As a Juilliard graduate, Mezzo Soprano Helen Yu Park's career was based in the United States for fourteen years performing a variety of mezzo roles in opera, oratorio and musical theatre with numerous companies across the country. Ms. Park's singing has been described: "effortlessly generated the largest sounds on stage. The mezzo drought may be ending." (New York Times), and performances of Lady Thiang in the King & I were described:
"Helen Yu (Park) makes her rendition of Something Wonderful worth the price of admission." (Boston Herald),
"the King's No.1 wife, walks away with the honors for singing as well as acting. This time it's Helen Yu (Park..." (Toronto Star). Ms. Park made her New York debut with the New York City Opera singing the role of Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro followed by Rosina (Barber of Seville) and Suzuki (Butterfly). Metropolitan Opera debut followed in Wagner's The Ring Cycle along with her Broadway debut as Lady Tiang in the show The King &
I. Additional credits include singing Maddalenan (Rigoletto), Stephano (Romeo et Juliette), Flora (La Traviata), Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte), Nancy (Albert Herring), Taven (Mireille), La Zia Principessa (Suor Angelica), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana), Mallika (Lakme), Cenerentola, and Enrichetta in I Puritani.