Simon O'Neil was supposed to join us on the programme previously but we were told he was 'scheduled to die that day'. He's a New Zealand native, he's studied at the Juilliard Opera Center, he's a Fulbright Scholar and he even appears on a New Zealand postage stamp. Simon O'Neill is one of the finest heldentenors around.
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