

October 28, 29m, 29, 30m, 2022
TESSA, The Gondoliers
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY

October 16, 2022
SOLOIST, The Parisian Mozart: Exploring the Music of Jacques Offenbach
Raylynmor Opera, Keene NH

September 18, 2022
RECIPIENT RECITAL, NYGASP Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre, New York NY

August 19, 20, 26, 27, 2022
PETRA, A Little Night Music
Union Avenue Opera, St. Louis MO

(June 2022 - cancelled due to COVID-19)
MEG PAGE, Falstaff *role debut!
Raylynmor Opera, Keene NH

May 28, 2022
ALTO SOLOIST, Stroope American Rhapsody
MidAmerica Productions, Carnegie Hall, New York NY

May 3, 8, 27, 2022
ROSINA, Il barbiere di Siviglia *role debut!
New York City Opera, Family performances and at Bryant Park, New York NY

April 8, 9m, 9, 10m, 2022
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY


2021

 

November 18, 20m, 21m 2021
BERTA, The Barber of Seville *role debut!
Opera Theater of Connecticut, Clinton CT

October 24, 2021
SOLOIST, Season Reopening Celebration
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY

September 25, 2021
CANTORIAL SOLOIST
Temple Emanu-El, New York NY

September 25, 2021 - Virtual
IOLANTHE, NYGASP For Kids: Iolanthe
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

July 11, 2021
SOLOIST, The Music of Gilbert & Sullivan
Utopia Opera at Foxhowe Association, Buck Hill Falls PA

June 6, 10, 19, 2021
SOLOIST, Songs from the Elephant’s Trunk
Brief Cameo Productions/ Ivoryton Playhouse, Ivoryton, Essex, & Westbrook CT

March 31, 2021 - Virtual
SOLOIST, Poor Little Buttercup
Boheme Opera NJ lecture series at Monroe Township Library, NJ


2020

 

December 9, 2020 - Virtual
SOLOIST, Unique Broadway
Boheme Opera NJ lecture series at Monroe Township Library, NJ

November 21, 2020 - Virtual
ALLA NAZIMOVA, The Garden of Alla
NYPL’s Musical Theater Festival: Across a Crowded Room

November 15, 2020 - Virtual
SOLOIST, The Heroines of G&S: We Really Know Our Worth
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

(April 12, 2020 - cancelled due to COVID-19)
ALTO SOLOIST, Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 and Mass in C major, “Sparrow,” K. 220
MidAmerica Productions, Carnegie Hall, New York NY

January 25, March 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, (*12m), (*12), (*13), 2020
PITTI-SING, The Mikado (Re-Imagined)
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Princeton NJ, Albuquerque NM, Prescott AZ, Las Vegas NV, San Luis Obispo, Palm Desert, Folsom, & Cerritos CA (* performances cancelled due to COVID-19)

February 7, 2020
SOLOIST, Chinese New Year Spectacular VI
Athena Music Foundation, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York NY

January 31 & February 1, 2020
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Colorado Symphony, Denver CO

January 4m, 4, 5m, 2020
PITTI-SING,
The Mikado (Re-Imagined)
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY


2019

 

December 31, 2019
SOLOIST, New Year's Eve Champagne Gala
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

December 27, 28m, 28, 29m, 30m, 2019
PITTI-SING, The Mikado (Re-Imagined)
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY

December 21, 2019
SOLOIST, WQXR Young Artists Showcase with NYGASP

November 23m, 23, 24m & December 7, 2019
RUTH,
The Pirates of Penzance
Utopia Opera, New York NY and Skytop PA
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October 26m, 26, 27m, 2019
IOLANTHE,
Iolanthe *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY
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August 2, 2019
CARMEN, Carmen *role debut!
Narnia Festival, Narni Italy

May 19, 2019
SOLOIST, Reunion Concert and Live Radio Broadcast on WWFM
Boheme Opera NJ, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton NJ

March 19, 2019
SOLOIST, Singing Sondheim on Sanibel
Opera Theater of Connecticut at Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel Island FL

March 8, 9, 10m, April 6, 7m, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14m, May 3, 2019
PITTI-SING, The Mikado (Re-Imagined)
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Bloomington IL, Columbus OH, Boise ID, Medford OR, Olympia, Bremerton, Edmonds, & Bellingham WA, Morristown NJ

February 16m, 2019
SOLOIST, Love in the Afternoon
Opera Theater of Connecticut, Cheshire CT *my hometown!

January 12, 19m, 2019
VERA BORONEL, The Consul
Bronx Opera, Bronx NY


2018

 

December 31, 2018
SOLOIST, New Year's Eve Champagne Gala
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

December 27m, 29, 30m, 2018
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY

December 19, 2018
SOLOIST & INTERVIEW, WQXR Young Artists Showcase with NYGASP

November 18, 2018
SOLOIST, 30th Anniversary Gala
Boheme Opera NJ

October 28m, 2018
DINAH, Trouble in Tahiti *role debut!
Boheme Opera NJ, Ewing NJ

September 27, 2018
SOLOIST, Affordable Art Fair NYC
New Camerata Opera, New York NY
Click for lovely, brief review!

August 19 & 26, 2018
SOLOIST, Summer Nights
Ivoryton Playhouse on the Shore, Westbrook CT

July 2018
MRS. LOVETT, Sweeney Todd *role debut!
and PROFESSIONAL FELLOW
Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Kamuela HI

May 17, 2018
GUEST SOLOIST, Prince of the City
Down Town Glee Club, Baruch College, New York NY

April 11, 2018
SOLOIST, Voices of Spiritual Resistance in Terezin
B'Nai Jeshrun NYC, New York NY

March 20, 2018
SOLOIST, Gems of Broadway's Golden Age, with a Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
Opera Theater of Connecticut at Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel Island FL

March 7, 8, 9, 10, 24, 2018
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Palm Desert CA, Prescott AZ, Las Vegas NV, Long Beach CA, Moses Lake WA

January 20, 2018
SOLOIST, Opera Dinner at the Woodwinds
Opera Theater of Connecticut, Branford CT


2017

 

December 31, 2017
SOLOIST, New Year's Eve Champagne Gala
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

December 16, 2017
ALTO SOLOIST, Handel Messiah (Part One)
NJ Metropolis Chamber Orchestra, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ

October 24, 26, 2017
FRADE, Scenes from Joel Mandelbaum's The Dybbuk
Queens College, Queens NY and Merkin Concert Hall, New York NY

June 11, 18, July 9, 30, August 13, 2017
SOLOIST, Great Balls of Fire
SOLOIST, A Night On the Town
SOLOIST, Sounds of the 70s
Ivoryton Playhouse on the Shore, Westbrook CT

April 29m, 29, 30, 2017
LADY ANGELA, Patience *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY

January 22m, 2017
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Reading PA

January 6, 7m, 8m, 2017
PITTI-SING, The Mikado (Re-Imagined)
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY
Click for a great review on Theatre Scene!


2016

 

December 28, 30, 2016
PITTI-SING, The Mikado (Re-Imagined)
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Kaye Playhouse, New York NY

November 19, 2016
SOLOIST, WeLink International Film Festival Gala
United Nations, New York NY

October 15, 20, 21, 22, 2016
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Lansdale PA, Orono ME, Concord NH, New Haven CT

October 12, 2016
SOLOIST, WQXR Young Artists Showcase with NYGASP

August 9, 11, 13, 14, 2016
MERCÉDÈS, Carmen *role debut!
Opera Theater of Connecticut, Clinton CT

July 21, 23, 2016
BABA THE TURK, The Rake's Progress *role debut!
String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Roulette, Brooklyn NY

May 21m, 21, 22, 2016
MELISSA, Princess Ida *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Skirball Center, New York NY

March 31, April 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 2016
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Walla Walla WA, Boise ID, Albuquerque NM, Boerne, Galveston, & Brenham TX, Springfield MO

March 15 & 19, 2016
SOLOIST, Mozart Masterpieces
SOLOIST, An Evening with Cole Porter
Opera Theater of Connecticut at Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel Island FL

February 27, 28m, 2016
ALTO SOLOIST, Bach Magnificat and Christ lag in Todesbanden
Hudson Opera Theater, Monroe NY

February 5, 2016
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Morristown NJ

January 31, 2016
SOLOIST, Opera Dinner at the Woodwinds
Opera Theater of Connecticut, Branford CT

January 2m, 2016
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Skirball Center, New York NY


2015

 

December 26m, 26, 27m, 30m, 31, 2015
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Skirball Center, New York NY

December 19, 2015
ALTO SOLOIST, Handel Messiah (Part One)
Hellenic American Conservatory, Roseland NJ

November 7m, 7, 8, 2015
LEILA, Iolanthe
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Skirball Center, New York NY

October 30, November 1m, 2015
PHOEBE, The Yeomen of the Guard
Winter Opera Saint Louis, St. Louis MO
Click for a fabulous review on BroadwayWorld Opera!
Click for a review from KDHX!

June 18, 19, 20, 26, & 27, 2015
PETRA, A Little Night Music *role debut!
Madison Lyric Stage, Madison CT

June 13, 2015
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Wolf Trap, Vienna VA

May 15, 16m, 16, 17, 2015
TESSA, The Gondoliers *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Skirball Center, New York NY

April 27, 2015
ALTO SOLOIST, Haydn Lord Nelson Mass
Manhattan Concert Productions, Carnegie Hall, New York NY

March 1, April 7, 10, 11 2015
PITTI-SING, The Mikado
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Manasquan NJ, New Philadelphia OH, Palos Hills & Naperville IL

January 11, 17, 2015
NANCY, Albert Herring *role debut!
Bronx Opera, Bronx NY and Kaye Playhouse, New York NY
Click for a fabulous blog review!
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2014

 

December 6, 2014
ALTO SOLOIST, Handel Messiah (Part One)
St. Mary's Church, South Amboy NJ

November 20, 2014
SOLOIST, Victor Herbert Favorites
Victor Herbert Renaissance Project LIVE!, New York NY
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October 19, 2014
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Queensborough PAC, Queens NY

August 5, 6m, 6, 9m, 9, 10m, 10, 2014
PHOEBE, The Yeomen of the Guard
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Malvern Theatre, Malvern, UK and Royal Hall, Harrogate, UK

February 20, 22, March 8, April 13, 2014
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Sun Valley Opera, Hailey & Rexburg ID,
at Colorado Symphony, Denver CO, and in Vineland NJ

February 21, 2014
SOLOIST, An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan's Greatest Scenes
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Sun Valley Opera, Ketchum ID

February 5, 6, 2014
CLOTILDE LOMBASTE, The New Moon
Light Opera of New York, Symphony Space, New York NY
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January 3, 4m, 4, 5m, 2014
LADY SAPHIR, Patience
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY
Click for review in The New York Times!


2013

 

December 27, 30m, 31, 2013
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

April 20, May 7, 8, 9, 10m, 10, 2013
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Spokane Symphony Orchestra, Spokane WA, and in Klamath Falls OR, Santa Rosa & Folsom CA

April 5 & 7, 2013
CHERUBINO, Le nozze di Figaro
Dayton Opera, Dayton OH

February-April 2013
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Dayton Opera, Dayton OH

January 18, 19m, 19, 20, 2013
PHOEBE, The Yeomen of the Guard *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, New York City Center, New York NY
Click for New York Times review!


2012

 

December 31, 2012
SOLOIST, New Year's Eve Champagne Gala
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

October 21, 2012
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Allentown Symphony Orchestra, Allentown PA

September 21, 2012
SOLOIST, PAINT THE TOWN: FALL
New York NY

June 29, 2012
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Wolf Trap, Vienna VA
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June-August 2012
RUTH, The Pirates of Penzance *role debut!
Quisisana Resort, Center Lovell ME

June 8, 9, 10, 2012
PITTI-SING, The Mikado
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Opera Columbus, Columbus OH

May 19m, 19, 20, 2012
LEILA, Iolanthe *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

January 26, March 23, 24, April 26, 27, 2012
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Selinsgrove PA, Cerritos CA, New Philadelphia OH, Flint MI

February 3, 4, 2012
ETHEL BRANDER, Rose Marie
Light Opera of New York, New York NY

January 9, 2012
SOLOIST, Broadway Comes to Robbinsville
Robbinsville NJ
 
January 1m, 2012
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY


2011

 

December 28m, 29, 30, 31m, 31, 2011
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

November 13, 2011
GRETCHEN, The Grand Duke
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

September 24 & October 30, 2011
PITTI-SING, The Mikado
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Geneva NY and at Opera New Hampshire, Manchester NH

June-August 2011
ANGELINA, La Cenerentola *role debut!
Quisisana Resort, Center Lovell ME

May 1, 3, 5, 6, 2011
PITTI-SING, The Mikado
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Albuquerque NM, San Luis Obispo, Bakersfield & Cerritos CA

April 15, 17, 2011
MARQUISE (cover)/ ENSEMBLE, La Fille du Régiment
Dayton Opera, Dayton OH

January-April 2011
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Dayton Opera, Dayton OH

January 1m, 2m, 2011
PITTI-SING, The Mikado *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY
Click for a review on Broadway World!


2010

 

December 29m, 30, 31, 2010
PITTI-SING, The Mikado *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

December 11, 12, 17, 18, 2010
HANSEL, Hansel and Gretel
Opera Manhattan, New York NY

November 21, 2010
PRINCESS KALYBA, Utopia, Limited
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY
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November 4, 2010
SUSAN, The Desert Song
Light Opera of New York, New York NY
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June 20, 2010
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Gettysburg PA

April 17 & 18, 2010
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
Boheme Opera NJ, Trenton NJ

March 18, 19, 26, 2010
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Shippensburg & Greensburg PA, Morristown NJ

January 9m, 15, 2010
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, New York City Center, New York NY


2009

 

December 31, 2009
SOLOIST, New Year's Eve Champagne Gala
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

December 11, 2009
ALTO SOLOIST, Schubert Magnificat and CPE Bach Magnificat
Farmington Valley Chorale, Simsbury CT

January 2009
PINOCCHIO, Pinocchio
FBN Productions outreach tour, 17 performances in SC, NC, & GA


2008

 

December 31, 2008
SOLOIST, New Year's Eve Champagne Gala
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Symphony Space, New York NY

November 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19m, 19, 22, 2008
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players in Columbus, Savannah, Athens, & Tifton GA, Greenville & Newberry SC, Williamsport PA

August 17m, 2008
STÉPHANO, Roméo et Juliette *role debut!
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, New York NY

June 28, 29m & July 26m, 26, 27m, 2008
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players at Missouri Symphony Orchestra, Columbia MO and in Manasquan NJ

June 7m, 13, 2008
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, New York City Center, New York NY

Spring 2008
HANSEL, Hansel and Gretel
Boston Lyric Opera outreach tour, 37 performances in MA, CT, NH, & ME

January 8, 2008
KATE, The Pirates of Penzance *role debut!
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, New York City Center, New York NY


Way back in the day

June-August 2007
CHERUBINO, The Marriage of Figaro *role debut!
Quisisana Resort, Center Lovell ME

February 2007
HANSEL, Hansel and Gretel *role debut!
Boston Opera Collaborative, Boston MA

December 2006
ALTO SOLOIST, Mozart Coronation Mass
New Haven Chorale, New Haven CT

June-August 2005
ZITA, Gianni Schicchi *role debut!
Quisisana Resort, Center Lovell ME