"My singing is about daring to touch souls with raw emotion."

 

Apart from a demanding opera schedule, Helen is also a songwriter and composer. Her own materical continues to amaze audiences with her heartfelt sincerity. "My songs come from deep from within, flowing from the pit of my stomach to the keys on a piano. " It is said her inspiration comes from Bach to Berg.

She was commissioned to write a one-act opera "It's ten p.m. They're Late" in which she sang the main role, for the 2008 Tete a Tete Opera Festival.

When not performing, Helen regularly broadcasts on radio and TV including C4's "What the Butler Saw", "The Paul O'Grady Show", BBC 1's "Sunday Live" and BBC 1 News where she performed her song written for the 2012 Olympics. In 2005 she founded The Helen Astrid Singing Academy.

Press Reviews

"Astrid lives out her singing in her body as well as her voice" The Times

"Astrid distinguishes herself" The Independent

“Helen Astrid distinguishes herself at Garsington”
(Die Aegyptische Helene) The Independent

“The nubile servants, Helen Astrid and Yvette Bonner, almost steal the show”
(Die Aegyptische Helene) The Financial Times

“Helen Astrid as Biancofiore, stood out from the rest of the large cast for her lively performance”
(Francesca da Rimini) The Financial Times

“Only Helen Astrid’s Garbrielle really made much of on individual impression”
(La Vie Parisienne) The Financial Times

“All the parts were more than adequately taken; one noticed in particular Helen Astrid’s bright lyric”
(Daphne) The Financial Times

“All the singers were equal to the demands of their roles particularly Helen Astrid as Venus”
(Le Disgrazie d’Amore) Opera Magazine Festival issue

“Helen Astrid, pert and animated, made it impossible to believe that Lisette’s career as a singer had turned out to be such a fiasco”
(La Rondine) Opera Magazine

“Everyone excelled themselves, particularly Helen Astrid who has a beautiful voice which is versatile and controlled”
(La Vie Parisienne) London Australasian Magazine