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Also known as Helen Josephine Watts

Welsh opera singer (1927-2009)

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • Under the Greenwood Tree
  • No Stone Unturned
  • Incapacity and Care
  • One Day In Oradour
  • Exploring the earth

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1927
Active to
2009
classicalcontraltowelsh contralto

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,159
Total plays
7,062

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Helen Watts CBE (7 December 1927 – 7 October 2009) was a Welsh contralto. Early life: 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Helen
Family name
Watts
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Milford Haven
Place of death
Pembroke
Occupation
opera singer
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
opera
Instrument
voice
Voice type
contralto
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date of death
2009-10-07
date of birth
1927-12-07
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