The glamour quotient of Muswell Hill has just multiplied 1000% with the news that Ailyn Pérez will give a FREE pop-up concert there next weekend.
The time is 2.30pm on Saturday 22 February and the venue is the Les Aldrich music shop, recently purchased by Ian 'Recitals' Rosenblatt. It's on the bijou side, so you're advised to arrive early to stake out your place.
La traviata - Royal Opera House, 28 November 2011
I'm guessing Simon Keenlyside did his own grey hairspray* on Monday night and forgot to check the back. I mean, he can't have been going for the caramelised badger look deliberately. Can he?
It was part of his stab at playing Germont much older than I can recall any other singer attempting in this production - even last month's Leo Nucci. Accessorised with a walking stick that he sometimes forgot he needed and a stoop that failed to mask his natural gymnast's posture, he recalled my own brother's portrayal of Polonius. In the school play, aged 16.
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