The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.

Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?

I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.

There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.

I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again.

One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.

I also have to support my speaking voice by sitting in a way that engages the diaphragm in the way I would for singing.