raenicholls's Blog

The reality of last minute engagements post-brexit It is Friday.

I made my big splash as a Wagnerian back in 2012 at the tender age of 37.

In Praise of English Touring Opera Over the past 20 years or so, my husband and I have always jokingly based our self-worth on “whether we are good enough to be in ETO or not”.

Making New Year’s Resolutions is easy.

Part 2 – The (First-World-Middle-Class) Economy Drive We’ve swapped paella made with saffron, and cave-aged gruyère with artisan crackers from the Chatsworth farm shop for beans on toast and baked potatoes… well, we’ve tried.

In the last six months, I’ve gone from earning more money than ever before to earning almost nothing at all.

One week before rehearsals begin Sunday – Jet Lag and Panic!

If you had told me when I was 24, that two decades hence, I would have stopped doing most of my favourite things I wouldn’t have believed you.

It’s now nearly 2 years since I began my journey from sickbed to Strauss, or more specifically Salome (with a couple of detours via Elektra).

There are glorious aspects of the life of an opera singer, but personally I wouldn’t class foreign travel, hotels (however luxurious and often they aren’t!)