I am the writer and presenter of ‘Opera Shockers’ – a 6-part series for the Royal Ballet and Opera’s social media channels, all about the spectacular ways that operas have gone wrong. Working with filmmaker Sasha Balmazi, our goal was to use memes and comic timing to entice new audiences into the world of opera – and to raise a smile or two about an art form that is often seen as serious and stuffy. The first video in the series is about The Barber of Seville, and how Rossini’s most famous opera was nearly upstaged by a cat…
I have presented Insight talks for Garsington Opera about Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades (2024), podcasts and insight events for Longborough Opera, and as Dramaturg at Welsh National Opera, I presented 60 pre-performance talks to audiences annually, in Cardiff and on tour.