San Diego Opera debut. American mezzo soprano Helene Schneiderman recent performances include Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann, Cornelia in Julius Caesar in Egypt, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Isabella in The Italian Girl in Algiers at Seattle Opera and Flora in La traviata at the Salzburg Festival. She is a member of the Staatstheater Stuttgart where her many roles include Emilia in Otello, Geneviève in Pelleas et Melisande, Despina in Così fan tutte, Medea in Teseo, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Penelope in Il Ritorno D’Ulisse In Patria, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly and the title role of Carmen for the Company. Other notable performances include Annina at L'Opéra de la Bastille, Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro and Flora at L’Opera National de Paris, Despina at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, The Second Lady in The Magic Flute at the Salzburg Festival, Smeaton in Anna Bolena and Queen Henrietta in I Puritani with Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Suzuki with the New Israeli Opera. She was awarded the title of Kammersängerin from the city of Stuttgart. An active concert recitalist she has performed with the major orchestras in Europe and has recorded the Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson by Aaron Copland.