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. She is also a Les Azuriales Young Atrist.
Competition successes include third prize at the Montserrat Caballe Competition in Zaragoza, 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: Ellen Orford for a Concert version of Peter Grimes with the Kensington Symphony Orchestra and the Epiphoni Consort; Woglinde/Das Rheingold (Longborough Festival Opera); Fiordiligi/Così fan tutte (Swansea City Opera); Musetta/La bohème (Mid Wales Opera); title role/Tosca (Opera project at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol); Helmwige/Die Walküre (Grange Park Opera); and Ortlinde from ENO’s new production of The Valkyrie directed by Richard Jones and conducted by Martyn Brabbins and Anthony Negus in a co-production with the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
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 and Brünnhilde from The Valkyrie for ENO. Upcoming engagements include Lady Macbeth for Mid Wales Opera.