Dear Editor,

I am pleased to share this picture of me on holiday with my favourite newspaper visiting Lucca, in Tuscany. I’m standing by a statue of Puccini after visiting his family home. I saw his original manuscript and the piano where he composed Messa Di Gloria at the age of 21.

I shall be part of The Ross Penyard Singers who will be performing this at The Venue on Saturday, November 25th.

Joanne Skelton

Ross-on-Wye