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Unmissable: NZ Opera Brings Bartók’s Bluebeard To Te Ahurei Toi O Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival 2026
Tuesday, 13 January 2026, 2:12 pm | NZ Opera
Award-winning, international production with opera’s biggest stars comes to Auckland for two performances only. More >>
Unleashing Aotearoa's Monster: NZ Opera's Groundbreaking Premiere Of The Monster In The Maze
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 2:49 pm | NZ Opera
Power of community explored in award-winning global opera. More >>
Breathtaking New Production Of La Bohème To Warm Hearts Across New Zealand Mid-Year
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 1:56 pm | NZ Opera
This new production promises a deeply emotional exploration of love, art, and humanity, brought to life by a sensational cast and creative team of international and Kiwi talent. More >>
New Zealand Opera Welcomes Governor-General As New Patron
Monday, 3 March 2025, 1:31 pm | NZ Opera
Her Excellency joins an esteemed group of existing Patrons of New Zealand Opera, including The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM QSO DSTJ, The Rt Hon Helen Clark ONZ SSI PC, Fa’Afetai Jonathan Lemalu ONZM, Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, Mayor Tory Whanau, ... More >>
Austen Opera Coming To Christchurch & Dunedin - South Island Premiere: NZ Opera’s Mansfield Park Returns This April
Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:01 pm | NZ Opera
A unique, immersive production, Mansfield Park offers a touching and emotive musical experience that Austen herself would have relished. More >>
New Zealand Opera To Celebrate 25 Years In 2025
Monday, 11 November 2024, 11:28 am | NZ Opera
Tumu Whakarae, General Director Brad Cohen says, “These three productions will cover more of the motu, with more performances and chorus involvement, than in 2024. Each year we are determined to build continuity, distinctiveness and innovation for ... More >>
Rigoletto Set To Thrill Tāmaki Makaurau Next Month
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 12:28 pm | NZ Opera
Inspired by Federico Fellini’s classic film La Dolce Vita, Moshinsky’s take elevates this already grand opera even further, bringing it to life with a revolving two-story dollhouse set, opulent 1950s Italian costuming, and a scene-stealing Fiat Bambina. More >>
NZ Opera’s Sparkling Production Of Rossini’s Comic Masterpiece Le Comte Ory (The Count Ory) To Tour Aotearoa This Winter
Monday, 22 April 2024, 11:59 am | NZ Opera
An effervescent spectacle of astonishing bel canto singing, exhilarating music, and a healthy dose of satire is set to delight audiences in a new production from NZ Opera. More >>
Modern Take On Mozart’s Playful Masterpiece - Coming To A Centre Near You
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 3:17 pm | NZ Opera
NZ Opera’s lush new production of Così Fan Tutte explores love, relationships and desire through a contemporary lens A powerhouse cast of New Zealand and international opera singers will bring to life one of Mozart's most popular and frequently performed ... More >>
Politically driven drama attracts top talent
Friday, 24 July 2015, 10:32 am | NZ Opera
NZ Opera General Director Stuart Maunder ’s new production of Tosca brings home New Zealand’s most celebrated living tenor for his first major opera role here in over a decade. Simon O’Neill , who has studied the role of Cavaradossi with ... More >>
NZ Opera’s Cinderella story is more than a fairytale
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 11:33 am | NZ Opera
“Hold your head up and you’ll go far” sings Lady Gaga in Born This Way . That is the theme of the new NZ Opera production of Rossini’s Cinderella story, La cenerentola , says its director Lindy Hume . “Show the world who you are, and people will love ... More >>
New Zealand Opera 2015 Season
Monday, 9 March 2015, 1:42 pm | NZ Opera
Latin passions and sensory overload. From unbridled joy and silliness to deep loss and longing; from fairytale frivolity to characters sadistic and sexy, vengeful and visceral. It must be opera! This is the 2015 season of our national opera company. ... More >>
Top cast arrives for one of greatest ever operas
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 4:47 pm | NZ Opera
Some of opera’s most warmly regarded and awarded singers are arriving this week from around New Zealand and the world, as rehearsals pick up pace for the Auckland and Wellington seasons of Don Giovanni . Director Sara Brodie’s up-to-the-minute ... More >>
Opera brings education benefits
Friday, 22 August 2014, 12:16 pm | NZ Opera
The involvement of young artists and students in and around the NZ Opera production of Don Giovanni has been delivering benefits in music, technology and drama education in Auckland this week, and will do so again through September. Some of the initiatives ... More >>
Don Giovanni: Contemporary, cutting edge opera
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 5:21 pm | NZ Opera
Opening on 18 September, New Zealand Opera’s third major production for 2014 is Mozart’s Don Giovanni . It has often been called the greatest opera ever written, and is certainly one of the most popular. Directed by New Zealander Sara Brodie , ... More >>
Bromance and romance, off-stage and on!
Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 2:54 pm | NZ Opera
As fire burns in a barrel on-stage to comfort the bohemians of modern-day Paris, the soaring music of Puccini is sure to warm all who come to welcome opera back to Christchurch on a memorable winter’s night. It is impossible not to be swept along ... More >>
350 performers cover the country
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 2:23 pm | NZ Opera
Theatres in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland are ringing to some of the world’s most famous music in the next week, as our national opera company works on performances simultaneously in all three centres. It is New Zealand’s busiest week of opera ... More >>
Friday 13th June: Black TieDay
Sunday, 8 June 2014, 11:54 am | NZ Opera
“Black Friday” 13th June is a red letter day for the national opera company, New Zealand Opera. Cartons of black-tie outfits and ballroom costumes will be unloaded from among 16 tonnes of staging being set up by an army of opera technicians at Auckland’s ... More >>
A Taste of the 2014 NZ Opera Season
Monday, 12 May 2014, 3:06 pm | NZ Opera
This is a diary / events guide update for your interest, reference and publication. The New Zealand Opera 2014 season is in full preparation, with a tantalising debut of the first work, a three-way co-production of La traviata , staged to critical ... More >>
New Zealand Opera appoints new General Director
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 4:13 pm | NZ Opera
Stuart Maunder, an Australian-born international opera director and arts manager, has been appointed General Director of New Zealand Opera. More >>
