Opera concert explores value of the voice with people who lost theirs

Composite images of Tanja Bage, who had her voice box removed two years ago, and the soprano Lucy Crowe. Photograph: Soundvoice

In March 2020, Tanja Bage, a singer and performer, made a phone recording of herself for her children, then aged four and coming up to two. “I’m going to sound a little bit different,” she told them. “You’re not going to remember.”

Poignantly, she added: “I like my voice, I like the way I sound.”