Opera

New Zealand Opera's production of The Turn of the Screw, Benjamin Britten's psychological drama, is a tribute to the company's courage with excellent performances from the small cast. However, some…

NZ-born Holly Mathieson returns to conduct an all-Kiwi cast in NZ Opera's production Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw. Audio

Verdi's sweepingly ambitious opera on war, religion, love and fate.  Video

Dramatic coloratura soprano and astute businesswoman Madeleine Pierard has returned home from London to perform in NZ Opera's new production of The Turn of the Screw. Audio

New Zealand Opera’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’ starts next week in Wellington, and there’s a special connection to it for new NZO Head of Music. Audio

Designer Raymond Boyce made a huge contribution to ballet, opera, puppetry and straight drama after he first came to New Zealand in 1953. In 2015, Peter Mechen talked to Raymond and others who worked… Audio

Jacqueline Coats has been awarded the 2019 Pettman Dare Fellowship, travelling to the UK to work with Opera North and study at the University of Leeds. Audio

The Aotea Centre is renaming its ASB theatre after our most famous opera singer and first-ever Grammy award winner, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.  Audio

Wellington opera company Eternity Opera has created a more inclusive version of ‘Rigoletto’ to address modern day views. Audio

Three new recruits join the warship HMS Indomitable, commanded by the scholarly Captain Vere. Gallery

Verdi's opera explores long-held secrets, treachery and the father-daughter relationship, in the majestic setting of Renaissance Genoa. Video

Elric Hooper & Des Wilson look at gambling as a theatrical device in opera and musical theatre. Audio

Tchaikovsky’s most ambitious opera contains some of his greatest music and is a powerful study of destructive obsession. Video

Elric Hooper & Des Wilson look at gambling as a theatrical device in opera and musical theatre. Audio

Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has both offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century

Opera by Gareth Farr and Renee Liang, The world première production by Auckland Arts Festival in association with New Zealand Opera at the Waterfront Theatre in Auckland, March 2017. Video, Audio

Three talented New Zealand opera singers impressed Sophie Joyce from the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Programme this week at the Circle 100 Scholarship performance. She talks with Eva Radich about… Audio

APO Opera in Concert: Turandot

Roger Flury and Des Wilson look at the life and music of the Spanish soprano, winner of the Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award 2007. Video, Audio

RNZ's award-winning recording of Verdi's Otello, including video, from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in association with New Zealand Opera. Audio