What a thrilling experience it is for a singer to be part of such a prodigious Opera Company as the famous Carl Rosa Opera Company.

It brings a wonderful feeling of belonging and working as a team, seldom felt as an individual artist, with spectacular results to the company and public alike.

I am so proud and happy to be a Patron of Carl Rosa Opera, I am sure it will do very well indeed. As a schoolboy I used to go to the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford to see what ever the company was performing there. I was fortunate enough to hear Eva Turner playing Turandot, a stupendous performance. Wagner also attracted me ‘Though I remember being a little disappointed to see Lohengrin’s Swan made of plywood jerking along on a visible rope at the back of the stage.’

I will never forget the Carl Rosa’s Flying Dutchman, which led me to buy a 78 disc of the overture, which required me to get out of bed at the end of the first side in order to turn it over.

Warmest good wishes for a successful season.