Adam Sullivan 💙

@BarnabyRea @operfrankfurt Casual Friday for you @BarnabyRea

What springs to mind.... Funeral jester? Glum birthday cake? Morose Morris dancer? Perfect wedding outfit? .......? #Lepostillondelonjemeau @operfrankfurt #opera

@tinamaxwell2 @BBCRadio3 @E_N_O Yep!

@BBCRadio3 “scratch ‘n sniff” Love for 3 Oranges was @E_N_O NOT Opera North, I think

Excoriating words from @1SVN: “The govt must take a long, hard look at whether @ace_national is fit for purpose.” “The govt needs to take responsibility & act. They must step into the #Opera space before ACE ruins it for good.” @lisanandy we need action! @DCMS #SaveWNO

Spirit-lifting evening at #ENOElixir: a witty, affectionate staging with lovely turns from romantic leads @rhianlois & @AtkinsTenor. As ever, the Chorus (2nd photo!) sound spectacular and give the production such momentum with their charisma & ceaseless energy. A *lot* of fun.

Slow clap, you misogynistic bunch of bellends 🙄

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

With a son who is half American we are holding our breath today… please vote and think of the rights of those more vulnerable than yourselves. Vote with your loved ones in mind whose lives will be impacted by Donald Trump’s fascist rhetoric. This is an extremely serious moment.

"We need to stand up for our company, for opera and for the arts. We believe they are worth fighting for" - Welsh National Opera chorus and Equity member Philip addresses the audience during curtain call for Rigoletto at New Theatre Oxford.

When you #retire it rapidly becomes apparent that many people you thought were friends were merely acquaintances. You'll never see or hear from them again. The place where you work will forget you in a blink of an eye. Bear that in mind when you're expected to go above & beyond

I couldn’t agree more and music is a part of all this. Let’s hope the PM can deliver this for our young. If there are State Schools (my grandson is in one in S London) which properly deliver The Arts, why not all? It’s not even aspirational, it’s surely mandatory.

@RuthElleson @E_N_O We certainly like it. It means we can often be home by midnight. Which makes a huge difference!

I know that my opinion is not representative of everyone’s, but I absolutely LOVE it when a show has an early start even when it isn’t very long. I’ll take my early night over having time for dinner beforehand any day (thanks, @E_N_O!)

This seems to be a thing. Booksellers are brilliant.

Apparently at WH Smith station bookshop at Milton Keynes Central ... Fine work, people. Fine work.

@JamesBWay @OxfordSong Top Tweet! 🐥

Richard will not be coming to our @OxfordSong concert. Will you?!

Wonderful opening night of the season @E_N_O with an old favourite #ENOBoheme. A brilliant production with a young cast which brought great life to the piece. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

1st night #Rigoletto @WelshNatOpera last night & industrial action by #Chorus & #Orchestra. That @Arts_Wales_ & @ace_national are bringing the company to its knees is simply criminal, as are proposals to make the musicians part-time. 1/ 🧵

And here we have part of the problem. That an apparent “adviser to @DCMS” seems not to be aware that both @ScottishOpera & @E_N_O are now part-time companies (SO for 20 yrs now) beggars belief. Little wonder that the #Opera sector in the UK is collapsing. #SaveWNO 1/2 🧵

Get a sense of what we've been missing by reading @AlexaCoghlan on the Last Night. Such writing! Such wisdom! Welcome back Alexandra.

'The magic truly took over' Arts Desk What an unforgettable evening at the enchanting @RoyalAlbertHall following our @bbcproms debut with Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream with the @philharmonia A dream-like experience from start to finish. 📸 BBC / Chris Christodoulou