Helene Bracke is a versatile artist, active as a creator, director, and singer in the music theatre world. She has collaborated with leading companies and organizations such as Festival van Vlaanderen, Les Festivals de Wallonie, Musica Impulscentrum, Theater De Spiegel, the Belgian National Orchestra, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, PBA de Charleroi, NTGent, Spectra Ensemble, CloseOpera, Casco Phil, York Trust (UK), and INART (Serbia).
Her productions are performed both nationally and internationally. A notable example is Running Nose (Loopneus), an opera for children she created in 2022 with Theater De Spiegel. It has been performed over 300 times, including in Germany, the Czech Republic, France, and the Netherlands. In spring 2024, Running Nose toured across Flanders, with performances in prestigious venues such as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Opéra National de Paris. For the current season, both venues have invited the production back.
In collaboration with Musica Impulscentrum, Helene created
AD ASTRA, a children’s performance set to music by
Wim Henderickx. The piece toured in Flanders and Luxembourg and was selected for the RomaEuropa Festival 2024.
Helene pours her passion for cross-over music into the collective MONTER – a "duo of three" that explores sounds of the past with the technology of tomorrow. Their first project, TelePorter me, please, will be released next year.
In 2019, she released the album Once in a Weill with the chamber orchestra Casco Phil, conducted by Benjamin Haemhouts.
A tribute to the music of Kurt Weill. Earlier, in 2017, she released the progressive rock opera Maxwell’s Delusion with her prog-rock band The Advent of March (formerly Al di Miseria).
Helene holds a Master’s degree in Classical Music from the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. She went on to specialize in opera at the International Opera Academy. She studied with Annemie Moens, Gidon Saks, Marcos Pujol, Jard van Nes (NL), Robert Alderson (UK), and Catrin Wyn-Davis. She participated in masterclasses with René Jacobs, Natalie Dessay, Michael Spyres, Charlotte Margiono amongst others.
Her productions are performed both nationally and internationally. A notable example is Running Nose (Loopneus), an opera for children she created in 2022 with Theater De Spiegel. It has been performed over 300 times, including in Germany, the Czech Republic, France, and the Netherlands. In spring 2024, Running Nose toured across Flanders, with performances in prestigious venues such as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Opéra National de Paris. For the current season, both venues have invited the production back.
In collaboration with Musica Impulscentrum, Helene created
AD ASTRA, a children’s performance set to music by
Wim Henderickx. The piece toured in Flanders and Luxembourg and was selected for the RomaEuropa Festival 2024.
Helene pours her passion for cross-over music into the collective MONTER – a "duo of three" that explores sounds of the past with the technology of tomorrow. Their first project, TelePorter me, please, will be released next year.
In 2019, she released the album Once in a Weill with the chamber orchestra Casco Phil, conducted by Benjamin Haemhouts.
A tribute to the music of Kurt Weill. Earlier, in 2017, she released the progressive rock opera Maxwell’s Delusion with her prog-rock band The Advent of March (formerly Al di Miseria).
Helene holds a Master’s degree in Classical Music from the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. She went on to specialize in opera at the International Opera Academy. She studied with Annemie Moens, Gidon Saks, Marcos Pujol, Jard van Nes (NL), Robert Alderson (UK), and Catrin Wyn-Davis. She participated in masterclasses with René Jacobs, Natalie Dessay, Michael Spyres, Charlotte Margiono amongst others.
photo: Bjorn Comhaire