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The national tour of Ulla's Odyssey has begun! Two performances at The North Wall, Oxford, with more dates to announce soon. Watch this space to see me as baddie Sylla!

I went on tour to Bosnia with English Pocket Opera in November, demonstrating opera for primary school children on both sides of the beautiful ancient city of Mostar. The photos are now in, and I'm so glad to have them to remember this wonderful country by.

We've just finished our first week of our National Tour with English Pocket Opera Company. It took in the south coast, beginning in Bournemouth and working our way through Southampton and Portsmouth on our way to Brighton. Some photos of our workshops:

Fantastic to return for the 5th time to the stunning Sheldonian Theatre with the sublime City of Oxford Symphony Orchestra! I was fortunate enough to sing Mozart's concert aria "Ch'io mi scordi di the" with the brilliant Tom Poster on piano, and Korngold's lush...

We've had our first preview of Ulla's Odyssey on Sunday to a sold-out crowd! Production photographs to follow soon, but in the meantime, please enjoy a few photos of our final rehearsals in Brixton, courtesy of Christopher Tribble.  And to purchase tickets please...

We have finished our first two weeks of rehearsals for Ulla's Odyssey, working in a great new studio space in Brixton. All the blocking is in, and our sitzprobe is on Monday near the Bank of England. We've had working sessions with professional puppeteer and designer...

The next role I'm playing is in a delightful new opera called Ulla's Odyssey, to have its world premiere at London's Kings Place next month. Here is the brief from Opera Up Close's Crowdfunder campaign: The show is inspired by Homer's Odyssey and uses five...

Thanks to the talented Chris Marlowe who made some excellent HD videos of the Concert for Nepal last weekend. Here is the video of my performance of Rusalka's "Song to the Moon" by Dvorak, and you can find it in my video gallery too.

The extraordinary Concert for Nepal was a resounding success yesterday, with the warm sunshine ensuring we had loads of generous listeners in Old Spittalfields Market, Shoreditch.  I was fortunate enough to be sandwiched between the international superstars Kathryn...

The exact line-up and schedule has been announced for next Sunday's exciting Concert for Nepal, in London's Old Spittalfields Market.  The concert will last all afternoon, from 12:30 until around 6:30, with well known singers performing arias, songs, and excerpts from...

I've been invited to participate in the Concert for Nepal at Old Spittalfields Market. On the 6th September, many of the world's finest opera singers and players will meet at London's Historical Spitalfields Market for an entire afternoon of classical music, dance and...

I've just been invited to return as soloist for the City of Oxford Symphony Orchestra in their ever-popular annual Viennese New Year concert.  This will be my sixth appearance with this long-standing orchestra under the baton of Stephen Bell, in the stunning...