In 2024 Helena Köhne was awarded the Prize for the BEST DRAMATIC VOICE at the International Singing Contest EBE STIGNANI in Imola.

In the season 2021 Helena Köhne made her successful debut at the Wiesbaden State Theatre as ERDA in “Das Rheingold” and “Siegfried” and as SCHWERTLEITE in “Die Walküre” and returned in these very roles in 2024 to the Wiesbaden State Theatre and the International May Festival.
In 2022 she sang GENEVIÈVE in “Pelléas et Mélisande” at the Nürnberg State Theater in concerts and in 2024 she succeeded in this very role in a scenic production.
In 2023 she enthralled als KLYTÄMNESTRA in a new production of “Elektra '' at the Münster Theatre and she sang Mahler's 3rd SYMPHONY with the Cottbus Philharmonic Orchestra.

Besides, guest engagements brought the alto singer as the 3rd DAME in “Dier Zauberflöte” to the Dessau Theatre, as the OLD BURIJA to the Opéra Dijon and the Opéra Caen, as BIANCA in ”The Rape of Lucretia” to the Opera Cologne, as ADELAIDE in “Arabella” to the Opera House Kiel, as WESENER’S MOTHER in “Die Soldaten” to the Nürnberg State Opera and to the Wiesbaden May Festival and as WET NURSE in “Boris Godunov” and ANNINA to the Wiesbaden State Theater. She sang the 3rd DAME in “Die Zauberflöte” in a production by Barrie Kosky at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.

Helena Köhne studied singing at the Hamburg Conservatory with Klaus Bülow and at the Berlin University of Arts with Prof. Jutta Schlegel.
In 2003 she obtained her diploma and was coached afterwards by Ruthild Engert.

The singer was a scholarship holder of the Walter Kaminski Foundation and semi-finalist of the German Federal Singing Competition. At the Hanns Eisler Competition she was awarded the Prize for the best Interpretation of Contemporary Music for her interpretation of ‚eine Frau‘ - opera SWAP by Nicolai Zink.
At the International Bach Academy (Ltg. Helmut Rilling) she participated in numerous singing workshops with Ingeborg Danz and attended scenic workshops with Vera Nemirova at the Berlin Academy of Arts.

Helena Koehne is also a very much sought-after concert singer. She performed works such as the Christmas Oratorium, the Mozart Requiem, the Schumann Requiem, Frank Martin’s ‚In Terra Pax‘, various passions Berliner Philharmonics, the Hamburg Music Hall, the Oetkerhalle Bielefeld, and many others...

Since 2012 Helena Köhne has had guest performances as the MOTHER in der Braunfels’ opera “Die Verkündigung” at the Kaiserslautern Theater, as FILIPJEWNA in “Eugen Onegin'' at the Görlitz Theater and at the Oldenburg State Theater, as ADELAIDE in “Arabella”, MARTHE SCHWERTLEIN in “Faust” and MS. QUICKLY in “Falstaff” at the Weimar National Theater, as the OLD BURYA in “Jenůfa'' at the Görlitz Theater and she sang Mahler’s 8th symphony at the Berliner Philharmonics.Eutin Festival

The artist also knew great successes with opera and operetta parts in Freiburg, Kassel and at the Eutin Festival. Here, she was very successful as CZIPRA and PALMATICA.

In 2019 she returned as the OLD BURYA to the Kaiserslautern Theater. In 2019/20 she performed in the contemporary opera STRAFEN at the Opéra Dijon and in 21/22 she was FILIPJEVNA at the Volkstheater Rostock.
She also enthralled with opera and operetta roles in Freiburg, Kassel and at the Eutin Festival

Due to the COVD19 pandemic her engagement as the OLD BURYA a t the Flemish Opera Antwerp in autumn 2020 was canceled.