Opera

NZ Opera's new General Director, Brad Cohen, talks with Bryan Crump. Video, Audio

Deborah Wai Kapohe is both a singing teacher and one of Aotearoa’s most respected sopranos. So who better to teach Culture 101 to sing opera?   Audio

The APO's Opera in Concert for 2023 is 'Die tote Stadt' by Erich Korngold - the story of a man paralysed by grief after the death of his wife and his transformational encounter with a theatre dancer… Audio

Performed by Manuela Uhl and Aleš Briscein with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giordano Bellincampi. Audio

Tim Dodd talks to Giordano Bellincampi, conductor the performance of Korngold's opera 'Die tote Stadt' as the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Opera in Concert for 2023. Audio

Tim Dodd talks to Frances Moore, the director of the semi-staged performance of Korngold's opera 'Die tote Stadt' as the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Opera in Concert for 2023. Audio

Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and soloists conducted by Giordano Bellincampi as their Opera in Concert, Auckland Town Hall, 8 July 2023. Audio

Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and soloists conducted by Giordano Bellincampi as their Opera in Concert, Auckland Town Hall, 8 July 2023. Audio

Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia and soloists conducted by Giordano Bellincampi as their Opera in Concert, Auckland Town Hall, 8 July 2023. Audio

The Sleeping Beauty is this year's Opera in Schools touring production. Bryan Crump speaks to performers Ridge Ponini and Alexandra Francis about Cook Islands opera and the role reversal used in this… Audio

Finding the opera voices of tomorrow, here is RNZ Concert's recording of the first of two semi-finals for the 2022 Lexus Song Quest. Sopranos Sarah Hubbard, Felicity Tomkins and Amelia Berry and…

Acclaimed Kiwi opera singer Phillip Rhodes (Ngati Awa and Ngati Kahungunu) talks to Nine to Noon about his career, being appointed the first Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Laureate and what lies ahead… Audio

In March 2021, Ihitai'Avei'a – Star Navigator premiered to sell-out crowds in South Auckland, then Covid-19 closed the curtains. Composer Tim Finn and writer Célestine Hitiura Vaite talk about its… Video, Audio

Winning this year's $50,000 Dame Malvina Major Award is allowing Christchurch tenor Oliver Sewell to live the dream and forge an international career. Oliver's currently in Europe after recently… Audio

Verdi's opera Macbeth is very true to Shakespeare's tale of a well-regarded military leader corrupted by his conviction he's destined to become King. Playing the lead role in NZ Opera's new… Audio

A new production of Verdi's Macbeth from NZ Opera moves away from the "Scottishness" of the source material and leans into the psychological and emotional content of the piece as an exploration of… Audio

Top New Zealand singers perform a selection of opera highlights at the Auckland Opera Studio's annual Gala Concert for 2022. Audio

New Zealand's famous opera singers are performing together before they head overseas for international stages. It's called the Auckland Opera Studio Annual Gala - and it's on this Sunday at the… Audio

No matter how famous they become overseas, our opera singers are often keen to come home to perform. Munich- based Eliza Boom is no exception. Eliza's in the lineup of in-demand young operatic talent… Audio