Anna Pierard

The NZSO, Voices New Zealand and four extraordinary singers present Rossini’s Stabat Mater and the world premiere of Kiwi composer Victoria Kelly’s response to that work.

Festival Opera is celebrating 10 years of introducing, training and supporting young people in the opera through the Project Prima Volta community programme in Hawkes Bay.  Audio

Upbeat catches up with Project Prima Volta founder, Anna Pierard, to find out what's been happening recently for the Hawke's Bay youth project. Audio

Congratulations to opera-singing brothers Emmanuel, Alfred and Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono on their competition success. Audio

Hawke's Bay's Festival Opera starts off this year's Art Deco celebrations with opera's most gripping double bill: Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci. Audio

Kiwi professional mezzo soprano Anna Pierard and Kathryn Ryan talk about how music can change children's lives.  Anna is the co-creator of the Prima Volta Charitable Trust which introduces Hawkes Bay… Audio

Festival Opera returns, this year with one of Verdi's most loved. Anna Pierard and  John Wilkie discuss the work and why it has come to Napier. Audio

A once failing primary school in a deprived area of West Yorkshire has shot into the top 10% performing schools in England, after rebuilding its curriculum around music. Meanwhile here in New Zealand… Audio

Festival Opera founder Anna Pierard took time out of her busy Madame Butterfly schedule to discuss some of her favourite pieces of music. Video, Audio