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Frances Moore from NZ Opera talks about company's efforts to encourage New Zealanders to write new ones. Audio
Taking opera singing to the classroom
A cast from New Zealand Opera will be touring schools in March and April with a fun performance of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love. Audio
Interview with Frances Moore about 'Die tote Stadt'
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
Auckland Philharmonia to perform NZ premiere of Die tote Stadt
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra will soon be presenting the New Zealand premiere of 'Die tote Stadt'. Frances Moore is Stage Director for this 'opera in concert' performance of Erich Korngold's… Audio
All Aboard with The APO
We chat to Frances Moore from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra ahead of a special concert with weekend that has a strong trainspotter connection - so, of course, Bryan wanted to find out more. 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
APO teams up with Dust Palace circus for magical show
If you're in Auckland and you're looking for something to take the whanau to this weekend, here's an idea - how about a magical circus performance with an orchestra? After a sell-out, breathtaking… Audio
Conductor Tianyi Lu and the APO's Frances Moore discuss gender equality in music
125 years after women’s suffrage in Aotearoa why does it still take a special occasion to have female composers works heard? Young New Zealand conductor Tianyi Lu and the APO's Artistic… Audio
APO takes us to Funkytown
Studio 54 and orchestral music don’t usually go together, but this week the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is cranking out the platforms, bellbottoms and big hair as they bring disco hits alive… Video, Audio
Upbeat for Monday 11 June
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa receives a British Queen’s Birthday honour, Renee Fleming is up for a Tony, the APO goes disco and we celebrate rising stars for the start of Matariki.
Reviews: Auckland Arts Festival
The Auckland Arts Festival comes to a close this Sunday, and has provided a feast of visual, musical and theatrical arts. Justin Gregory reviews the highly anticipated Love Me as I Am – a celebration… Audio
The Mikado - riotous or racist?
New Zealand Opera’s The Mikado has stirred up debate about cultural appropriation since it opened this week in Auckland. For reviewer Frances Moore,the production was a game of two halves - and not… Audio
Alex Taylor and Frances Moore - Modern Day Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas is one of Henry Purcell's classic operas, and it is being recomposed for a new generation, with composer Alex Taylor taking the helm. Alex Taylor is one of NZ's leading young composers… Audio
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Director Frances Moore brings her company UnstuckOpera to Auckland's Basement Theatre for the first time. She's directing Purcell's Dido and Aeneas recomposed and conducted by Alex Taylor. Singers run… Audio
Frances Moore and Alex Taylor: Dido and Aeneas
Director and arranger of Unstuck Opera's Dido and Aeneas being presented at Waitakere Contemporary Art Gallery in Auckland. Audio
The Vocal Music of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Frances Moore takes a personal look at some of Brahms's most intimate music. Audio
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Frances Moore looks at the ideas behind Chausson's music. Audio
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Frances Moore explores relationships between Bizet, Carmen and Nietzsche. Audio
The Vocal Music of Ludwig van Beethoven
Frances Moore introduces Ludwig van Beethoven's vocal music. Audio
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NZ soprano studying Opera Directing at New York University speaks to Upbeat producer Jeremy Brick. Audio