Helga Forner (1936 – 3 December 2004) was a professor of singing at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.
From 1954 to 1960 she studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik Leipzig, among others with Eva Fleischer.
In 1978, after three rejections (for political reasons), she was appointed a lecturer for singing.
In 1987 she received an extraordinary professorship and five years later she was appointed full professor of singing.
The vocal teacher, who conducted master classes in Germany and Europe, trained a large number of singers, including Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Simone Kermes, Romelia Lichtenstein, Jochen Kupfer, and Thomas Wittig.