Shoppers in Bradford are surprised with glorious music, fronted by an A-list soprano, at Broadway Shopping Centre.

Famous roles: Despina (Mozart - Così Fan Tutte); Susanna (Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro); Marzelline (Beethoven - Fidelio); Adele (J. Strauss - Die Fledermaus). Famous singers: Kathleen Battle ...

The Metropolitan Opera booted the best mezzo-soprano “on the planet” once ... Leonard Egert. “Opera singers are booked out years in advance. This created a negative cascade event for her.

Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina is universally hailed as one of the most exciting opera singers in a generation.