Sally Helanna Matthews (born July 1975) is a British soprano opera singer.She was born in Southampton. Her father was an aspiring popular musician.She attended The Gregg School, a local independent school. She went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.She made her professional debut at the Royal Opera House in January 2001 as Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff conducted by Bernard Haitink. She trained under the institution's Young Artist Programme from 2001-2003.She made her BBC Proms debut in 2001 in Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music, performing with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. Wikipedia