Belinda Williams - Soprano
British/German soprano Belinda William’s 2026/27
highlights include a SOLO RECITAL for West Wight Arts, SOPRANO SOLO
in the Final Gala Concert of the Southern Cathedrals’ Festival at Chichester
Cathedral, and Mozart and Wagner roles in London and Switzerland.
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 sang GERHILDE Die Walküre conducted by Lionel Friend alongside Sir John Tomlinson as Wotan, and Belinda recently debuted the role of SUOR ANGELICA under the baton of James Longford.
Belinda captivated French audiences this summer 2025 as DONNA ANNA Don Giovanni at Opéra de Baugé:
“beautifully controlled, full of emotion”, “nobility and ardour combining to create a remarkable performance” (Yvan Beauvard, Forum Opera)
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 (Wuppertal); at Staatstheater Kassel, Belinda sang the TITLE ROLE in Offenbach’s eponymous Die Großherzogin von Gerolstein; and sang DONNA ANNA in 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 Bergamo; 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.