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Helen Medlyn, a 2002 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate, is a self-described “Jill Of All Trades”, jazz chanteuse, actress, music theatre performer, narrator, classical concert singer, voice-over artiste, opera diva and cabaret entertainer…sometimes, all in the same performance. She takes major rôles in operas, oratorios, vocal symphonic works, musicals and plays, appears on the concert platform singing both classical and Broadway repertoire, and creates and performs her acclaimed cabaret shows with the pianist Penny Dodd. In New Zealand, she is a popular and frequent guest artist with NBR New Zealand Opera, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and the Auckland Theatre Company, and her overseas work has included appearances with Opera Australia, State Opera of South Australia, Queensland Opera, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Chandos Symphony Orchestra (UK), the Eugene Symphony Orchestra (USA) and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (Malaysia).