I guess being young, talented, hard working and a lovely person all help. A leg up from Marilyn Horne does no harm either. All of which is by way of saying that Simone Osborne makes her Carnegie Hall debut on Saturday in the Marilyn Hall Song Celebration. Simone has already made a big impression in Toronto (Pamina, Gilda and Lauretta at COC) and across Canada as well as in Japan while taking time out to charm sharks in the Indian Ocean and Lotfi Mansouri (no relation) in Zurich. There are some other singers too, including one Piotr Beczala, so New Yorkers might want to check this one out.
Toi, toi, toi and stuff.
I am so tempted to go and hear this. I’m seeing Maria Stuarda that day, but the Met’s performance is an afternoon one, so I could make it – it seems like Osborne would be well worth hearing.
Simone is lovely and has a great voice and you will be able to say you saw her before she was a big star. Though you will probably not be able to say that you sat next to her in the two worst seats in the house for a thoroughly fringy performance in an industrial part of Toronto.
Re: fringy/industrial Toronto. Well, I guess I can’t have everything.
Well true but you get to see MS live. I’ll watch out for you on the HD (or I would except I have no idea what you look like!)
I had a successful haircut this morning – there’s a picture of me on twitter somewhere. If I see any cameras, I’ll wave!
Picture located