at an opera company in the uk.ne pegasus mentorship scheme is a wonderful thing because pegasus opera advocates for and represents singers of colour who don't get opportunities in this opera industry. i find that a lot of these young artists and even more seasoned artists who are not getting the opportunities to hone their craft need a way to do that. it's getting better, but it's still challenging. we're opening up our minds as a society to the idea of there being barriers to people because of their ethnicity or their background or their upbringing. i carry that with great pride, obviously, that i'm sitting here today, being a diverse person. we need to stretch our reach a lot further. it's very, very important that we expose our young talent to the best that the business has to offer. it's a really bespoke programme of coaching opportunities, mentoring opportunities and access to a wide variety of highly skilled professionals that will only add to the young skillsets of these artists. these two young singers perf