This Red Nose Day comedian Rosie Jones will be learning how to sing opera in just 24 hours! The 2016 Funny Women Awards finalist will be joined by TV presenter Scarlett Moffatt and actors Helen George, Tamzin Outhwaite, and Nina Wadia.
The five performers will be backed by the English National Opera orchestra and chorus as they attempt a medley of three arias from the opera Carmen, in front of an audience of 2000 at the London Coliseum.
Jones said: “I am terrified; I find it hard enough to talk, never mind sing opera. I love singing though, and I always belt out 1980s bangers in the shower, so surely it’s just like that… with a few more clothes on!”
Wadia said: “Last year I learned to dance, and this year I am learning to sing operatic! Comic Relief is helping me tick something else off by bucket list, so how could I turn this opportunity down?! They do such fantastic work, so the least I can do is give the performance of my lifetime at the London Coliseum.”
The show will air as part of BBC One’s Red Nose Day programming on Friday 18th March.
