which viewers may show which viewers may find because it contains topic 77 topic of a topic of parental bereavement. and hopeful, and magic. angel blue was performing, and i remember thinking, "i have never seen a black artist singing opera, ever". really nice, strong "ah" with a good breath. and they might be comingl to their first performance. arr! we've seen a gradual increase in the diversity of audiences who come here, but there's still work to be done.

# take heart, no danger lowers # take any heart but ours any heart, take mine... # she vocalises when i'm onstage singing, it's # she vocalises when i'm onstage singing, it's like the world sort of drops away. my name is isabelle peters, and i'm a soprano. and i'm currently appearing as mabel in english national

opera's pirates of penzance. i remember coming to see my first opera here.

since i was a very young girl, my dream has been to be on the stage. sure what punters really like about coming to see shows at the west end, is that you're surrounded by so many exciting sort of places of world cuisine,

well, i've got rehearsals now, so i'll see you back at the theatre. they come from all walks of life, all backgrounds, they haven't had any singing audition. and they'll be taking part in a project called take to the stage, where they'll get the chance and it's myjob to help get them stage—ready, be really confident to sing these fantastic opera choruses.

exhales three times crowd: zzz! zzz ! zz—zz—zz! i ride motorbikes for fun, yeah. so, i ride a motorbike for fun, i go walking, and i don't sing normally. so, no musical background. this into an "ooh"! i have no idea where we are. so, i've been listening to it in the car to try and get for the wizard of oz. that was a very long time ago.

all: # pour us some wine! out of my comfort zone. i think part of why i want to be onstage is like, sort of, they sing having practised over christmas with the rehearsal- tracks, it's nice to put it all together and think, i "actually, yeah, i do know it". one more! # vincero... yeah, well done! piano plays she sings scales she vocalises— claire throssell, and i sing in a local community choir.

i sing soprano. and paul used to say to me, "oh, it's so sad, mum, "that we only get to hear you sing". but i've always had that, "oh, it's not for me. "i'm just a normal person." morning, mark! you 0k? yes, are you? good to see you, nice day. yeah! oh! thank you very much. thanks very much. penistone is the highest market town in the pennines, people are so friendly, and they care so much. i lost both my sons.

and the music stopped. the music died. and i lost music. ..a, i wouldn't have believed them, and b, to still be here, ten years later, and i've found music again... ..they�*re the two biggest gifts that i have in life. when i go to rehearsals, i take the rucksack off of life, i'm transformed into something else. you get swept away

with the music. we're singing a song which is from the opera angels near your arms. angels, and the words cut deep. ..sounds really nice. she vomusss i'm not| quite sure how i'm going

to sing it on the night. and they'll be proud that i'm still here, isabelle vocalises it's the morning of our relaxed performance day here at the london coliseum, so there's a lot of excitement she sings operatically hee—hee—hee—hee—hee!

she vocalises i'm playing the character of mabel, who is the daughter of the eccentric sergeant major. and she's one of 12 daughters. in their lifetime. and they stumble across a pirate, frederic. and basically, it's the story of... it's their love story, young love. there's, like, really great pirate costumes, swords, sort of, running around and climbing on things. and the set is really, really colourful. she vocalises what you can

see here in the moment - is the house lights are on low — so these stay on policy so you can get up, come back to your seat, come in and out. and we have chill—out and relax spaces outside of the auditorium itself. and what we're doing is reducing barriers to how they can experience or engage with that. for people both in wheelchairs, with mobility issues, and with dementia and other cognitive issues, to have this kind of access in this kind of much more relaxed, manage the environment. arr! and for us, part of that is that there should be no limit

what we are striving to do all the time is to represent and be representative of the communities that we serve. yes. to our skin tones perfectly. making real effort. we've seen a gradual increase in the diversity of audiences who come here, but there's still work to be done.

i bound him to a pirate — you # instead of to a pilot... # they laugh all: # climbing over rocky mountain # skipping rivulet and fountain... # yeah, so we're going to see now the entrance of the ladiesj chorus coming down the stairs. of the set, and then, you can see the stairs gently but ours # take heart, i fair days will shine # take

# jim here plays the i sergeant of the police. before we go into it. so, over to you, jim. hello, london coliseum! so, it's not for us a case of either/or. it's, you know, having a season of work here and our supporters. so, i will sing four short phrases. - don't sing alongl with me, please. and diversify the range of work we're making in close opera north's. excited chatter she sings scales claire:—

she laughs how you doing? i'm fine, how are you? i'm good, thank you — touch wood. - aww! have you got any friends coming? i i've got two friends coming, and my singing teacher, ok! all of their friends, and they're kind of keen to do it again in future. which is great, that's kind of — that's what we want. people really have travelled from far and wide to be able

might be our record. what's quite interesting with this project is that a number of people have told us that, by taking part in this project with us, they're now really keen to kind of try out opera, excited chatter very exciting. i always sit out there. she chuckles so, to actually be here on this stage... _ thisjust doesn't happen to people like me. it'sjust gorgeous.

i just wanted to send you a quick message ahead muster, and just go out there and have the most amazing time. you are absolutely superhuman, and you've got so many behind bye— bye. the time to message me, and knows about me. coming from down here. they laugh yes!

lovely! they laugh you don't | know what you're doing! he sings arpeggios and... ready? that was great! of them, and they don't know at all. | and my mum's here, - as well, she has no idea. please give a huge round of applause to

the orchestra of opera north, and their take to the stage chorus. # and our saucy ship's a beauty... we take a moment, and we hold tight to it. and hold that memory again, that moment. and it helps you in the dark times in your life. going to hold tight to. this is going to be one of those moments i'll

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hello there. we ended the week with a band of rain pushing eastwards southerly wind, we saw the temperature in lincolnshire and the warmest day since the 24th of november. saturday, we'll see a mixture of sunny spells and a few showers as well. and the cooler weather

is going to be coming keeping temperatures a bit higher here. the rain does move away from east anglia and north—west of scotland. one or two showers for england and wales as well, but many places will be dry. but still, it's a mild day, temperatures of 12 or 13 degrees. again as we head into sunday, because this deep area of low pressure is heading to the north of the uk. that's going to bring with it that band of rain. it's going to bring with it some stronger winds as well. across these northern and western areas. and islands. and we've got this rain pushing

slowly eastwards as well. and over the moors of the south—west. and the south—east of england. overnight and into monday. tend to drop as well. it looks like it's going to be quite unsettled, really, through next week, not particularly windy. to normal, and for the most part, it's a mixture of sunshine and some showers.

live from london, this is bbc news. the body of an israeli hostage transferred

of shiri bibas by her home kibbutz. six living hostages are due to be handed over of palestinians. president trump says his russian and ukrainian counterparts must get together for talks to end the ukraine war. and apple is to remove its highest level of data security for customers in the uk, after the government hello, i'm nicky schiller. in the last half an hour, israeli hostage shiri it's after a body that hamas claimed is hers was brought we've no official confirmation from the israeli authorities.

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