Now for something different… Premiere of complete song-cycle Spell Book by Freya Waley-Cohen (far left) at Milton Court: Fleur Barron Héloïse Werner Katie Bray & Manchester Collective. Splendid throughout, not least the opening Naiad and the closing Spell for the witch's hammer

This. Was. Fire 🔥

Wonderful to read this review of our concert last night. Today we are back in Manchester to record it all! A joyous and fiery celebration of the witch, written by Freya Waley-Cohen and performed by Manchester Collective Katie Bray Héloïse Werner Fleur Barron . It’s SO GOOD!!!!!!!

Thanks to Britten Sinfonia & dawn lester hall who commissioned Spell Book vol 1 for Katie Bray, to Héloïse Werner & Tippett Quartet who commissioned Spell Book vol 2, to Oliver Zeffman who commissioned and conducted spell for reality with Julia Bullock & ASMF Orchestra ….

I can’t thank Rakhi Singh & Manchester Collective & Héloïse, Katie & Fleur enough for their incredible commitment to and interpretations of the music, fabulous & spectacular & original performances on the stage & in the recording studio - and just being amazing to be around! 💛

🥞😳 How to do #PancakeDay, with Susan Bullock CBE 💙🇺🇦 as the Witch and Katie Bray as Hansel in Edward Dick's 2017 Hansel and Gretel... Remember? 📸: Robert Workman

Today we say goodbye to Albert Herring. But for real this time! It’s been fabulous to work on this stunning Giles Havergal production. Thanks to the incredible cast and Orchestra of Opera North for making it such a joy under Garry Walker’s baton. Laters Albert! 👋🏻 #ONHerring

Finally we are beyond excited to announce that mezzo soprano Katie Bray will be joining us for the first time, as Rosina in Rossini’s Barber of Seville. Audience prize winner at the 2019 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, Katie is a singer with a magnetic stage presence, and a voice to match!

Tomorrow night! bristolchoral.co.uk #verdi #grownupsinging

We packed more than 200 performers onto the stage at Bristol Beacon tonight for Verdi Requiem - what a sound! Brilliant work from everyone - gutsy, moving, heartfelt performance. Congrats bristolchoral.co.uk British Sinfonietta #lucydebutts Katie Bray Peter Davoren Edward Grint

Not a bad bunch! Dominic Sedgwick Nico Darmanin West Green House Opera

So thrilled with our cast for our Barbiere at West Green House Opera . A world class Barber team with the wonderful Victoria Newlyn directing (and me conducting! 😂). Do book and come and see and hear us in July. Katie Bray Dominic Sedgwick Nico Darmanin

Schubert and Co are back 🥳 Presenting a new programme of exquisite ensemble singing and lieder, starting with Vinehall International Classical Concert Series , later debuting music@malling and finally returning to Oxford Song (formerly Oxford Lieder) (1/2)

Pianist Sholto Kynoch is joined by sopranos Harriet Burns and Katy Thomson, mezzos Katie Bray and Bethan Langford , tenor Alessandro Fisher and bass-baritone Frederick Long. We can’t wait to share our music with audiences again!

Finishing touches being put to Káťa Kabanová Grange Park Opera. David Alden’s band of ‘unhappy’ warriors is extraordinary. Natalya Romaniw 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Katie Bray Thomas Atkins Susan Bullock CBE 💙🇺🇦 Clive Bayley #AdrianThompson et al. #YouReallyMustGo

YES! Our wonderful Opera North Albert Herring will be streamed on 21st June OperaVision . Watch it!!

Superb Katya Kabanova at Grange Park Opera. S Barlow conducting, D Alden directing, N Romaniw, T Atkins, B Hulett, K Bray, C Bayley singing ... what a movingly beautiful and powerful opera it is. Too many empty seats, but a rapturous reception.

"You want to watch Albert, he's a very dark horse..." Britten's Albert Herring premiered #OnThisDay in 1947, and our production streams *tomorrow* on OperaVision! Watch 6pm (UK time) 👉 bit.ly/OVAlbertHerring Filmed Howard Assembly Room earlier this year, and available for six

Tomorrow we welcome these fantastic artists to the 1st day of Il Barbiere di Siviglia rehearsals. How lucky we are to have another wonderful cast!

It’s Janáček’s birthday. What better way to celebrate tonight than ⁦Grange Park Opera⁩ with ⁦Katie Bray⁩ as Varvara. Happy birthday, Leoš! 📷⁦Marc Brenner⁩