Helena Matheopoulos

Helena Matheopoulos is a Greek-born, London-based journalist, author, biographer, public speaker and opera specialist. She has worked for a number of high-profile publications including Tatler, The Sunday Times, and Greek Vogue, as well as writing a number of books mainly on opera, but including a biography of Juan Carlos I of Spain. She has also worked in an advisory capacity for the Athens Megaron and the Philharmonia Orchestra and is often asked to speak publicly on opera and related subjects.

Early life and education Helena Matheopoulos was born in Athens. She went to PIERCE College in Athens, and gained her Bachelor's and master's degrees in Medieval History from University College London. She has mostly lived in London.

Journalism Mathepoulos became Fashion Editor at Tatler and after three years, moved to The Daily Express for two years. She then moved on to The Evening News where she had a regular column for Arts-themed celebrity interviews. Diva: Today's Sopranos and Mezzos Discuss their Art (1991) went into three hardback editions and two paperback editions in both the UK and the USA in its year of publication. In 2011 she published Fashion Designers at the Opera, A review in the New York Journal of Books described it as "scholarly yet highly entertaining."

Mathepoulos has also written two biographies, including a 1996 life of Juan Carlos I of Spain in collaboration with the King. Her second biography of the operatic tenor Plácido Domingo was released across eight countries.

Public speaking and opera advising Matheopoulos has regularly given public speeches on opera related subjects including Maria Callas; Don Giovanni; and Greek mythology in opera. Between 1991 and 1995, she worked for the Athens Megaron as their first Artistic Advisor. She then joined the Philharmonia Orchestra as a Special Advisor for Vocal Projects, before returning to the Athens Megaron as a Resident and Director of the Athens Residency. In 2005, she was made Artistic Administrator of Apollonian Enterprises, a musical event organisers which has set up events such as operatic concerts at the Teatro Dal Verme and Cadogan Hall.