Anna O'Connor

UK sculptor Heather Jansch (1948-2021), known especially for life-size driftwood horse sculptures, #WomensArt

Vu sur instagram - Hier à Milan, une Martha excessivement Martha : * grimace, s’installe au banc et démarre en trombe son Scarlatti sans attendre que les applaudissements cessent pour qu’elle puisse s’échapper de la scène le plus rapidement possible * 😂😂😭😭

@latonella @Stephen74977713 @WrStaatsoper @ErmonelaJaho 🥰

@Stephen74977713 @WrStaatsoper @ErmonelaJaho Indeed!

#MadamaButterfly @WrStaatsoper with the one and only @ErmonelaJaho ! Toitoitoi!

Fascinating to hear Leonskaja making sense of a recital ranging from Beethoven and Schubert to Chopin, Schoenberg and Webern: theguardian.com/music/2026/mar… @guardianmusic

Photo, incidentally, captures present mood...

@eggsbened ❤️

@21oconnor Singing works like that - especially opening Herr, unser Herrcher and the deep consolation of the final “Rut wohl” - makes me believe not in God but in humanity at its best: the selflessness of great art.

Sublime John's Passion at St Martin in the Fields. Really enjoying it. It's almost enough to make me believe in God...

Delays from Cambridge and on the Victoria Line have not thwarted us! Made it to Wigmore Hall for an Ina Boyle extravaganza with some absolute favourite Irish singers. And lovely flowers 💐 😍

@OperaRara Thanks! ❤️

@21oconnor Sally Pryce!

Who is the harpist?

Footage appears to show that Glasgow Central station's famous glass roof has escaped unscathed from the damage caused by Sunday night's major fire 👇 𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘖: 𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴/𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘥 & 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴

Good views today from the #BattleofPrestonpans viewpoint @goeastlothian #springtime

A luminous tribute to Victoria de los Ángeles 🌟 Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas brasileiras unites all ten female voices in an ensemble: a radiant finale to a moving evening. Watch the full gala tonight at 19:00 CET @Liceu_cat, coinciding with International Women's Day 2026

@Msg4Eu @elaine_stritch 😱 Now that will be in my brain all day...

@elaine_stritch Have you seen the Svulstig Last Christmas opera?

this French and Saunders sketch is my favorite piece of contemporary opera

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own #WomensArt #WomensHistoryMonth Portrait by her sister Vanessa Bell

I'm coming late to the Timothée #Chalamet hoo-ha, but if you want to know about the history of #opera as popular culture that we have chosen to forget, please read my book.

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes? From Treasure magazine, 1965 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

If you told me early last Saturday I'd get a shot of a snowy owl flying directly towards me and bathed in golden hour, early-evening sunshine, I wouldn't have believed you. But, here we are, and here is this absolute dream shot. (1/4) -- February 28, 2026

'Spring at the Window' by Tetyana Yablonska (1917-2006), Ukrainian painter #WomensArt

Today we’re on stage for the second performance of Il Trovatore at @TeatroVerdiTS. This role is special to me for many reasons, every time it is such an emotion to sing it! Performances are until March 8 in Trieste and in Udine on March 14. #giuseppeverdi #annapirozzi