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Check out this month's Opera Now magazine, where I've been mentioned by Robert Thicknesse in his article celebrating 20 years of the company Opera della Luna. "Pamela Hay as Yum-Yum and Simon Butteriss's ineffable Ko-Ko turning an evening that could have been...

I will be singing music of Tavener, Richard Strauss, Schubert, and Mozart in London's beautiful Conway Hall next week, in the forthcoming Finale of the latest series of MusicUpClose.   Hosted by eminent Professor of Philosophy at Kings College, London, Bill Brewer,...

I had a fantastic time singing for the Redbridge Music Society this week. What a beautiful acoustic at the Lambourne Room, and what a lovely crowd! Audio clips to follow soon.

I'm busy preparing for my recital next week with the Redbridge Music Society.  I'll be singing a programme of Mozart, Chopin, Schubert and Liszt, as well as a second half of songs written for Gertrude Lawrence and Barbara Cook.  The fabulous pianist Mike Pugh will be...

Very sad to hear about the death of Kate O'Mara. Here we were together in 2010 at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon in a gala fundraiser for Marie Curie Cancer Care charity. She was in costume for a tribute to Marlene Dietrich, and I was singing "Glitter and Be Gay". A...

Our performance of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice was a big success at the Royal Albert Hall. With 2000 primary school children's voices joining in all the choruses in 4-part harmony, to a packed-out hall, English Pocket Opera Company  fulfilled phase 4 of its remit to...

I will be singing Euridice at the Royal Albert Hall on 17th March in English Pocket Opera Company's production of Orfeo ed Euridice.   The performance marks the next phase of EPOC's project with Camden Music Service, to involve primary schools with opera.

Thank you to Joshua Hayes for some beautiful photographs of my role as Euridice with English Pocket Opera Company's Orfeo ed Euridice. Please visit http://www.joshphotographer.com for more information about his work.

A big thank-you to everyone at Paisley Abbey for a great concert.  The Duruflé Requiem was beautifully sung, and stirringly conducted by George McPhee.

I've been invited to reprise my role as Mimi in Opera Up Close's production of La Boheme that won the Olivier Award when we appeared at the Soho Theatre in London's West End. This one-off Valentine's Day performance will be at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.

A big thank-you to Marius Photography for their beautiful photographs of Orfeo ed Euridice at Central Saint Martins.

The City of Oxford Orchestra has invited me back to appear with them in their swan song next year.  The Viennese New Year Concert in 2015 will be their last, and my fourth appearance with this glorious group.  We had them laughing in the aisles of the Sheldonian this...