Opera
THE GERSHWINS: Porgy and Bess
Catfish Row on the Charleston waterfront is vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhabitants. Video
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PUCCINI: La Bohème
This passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among young artists in Paris, can stake its claim as the world’s most popular opera. Video
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VERDI: La Traviata
The intimate scope and subject matter inspired Verdi to create some of his most profound and heartfelt music. Video
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BERG: Wozzeck
Set in an apocalyptic pre–World War I environment, 'Wozzeck' was a sensation and a scandal at its première and has lost none of its power to fascinate, shock, and engage audiences. Video
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STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier
An opera that combines romantic comedy, dreamy nostalgic fantasy, genuine human drama, and light but striking touches of philosophy and social commentary. Video
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MOZART: The Magic Flute
A sublime fairy tale that moves freely between earthy comedy and noble mysticism.
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VERDI: Macbeth
Verdi’s opera is a powerful musical interpretation of Shakespeare’s timeless drama of ambition and its personal cost.
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The Queen of Spades
This work of extreme moods and colours explores life’s frivolities as well as the darkest impulses of obsession, addiction, madness, and self-destruction. Video
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Dorothy Buchanan - pioneering New Zealand composer
New Zealand composer Dorothy Quita Buchanan pioneered the Composers-in-Schools scheme in the 1970s, and has been an active violinist, pianist, teacher and publisher throughout her career. Video, Audio
Akhnaten by Philip Glass
Launched in 1931, the Met's Saturday matinée broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. The 2019-2020 season marks the 89th year of live… Video
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Gala Concert in the presence of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
NZ Opera stars Anna Leese, Pene Pati, James Ioelu, the NZ Opera Chorus, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi present a Gala concert in the newly renamed Kiri Te… Audio
The Tales of Hoffmann
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Jacques Offenbach, the Vienna State Opera brings his most famous masterpiece to the stage in a surreal production by Andrej Seban. Gallery
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MOZART: Don Giovanni, Act 1
Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as its 'Opera in Concert', Auckland Town Hall, 19 July 2019 Video, Audio
MOZART: Don Giovanni, Act 2
Presented by Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra as its 'Opera in Concert', Auckland Town Hall, 19 July 2019 Video, Audio
Don Giovanni in the time of #MeToo
Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' is an opera in which a powerful man takes advantage of and abuses women. Tim Dodd talks to the APO's Music Director Giordano Bellincampi and Artistic Administrator Frances… Audio
“Comic tour-de-force” makes NZSO debut
Bass-baritone Hadleigh Adams has gone from humble beginnings in Palmerston North to performing with major orchestras around the world. He returns home for the first time in 11 years and will make his… Video, Audio
BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night's Dream
An amusing, light, poetic and psychological masterpiece, based on Shakespeare. Video, Gallery
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Roger Wilson: celebrating 50 years in the New Zealand opera scene
Monarchs, priests, soldiers and enraged fathers - just some of the many roles baritone Roger Wilson has played in his opera career so far. Audio
Making opera accessible to all
Opera can be an acquired taste but opening it up to those who might approach it with trepidation is the ethos behind Wanderlust Opera. Audio
Attila by Giuseppe Verdi
'Attila' is an early opera by Verdi telling the story of Attila the Hun. Video
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