You will have noticed that some of those names pre-date the Peter Moores Foundation: he's been at it, personally, since his early twenties. But neither he nor the Foundation just hand out cheques. He takes deep personal interest in each recipient, and having worked in every department of the operatic store, from assistant producer upwards, he's professionally qualified to do so.

He senses, more than that, knows, what is needed at any particular moment, whether it's an allergy test, a comfortable pair of shoes, which as Birgit Nilsson has taught us, is the main essential for singing Isolde, or new concert attire or, as in the case of Sutherland, enabling an artist to afford to say "no".'

from a speech at Mansion House, September, 2002
'Barry Banks, Alice Coote, Colin Davis, Jane Eaglen, Geraint Evans, Simon Keenlyside, Mary Plazas, Rosalind Plowright, Joan Rodgers, Amanda Roocroft, Joan Sutherland.

In tactful alphabetical order, those are just some of the 200-plus artists who have benefited from Peter's help, and whose subsequent work has benefited us, the audience, quite incalculably.
Dame Joan Sutherland

'I cannot ever forget the help that I received when it was very important to bridge the gap between my happy and very fruitful time as a member of the Royal Opera company and managing to sustain the international career which opened up for me after Lucia.'
9 March 2010