I enjoyed soprano Elizabeth Llewelyn's contributions to Chelsea Opera Group's Boito Mefitofele [https://seenandheard-international.com/2019/03/chelsea-opera-group-give-a-glorious-performance-of-boitos-mefistofele/] in 2019, in Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony [https://seenandheard-international.com/2017/10/brabbins-and-the-bbc-symphony-in-an-inspired-pairing-of-earth-and-sea/] at the Barbican in 2017 and - heart-stoppingly - as Magda in Puccini&

This is a remarkable project fronted by one of the foremost singers in front of the public at the moment, Helen Charlston. The isolation felt by many because of the CoVID lockdowns has been felt particularly keenly by musicians, that itinerant segment of the population who depend on audience contact