One of the recurring characters in Thomas the Tank Engine is an opera singer called Alicia Botti. In a charming episode titled James in the Dark, James goes around sodor without a light collecting the wrong passengers because he is too proud … Nicholas finds this episode to be particularly charming and has been re-enacting that episode all day…

So here is his Alicia Botti …

A 17th century English Naval Officer …

And here he is singing a little bit like Alicia Botti…