Singer Alison enchants music lovers at Darlaston Town Hall

Alison Atkins-Green, who performs under the name Operali, took to the stage at the historic hall.

The 43 year-old has only been performing for a year and could now become a regular at the Victoria Road venue.

The mother-of-two belted out hits ranging from Time to Say Goodbye to Whitney Houston during her set of more than a dozen tracks.

She was recently a finalist at the Open Mic UK contest in Birmingham.

Alison, from Penkridge, said: "The crowd were absolutely fantastic, they were singing along. It is the second time I have performed there and it went really well.

"It might become regular.

"I have only been doing opera a year, although I found I had the vocals years and years ago."

Mervin Jones, organist at Darlaston town hall who helped organise the concert, said: "She is brilliant, they loved her to bits. She is on the books definitely."

Darlaston Town Hall officially reopened in June 2008 after a £325,000 makeover and is one of the borough's most iconic buildings.