Dream set to come true for singer

A DREAM is set to come true for a Warrington singer who tasted fame as a finalist on TV’s opera version of the X-factor.
Classical singer, Donna-Marie Povey, will be singing live in front of thousands of rugby fans at the Warrington Wolves v Wigan game on the May 22.
It is a dream come true for Donna who is a big Wolves fan and she is hoping her performance may be picked up by the Sky TV cameras.
After being a finalist on Channel 4’s hit T.V. programme ‘Operatunity’; a kind of opera version of the X-Factor last year, she went on to perform for the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at their stately home; Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, coiniciding with the release of her first album.
Donna-Marie, aged 32, works for Warrington council’s ‘Children’s Services’ with vulnerable pupils and pupils excluded from school.
Without sponsorship or management, she has produced an album of well loved classical songs, from Gershwin to Puccini, which she presented to the Duchess.
Donna-Marie has trained for a number of years with the much respected Cheshire based singing teacher Caroline Crawshaw. She was a finalist from the Channel 4’s hit T.V. programme ‘Operatunity’; a kind of opera version of the X-Factor.
Meanwhile she hopes to secure sponsorship and a record deal so that future albums can be promoted nationally.
“It has been my dream to perform in front of the fans at the Halliwell Jones and now it looks set to come true,” said Donna-Marie.