They’ve decided now they have heard all the ‘real’ opera voices dubbed over the actors, that they might want to dub Julian Ovenden as well. He did a great job and is a very good singer but he might not sound like an opera singer next to Sally Matthews in the duet from Cosi.

I’m very impressed he was so convincing. We’ve asked our old friend, Alfie Boe, to have a go at being his voice which we hope will be a good match if they do feel all the actors should be dubbed. He is in rehearsal at ENO at the moment so hopefully he will be able to nip over to the studio sometime next week. The other news is they might be changing the name to Sizzle – the thinking is one word titles are stronger apparently…

I’ve madly practising the Rossini’s Stabat Mater for my concert in Bedford in a couple of weeks. It’s great fun to sing, very dramatic and over the top; more like an opera than an oratorio really. I’ve just found out that the tenor Bonaventura Bottone and his daughter are 2 of the other soloists which is a plus as James worked with him years ago at the Coliseum and said he was a fabulous tenor and one of the nicest people there. It must be lovely to do a concert with your daughter although he has his work cut out with the hardest aria in the piece – never-ending top notes which James reckons he will find a doddle!