Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The first opera I ever saw, and still my favourite. 140
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Finished work in time for some cricket. My arrival is not helping Surrey. 110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Finally home from Last Night of the Proms, and at last I get to sit down. 140
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"Meet me by the durians. Just follow the smell" 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Any performance by Martha Argerich is an occasion to be treasured, but tonight was really special. 0110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I was in Brixton this morning and there is a new tribute to Kevin Campbell. 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Albert listening to the beats wafting over from Notting Hill. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Given the Strauss quote about beer, the pub seemed the best place to go after this magnificent Prom. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The Living Daylights, but with Bond playing the cello himself. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Same blue skies as in the Midlands, but definitely warmer down here. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026If only Forest had played as well as the cricket team from over the road. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I'll be in Nottingham on Saturday, but today it's Notts at Surrey. 210
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In this production I can see why Tosca is so jealous of a painting. That's not religious ecstasy on her face. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The labelling of the first half of this morning's Prom shouldn't have been Baroque, it was Fröst! 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Berlioz Requiem as impressive as expected in the big moments, but those soft cymbals in the Sanctus were just divine. 240
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026However much Mozart you think you know, there's always something new and beautiful to discover. 180
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Berlioz giving us drugged up music in Symphonie fantastique almost 200 years before Trainspotting The Musical was dreamt of. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Routine bus journeys always better from this seat. 110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The British Army preparing for any eventuality. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I've come to The Hundred, which I welcome as much as hydration breaks and AI generated Rings. 110
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A perfect Sunday yesterday at Glyndebourne for Ariadne auf Naxos. 050
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Two wonderful Proms, excellent noodles in between, and my late night journey home went like clockwork. 040
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026As I'm rereading The Odyssey I'm going to describe Sueye Park's beautifully rich tone as wine dark. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026On my feet lots today. First of all the Black Dyke Band. 120
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Yunchan Lim at the Proms. It's like being able to watch Messi from the touchline. 050
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Beautiful day at The Oval but I've had enough of the awful music. It doesn't seem to be helping Surrey batters... 120
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I liked this more than most new versions, but once again I left thinking I'd rather have the classic author than the updating. 000
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026You wouldn't believe the journey I had getting here. 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Five hours away from everything, where the only thing that mattered was Tristan und Isolde. 020
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Tristan und Isolde, first of 3 operas this week. 050
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026First day off in a while and it very happily coincided with the relay of Munich's Die Walküre. 021
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Great performance from England Women, and I unexpectedly caught up with an old school friend. 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Wimbledon is always part of my summer season - of exam accompanying. 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Day 5 tickets, the triumph of hope over experience. 010
Simon Leeson @simonleeson.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Hockney memories from Glyndebourne, with Yuja Wang, and from Bradford. 081
