Hello everyone!
So sorry
that my messages are rather few and far between: I can't do Facebook and
Twitter, so you get a message every month or so instead!
It is hard to believe that we have already arrived at 2010: it seems
only yesterday that we were worrying about our computers surviving the
shock of the new Millenium. My first message of this new year must be to
tell everyone that rumours of my retirement are not being circulated by
me! I keep being informed that my last concert is supposed to be in
April 2010, but I have quite a few bookings in 2011 and I am still
having a great time travelling around and singing- well, the singing is
rather more fun than the travelling around. But, unless I fall under a
bus or drive into a brick wall, I am aiming to keep going for a while
yet.
The last few weeks have been pretty busy, with concerts in Brussels,
Paris and Luxembourg. We did an Offenbach Opera- not quite 'La Belle Hélène'- with a terrific cast including Anne-Catherine Gillet and
William Burden. I also gave a recital at the Opera Comique with the
wonderful harpist Isabelle Moretti, based upon the repertoire on our new
CD, 'Cantare'.
I was so lucky with all my journeys- no flight cancellations and no
sticking in tunnels. Thank goodness I was travelling to Paris from
Brussels rather than London for the Opera Comique recital- my train was
three hours late but it could have been a lot worse!
I wish everyone a very happy, healthy and successful New Year. FL

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