Husband, Opera Singer, Tenor, Baker, Real Ale enthusiast, cyclist, wine lover and follower of all things food! ENO Chorus, all views my own.
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Excoriating words from @1SVN:
βThe govt must take a long, hard look at whether @ace_national is fit for purpose.β
βThe govt needs to take responsibility & act. They must step into the #Opera space before ACE ruins it for good.β
@lisanandy we need action! @DCMS #SaveWNO
Over the next few days Iβll be tweeting clips from this excellent debate in @UKHouseofLords which shows how @Keir_Starmer should think carefully before making changes. Every one of the speeches was informed, sensible & understood the issues. #SaveWNO parliamentlive.tv/Event/Indeβ¦
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
Spirit-lifting evening at #ENOElixir: a witty, affectionate staging with lovely turns from romantic leads @rhianlois & @AtkinsTenor. As ever, the Chorus (2nd photo!) sound spectacular and give the production such momentum with their charisma & ceaseless energy. A *lot* of fun.
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
Word of the day is βrecrudescenceβ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
With a son who is half American we are holding our breath todayβ¦ please vote and think of the rights of those more vulnerable than yourselves. Vote with your loved ones in mind whose lives will be impacted by Donald Trumpβs fascist rhetoric. This is an extremely serious moment.
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
When you #retire it rapidly becomes apparent that many people you thought were friends were merely acquaintances.
You'll never see or hear from them again.
The place where you work will forget you in a blink of an eye.
Bear that in mind when you're expected to go above & beyond
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
I couldnβt agree more and music is a part of all this. Letβs hope the PM can deliver this for our young. If there are State Schools (my grandson is in one in S London) which properly deliver The Arts, why not all? Itβs not even aspirational, itβs surely mandatory.
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
Laura Kuenssberg is paid Β£325,000 a year
Chris Mason is paid Β£265,000
Sue Gray was paid Β£170,000
Sir Keir Starmer is paid Β£167,000
I'm not convinced that BBC political journalists should earn twice as much as the Prime Minister or his Chief of Staff
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
1st night #Rigoletto @WelshNatOpera last night & industrial action by #Chorus & #Orchestra. That @Arts_Wales_ & @ace_national are bringing the company to its knees is simply criminal, as are proposals to make the musicians part-time. 1/ π§΅
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
And here we have part of the problem.
That an apparent βadviser to @DCMSβ seems not to be aware that both @ScottishOpera & @E_N_O are now part-time companies (SO for 20 yrs now) beggars belief. Little wonder that the #Opera sector in the UK is collapsing. #SaveWNO 1/2 π§΅
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
Get a sense of what we've been missing by reading @AlexaCoghlan on the Last Night. Such writing! Such wisdom! Welcome back Alexandra.
Call it a sense of humour failure, call me a party pooper, but I loathed this year's Last Night of the Proms. Had a good go at explaining why: inews.co.uk/culture/arts/lasβ¦
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
'The magic truly took over' Arts Desk
What an unforgettable evening at the enchanting @RoyalAlbertHall following our @bbcproms debut with Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream with the @philharmonia
A dream-like experience from start to finish.
πΈ BBC / Chris Christodoulou
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
BBC Proms2024 - Prom 68: Brittenβs A Midsummer Nightβs Dream
Live at the BBC Proms: Garsington Opera conducted by Douglas Boyd and with soloists including Iestyn Davies and Lucy Crowe perform Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022lgβ¦
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@BBCProms 68 A MIDSUMMER NIGHTβS DREAM @GarsingtonOpera @Philharmonia - Strong cast and top orchestra project as best they can in a fine company's first #Proms visit - David Nice finds an eerie beauty sometimes faintly glittering theartsdesk.com/classical-muβ¦
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
What a rush that was. A packed house @bbcproms last night for @GarsingtonOperaβs prom debut. A debut for A Midsummer Nightβs Dream, too. Congrats to all my friends and colleagues. We had a fantastic night, didnβt we? β€οΈ
Adam Sullivan π retweeted
Thank you @bbcproms for bringing @GarsingtonOpera Midsummer Nightβs Dream - what a brilliant performance by one and all - Iβm smiling all the way home ππππππ