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Dateline: 1st June, 2006
The Opera Walk On Sunday 14th May at midday internationally renowned soprano Kathryn Harries set out from London’s Coliseum Theatre, serenaded by the members of the English National Opera, to walk 600 miles. Raising money for the English National Opera and Welsh National Opera Benevolent Funds and covering around 20 miles per day, Kathryn’s walk will take her on a circuitous route, stopping off, amongst others, at Reading, Cardiff, Hereford, Buxton, Leeds, Nottingham and Duxford. Along the way Kathryn will be performing a series of special fund raising concerts (see notes below for details). Playing roles from Brangane in Tristan and Isolde to Kundry in Wagner’s Parsifal, Kathryn has become a firm favourite in opera houses across the globe; from the English National Opera to the Hamburg Staatsoper and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She made her Royal Festival Hall debut in 1977 and her opera debut in 1983 as Leonore (Fidelio) for Welsh National Opera. She made her US debut in 1986 as Kundry (Parsifal) under James Levine at the Metropolitan Opera New York. Despite her consistently busy schedule, her fund-raising credentials are impeccable. Over the last thirty years, she has raised over £700,000 for deserving causes. In 2001 she walked from John O’Groats to Land’s End in aid of the charity ‘Speakability’ which helps people with Asphasia and raised £86,000. Kathryn hopes that The Opera Walk will bring the total figure she has raised to£1,000,000. Kathryn Harries is giving her services to the Opera Walk project for free and she is inviting music societies along the route to make a donation bid for the opportunity to hear Kathryn sing in their hometown. All enquiries please to Theoperawalk@aol.com. To mark ther thirtieth year of charity fundraising, Kathryn has recorded a new album of much loved songs and arias. 10% of the profits from all sales will be donated to charity. You can order these CDs by e-mail to the address above. Please leave a contact phone number and someone will call you back The performing arts can take their toll on the body - and it’s not just the stars of the stage that are affected. All the people involved in producing a great opera can be affected in ways that prevent them from working, from damaged backs to strokes, and if the working stops, so does the income. The ENO and WNO Benevolent Funds are registered charities providing support to the many people who have, in their day, made a huge contribution to the business of putting on Grand Opera but who have, for one reason or another fallen on hard times. Tonight (4th June) she is at St. John's Church, Buxton, Derbyshire and then goes on to
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