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Opera singer who survived cancer writes song to highlight NHS waiting times
Soprano Monica McGhee says that while she lost some of her vocal range to cancer, her experience has given her performance more depth.
‘Since my ADHD diagnosis, theatre has been a complete lifeline for me’ - Legally Blonde’s Karen Hawthorne
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Ulster Operatic Company stalwart and award-winning performer, Karen Hawthorne
‘We take our voices for granted and, as a singer, it’s terrifying when it starts playing up’ - Opera singer Jenny Bourke
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Belfast opera singer and recently qualified vocal first aider, Jenny Bourke
Welsh National Opera chorus members to stage strikes in row over jobs and pay
Strikes will be held on September 21 and 29 and October 11.
John Spillane on transforming the Victorian Cork fairytale Fior-usga into a glorious ‘folk opera’
Cork singer/songwriter John Spillane chats to Robert McMillen about the inspiration behind his magnum opus Fíoruisce - The Legend of the Lough
‘Better than any soap opera’ - why fans of Bridgerton and Downton Abbey will love NI Opera’s Eugene Onégin
Sophie Clarke meets the four female principles starring in NI Opera’s upcoming production of Russian classic Eugene Onégin
‘I love the logic and strategy of chess’ - Mary McCabe
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Downpatrick’s award-winning opera singer, Mary McCabe
NI Opera’s production of Eugene Onégin coming to the Grand Opera House
Tchaikovsky’s classic brings an internationally renowned cast to Belfast
Pappano says the way opera is looked on with great suspicion ‘drives me nuts’
Sir Antonio Pappano is the new musical director and chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, replacing Sir Simon Rattle.
Cuts to English National Opera will lead to its demise, music directors warn
The company plans to axe 19 posts and employ its remaining musicians on part-time contracts.