Belinda Williams - Soprano
In the Autumn of 2026, British/German soprano Belinda Williams will be performing SIEGRUNE Die Walküre in Opera Forge's inaugural production with Kelvin Lim and Sir John Tomlinson at the Duke's Hall, London.
Known for her heart-rending voice and impressive stage presence, already having been awarded a Bayreuth Scholar, in 2025 Belinda was named a Mastersingers UK Young Wagnerian, and she appeared as GERHILDE Die Walküre conducted by Lionel Friend alongside Sir John Tomlinson as Wotan.
“beautifully controlled, full of emotion”, “nobility and ardour combining to create a remarkable performance”
Yvan Beauvard, Forum Opera
Belinda recently debuted the role of SUOR ANGELICA under the baton of James Longford, and her roles for 2026/27 include more Mozart and Wagner in London and Switzerland.
In 2024, Belinda wrote and starred in an award-winning Fringe show Show:Girls at the Edinburgh Festival, which has transferred to the West End for 2025/2026.
Known for her excellent stage work and Complicité training, in recent seasons Belinda has appeared as GERTRUD Hänsel und Gretel in Wuppertal, conducted by musical director Julia Jones and directed by Denis Krief; as THESEUS' MOTHER in the German premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Das Labyrinth in Wuppertal; at Staatstheater Kassel, Belinda sang the TITLE ROLE in Offenbach’s eponymous Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein; and sang DONNA ANNA Don Giovanni at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford.
Belinda began her career at the Staatstheater Kassel, shortly after graduating from the Royal Academy Opera Course, winning the Nachwuchsförderpreis for best young talent on the German stage. She was also Women's Radio Classic Future Woman of the Year 2021.
Belinda made her Wigmore Hall debut recital whilst still a young student after winning the Tillett Trust Young Artists’ Competition. As an award-winning recitalist, Belinda has performed at St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hollywell Music Rooms, Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square, Cheltenham Pump Rooms, Cheltenham Town Hall, and Handel House, and records with Prof. David Owen Norris with whom she has a CD Songs and Sonnets from the Reign of Queen Victoria.
Belinda is a passionate exponent of new music, having premiered many new works: the role of LI in Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Kommilitonen!, directed by David Pountney (RAO); on BBC Radio 4 Belinda sang ‘MARY, MOTHER OF GOD’ on Good Friday in Sasha Johnson Manning’s Daughters of Jerusalem with words by Carol-Ann Duffy; Belinda made her Italian debut singing the TITLE ROLE in Efraín Amaya’s new opera La Bisbetica at the Bergamo Festival; she performed the Estonian Premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (cond. Olari Elts, Tallinn National Concert Hall); THE EVIL QUEEN in the German premiere of Wolfgang Mitterer's Schneewittchen at the Staatstheater Kassel; and LOVELY LADY in Purcell: His Ground by David Knotts at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
