Welsh soprano Mari Wyn Williams is a graduate of The Wales International Academy of Voice where she studied with the International tenor Dennis O’Neill CBE.
Competition successes include third prize at the Montserrat Caballe Competition in Zaragosa, finalist at the London Wagner competition and finalist at the Elizabeth Connell competition for Dramatic Sopranos in Sydney, Australia.
Mari recently performed the roles of: Lady Macbeth from Macbeth for Mid Wales Opera, Ellen Orford for a concert version of Peter Grimes with the Kensington Symphony Orchestra and the Epiphoni Consort, Woglinde from Das Rheingold for Longborough Festival Opera, Fiordiligi from Così fan tutte for Swansea City Opera, Musetta from La bohème for Mid Wales Opera, the title role in Tosca for Opera project at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol, Helmwige from Die Walküre for Grange Park Opera, and Ortlinde for ENO’s new production of The Valkyrie directed by Richard Jones and conducted by Martyn Brabbins and Anthony Negus.
Mari has also covered the roles of Mary Kelly from Iain Bell’s new opera Jack The Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel, Cio Cio San from Madama Butterfly, Brünnhilde from The Valkyrie and Ofglen from Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale for ENO.