Claire Rutter. Image: Joseph Sinclair WORLD-renowned opera singer announces a series of Christmas concerts in Winchester, to raise funds for the the city s hospice Local resident and world-famous soprano Claire Rutter has announced a series of Christmas concerts, which will take place on December 18 and 20 at St Paul’s Church, to raise funds for the Winchester Hospice, who are currently attempting to reach their fundraising target in order to open in 2021. Claire, who was in dress rehearsals for the critically acclaimed Rusalka at English National Opera, London, when lockdown started in March, has seen her entire year’s work disappear due to the pandemic.