Monday April 9, 2012 at 1:03pm
I haven't blogged for well over a year! A brief summary of 2011 then – just so I can keep track if for nothing else!Several highlights – Turandot with Welsh National Opera (WNO) from April to June, which was fantastic. Several performances in Cardiff at the Wales Millenium Centre and at the Birmingham Hippodrome. A shame this clashed with an offer to work with the English National Opera (ENO).I worked with some great choirs and choral societies: Pontypridd Choral Society – Dvor....
Monday December 6, 2010 at 12:39pm
And it certainly was a bleak midwinter outside last Thursday night in Melksham, Wiltshire where I gave a concert of Christmas music with Opera Sulis at St Michael's Church.It was the coldest night of the year and Wiltshire had a covering of snow overnight, but this didn't deter around 300 people attending the concert at this lovely church...but, boy, was it cold! And the cold air does affect the voice - I'd be really interested to hear from other singers whose voices are affected by the cold, dr....
Monday November 15, 2010 at 1:24pm
This is my first attempt at a Blog on the new-look website. How exciting! So what does one talk about? I guess I could tell you about the concert I did with the Pontypridd Choral Society on Saturday night.Worked with an excellent pianist, Nicki Rose, of Cardiff. My programme was a real mixed bag. In the first half some opera and oratorio (Handel's Ombra mai fu and Pro Pecatis from Rossini's Stabat Mater; this latter piece was recorded earlier in the year in Devon and is available as a downl....