Once upon an

emotion

there was a sound... 

 

This voiced feeling revelled in its raw expression and erupted into song,

sending powerful emotional vibrations into orbit. 

 

People far away heard these soulful cries, these hopeful tears, these merry-full laughs

and followed the notes as they drew a story of love and life, loss and heartbreak,

giggles and goshes. 

 

They didn’t need to understand the words; the language of feelings was clear for all to embrace, and they danced and smiled and hugged and stood proud, as they shared in each other’s lives; the struggles and the strife, the humour, the hilarity, the absurd and the parity. 

 

This is how opera reaches us all. Not through an elevated understanding

of words and song, but via the simple gateway of emotions. 

 

Close your eyes and let your body listen.

Lend us not your ears but your whole being. 

Each and every one of us can recognise the vocal expression

of the human soul.