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From left: Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lawrence Power
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In a disastrous year for the arts which saw venues close and many lose their livelihoods overnight, some individuals and organisations showed bravery, initiative and good old blitz spirit to try to keep the party going. Here are seven who brightened up 2020.
Pop: Sophie Ellis-Bextor
By hanging a glitterball and tinsel curtain in the open plan kitchen of her home in west London, underemployed pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor became a beacon of national joy. Every Friday through the darkest hours of the pandemic, the 41-year-old mother-of-five staged an ebullient, cheerfully chaotic Kitchen Disco, filmed on an iPhone and streamed live on Instagram.
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First Person(s): soprano Susan Bullock and baritone William Dazeley on filming Britten’s Owen Wingrave | reviews, news & interviews First Person(s): soprano Susan Bullock and baritone William Dazeley on filming Britten’s Owen Wingrave
First Person(s): soprano Susan Bullock and baritone William Dazeley on filming Britten’s Owen Wingrave
Grange Park Opera makes the most of Covid restrictions by producing a TV opera
Susan Bullock as Miss Wingrave and William Dazeley as Spencer CoyleGrange Park Opera
Two of the singers in an ambitious project to film Britten’s opera based on a Henry James story – part timeless tale of repressive tradition which chimed with the composer s pacifist beliefs, part ghost story – which was originally “made for television” and premiered on the BBC, give their impressions close to the time of fil