There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.
Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?
What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that.
And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music.
I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.
The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.