Teesside is to play host one of the BBC's prestigious Proms in the Park concerts in 2007, thanks to the efforts of a local opera singer. Suzannah Clarke proposed the idea to the BBC and is now helping to plan for the classical music extravaganza.
It will be staged at Middlesbrough's Central Square on 8 September in front of an audience of 7,000 and will be seen by millions on television.
The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra will take part in the event.
Ms Clarke said: "This will be one of the most important musical events which has ever taken place in the Tees Valley.
"We have succeeded in persuading the BBC to come here because they were so impressed by the level of support right across the area, and indeed the whole of the region.
"I am sure that it will be a tremendous spectacle, especially as it will take place in the heart of Middlesbrough and against the backdrop of the superb new MIMA art gallery."
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