Katherine Jenkins OBE stunned in a regal blue dress as she performed at the D-Day 80 – Remembering the Normandy Landings event at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The Welsh opera singer, 43, took to the stage on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary with a powerful ballad.
She not only dazzled the audience with her mesmerising vocals, but she also wowed the capital city with her ethereal fashion sense.
Gracing the stage, Katherine wore a floor-length chiffon pale blue dress which showcased her petite frame as it cinched her in around the waist.
Her fabulous gown featured a dramatic skirt and two-meter train.
Katherine Jenkins OBE, 43, stunned in a regal blue dress as she performed at the D-Day 80 – Remembering the Normandy Landings event at London’s Royal Albert Hall
The Welsh opera singer took to the stage on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary with a powerful ballad
Adding a touch of sparkle to her ensemble, Katherine slipped into a pair of a silver sparkly platforms by Steve Madden.
Katherine performed alongside Emeli Sandé and Lulu for the special occasion which was hosted by Davina McCall.
Her powerful and emotional performance will be broadcasted on ITV at 4pm on Sunday.
The charity partner for this event is the British Normandy Memorial, which opened in June 2021.
The Memorial, which stands in Normandy overlooking Gold Beach, holds the names of the 22,442 service personnel serving under British Command who died on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy.
D-Day 80: Remembering the Normandy Landings is sponsored by Ancestry and produced jointly by The Makers Of and TBI Media.
Katherine’s appearance came just weeks after she announced herself and Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE will join forces for upcoming Handel biopic The King Of Covent Garden.
She will be the executive producer of the film with fellow Welsh native Anthony portraying Handel.
She not only dazzled the audience with her mesmerising vocals, but she also wowed the capital city with her ethereal fashion sense
Gracing the stage, Katherine wore a floor-length chiffon pale blue dress which showcased her petite frame as it cinched her in around the waist
Her fabulous gown featured a dramatic skirt and two-meter train as well as an elegant slit up her left leg
Katherine performed alongside Emeli Sandé and Lulu for the special occasion which was hosted by Davina McCall
Her powerful and emotional performance will be broadcasted on ITV at 4pm on Sunday
Katherine appeared in high spirits as she posed on the grand carpet-lined staircase prior to the big event
Katherine’s fabulous outing came just weeks after she announced herself and Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE will join forces for upcoming Handel biopic The King Of Covent Garden (pictured in 2023)
D-Day veteran Percy Chafer, 104, who is thought to be the oldest veteran in the UK to have seen active service on D-Day, arriving at the Royal Albert Hall for the concert
A view of the ‘D-Day 80 – Remembering the Normandy Landings’ event at the Royal Albert Hall marking the 80th anniversary
The Welsh opera singer will be the executive producer of the film with fellow Welsh native Anthony (pictured in April) portraying Handel
Handel wrote operas, oratorios, including Messiah in 1741, and four coronation anthems, one of which, Zadok the Priest, has been performed at every British coronation since 1727
Handel was a German-British composer born in Germany in 1685 and who died in Westminster in 1759.
He wrote operas, organ concertos, oratorios, including Messiah in 1741, and four coronation anthems, one of which, Zadok the Priest, has been performed at every British coronation since 1727.
The King Of Covent Garden, set to be directed by Andrew Levitas, will focus on the creation of Messiah.
Tim Slover wrote the film’s screenplay and Dan Lupovitz and Kevan Van Thompson will also produce.
Katherine will be involved as a musical advisor on the project as well as helping with future marketing efforts.
Peter Touche (Military Wives, The Son) is also executive producing.
Embankment Films is handling global pre-sales on The King of Covent Garden and will be pitching it to buyers at the Cannes Film Market later this month.
It describes the film as a ‘powerfully majestic celebration of genius breaking all the rules to create an anthem inspiring the popular imagination of global audiences’.
Embankment also handled international sales on Hopkins’ The Father, which earned the Welsh actor his second best actor Oscar.
In a statement, Andrew said the film’s story will hinge upon ‘an unlikely pair, who meet each other at their lowest points, and together create a magnificent never-heard-before ‘sound for the people’: the groundbreaking masterpiece Messiah, the annual global bestseller for close to 300 years’.
He said Tim’s script ‘is populated by passionate, real-life experience in all its color and dirt, creating a riveting human story with surprising contemporary relevancy, universal human connectivity and spiritual uplift’.
The King Of Covent Garden will be released sometime in 2025.
