Victoria Simmonds

Thanks to @RichmoMusic & @nfmusic @thetimes for this listing for A Christmas Carol from us @operahollandpk in The 40 Best Christmas Shows to book now. By Will Todd & David Simpatico, directed by Martin Duncan with a fantastic cast @SinfoniaSmithSq on the 17th and 18th December.

Heron of the day. #RHSWisley

@Bigpinkbutton @operahollandpk Oops! #sorry/notsorry

Unintentionally appropriate snack for tonight’s last show of Itch @operahollandpk #letsrock #youknowabouttherock?

Absolutely thrilled by the reaction to ITCH @operahollandpk, our new opera by @dovecomposer & Alasdair Middleton based on the novels by @simonmayo. The first reviews are now in ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Times ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Telegraph ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Guardian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Culture Whisper

It’s Sitz day for Itch at @operahollandpk The first time we singers get to hear the orchestra The first time this piece gets heard with singers and orchestra together So excited for all involved @JamesOHP @dovecomposer @simonmayo Alasdair Middleton et al too many to tag ❤️

@jbpartridge @ABRSM I couldn’t agree more. There are quite a few cringey choices on the list which I avoid. Also too few choices for younger kids once you get to the slightly higher grades, and too few choices in the lower grades for adults or older beginners I think…

PLEASE @ABRSM can we have a fresh singing syllabus. There are plenty of inappropriate/irrelevant songs, just in Grade 1, including this “traditional song”. Not sure we should be encouraging our pupils to adopt fake Caribbean accents…

Ok, so I was in bed with a temperature when this hit the news stands, so apologies for missing it, but YAY! Itch is one of the hottest 50 tickets for 2023!! @operahollandpk @JamesOHP @dovecomposer @Jameslaingct @Bigpinkbutton @nagarwal_artist

Such joy to take part in this event on Wednesday. Cannot wait to bring this new opera to life next summer!

Also last night at the @operahollandpk event for our new @dovecomposer opera, Itch, it was great to introduce the author of the original books @simonmayo to Nathaniel Flowerdew (aka @nick_garrett1) and to another two cast members @nagarwal_artist and @vickymezzo

@Bigpinkbutton @dovecomposer @simonmayo @operahollandpk @JessicaCottis @nick_garrett1 So good to see you (and your wonderful performance) last night! Looking forward to this project so much 😊

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@exitthelemming Sweet! She may need some strong persuasive powers to win over all the other seven year olds though… 😊

D2, four: “When I’m seven, I’m going to be the only seven-year-old that doesn’t like crusts. Or tuna.” Look out, world.

@BBCBreakfast Thank you so much for bringing this issue forward. @mariellaf1 hit the nail on the head. Better diagnosis and prescribing required. Blood tests should be a matter of course. GP’s need to be better trained.

“For millenia, it was a word that was barely mentioned and misdiagnosed, generally by people who never experienced it, men” On #BBCBreakfast Author and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup says it’s ‘essential’ hormone replacement therapy is free. bbc.in/3GAGkfu

@mariellaf1 thank you thank you thank you. You hit the nail on the head this morning. Getting the correct prescription for HRT is a nightmare. I had to demand a blood test to discover my patches weren’t working at all which is why I was feeling so awful. #themenopauserevolution

@ktwonguk Awesome pic. Two amazing people ❤️

Lady Linda Wong Davies at Opera Holland Park with its CEO James Clutton - opening night of L'Amico Fritz . #OHPFritz New production by Opera Holland Park. Sung in Italian with English surtitles. With the City of London Sinfonia and the Opera Holland Park Chorus

@daraobriain Yes

Is anyone else getting plagued with calls from random mobile numbers which turn out to be hjacked; or, exciting new development, calls from people wondering why YOU rang them, as your number has been hijacked?

@JamesOHP @mfoulger Thanks everyone! Xx

Lots of love and thanks to my great friend @vickymezzo for helping us out by singing from the pit at the dress rehearsal of #OHPFritz last night. Especially as she had never even looked at the role before about midday yesterday when @mfoulger called her. #sightreading ❤️

@jimclevbaritone @operahollandpk @Birdsoprano @PaulCareyJones @MatteoLippi @dannormski @julienvmnz @ElizabethKarani @ConductorGeorge @MatthewKWaldren What a night! I really should get out more. Lovely to see/hear you all ❤️ 😘

@myvocalbootcamp really enjoying your Accent Method course. Thank you so much for organising this!