Bibi Heal - Soprano

Bibi graduated from the University of East Anglia with a First Class degree in Music, and went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music. She currently studies with Graeme Danby and Jonathan Papp, and enjoys a full and varied programme of opera, oratorio and recital.

Recent opera engagements include Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) and Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) for Garsington Opera, Susanna (Figaro’s Wedding) and Berta (Barber of Seville) for Opera Buffa, Belinda (Dido and Aeneas) and Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) for Eastern Opera, Despina (Così fan Tutte) for Bampton Classical Opera, Micaela (Carmen) in Buckinghamshire, Phyllis (Iolanthe) in London conducted by Michael Lloyd, and Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) in the Gstaad Festival, Switzerland alongside Barbara Bonney and Gerald Finley. Forthcoming engagements include Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) and Adina (L'Elisir d'Amore) for Eastern Opera, and Pamina (The Magic Flute) for Kentish Opera. Bibi also regularly appears in opera galas, and has many forthcoming in London and throughout the UK, including the Viennese New Year's Eve Gala with the Brighton Philharmonic in the Brighton Dome.

Bibi has performed much of the oratorio repertoire in venues that span the whole of the UK. These include Elgar The Apostles in London's Barbican Hall, Handel Messiah with the Northern Sinfonia in Newcastle and Middlesbrough Cathedrals, Holst Choral Symphony in Glasgow City Hall, Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate in Poole Arts Centre, Dorset, Mozart Mass in C Minor and Dvoràk Te Deum in Guildford Cathedral, Fanshawe African Sanctus in the Brighton Festival, Haydn Creation in St John’s, Smith Square, and Orff Carmina Burana in the Royal Albert Hall. She has also made CD recordings of Carmina Burana and Vaughan Williams Mass in G Minor, and has performed in Paris, Bruges, Brussels and Vienna. Forthcoming engagements include Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem in Arundel Cathedral, Handel Messiah in Southwark Cathedral, Haydn Nelson Mass in St Andrew's Hall, Norwich, and Exsultate, Jubilate in Windsor Chapel.

On the concert platform, recent highlights include recitals in Italy, gala concerts in the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall, Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer in the Wigmore Hall, St John’s, Smith Square and the Royal Opera House Floral Hall, and recitals in Southwark Cathedral and St James', Piccadilly. Future engagements include song recitals with pianist Jonathan Papp in London, the Lake District and throughout East Anglia.

Updated Nov 2003