Opera
PUCCINI: In un coupé?... O Mimì, tu più non torni, from La bohème
Performed by Amitai Pati (ten), Benson Wilson (bar), Somi Kim (piano). Recorded at the Auckland Opera Studio's Gala Concert in the Auckland Concert Chamber, 2 August 2020. Audio
Intimate opera in a hotel room
The Human Voice opera is providing people with a very up close and personal performance staged in hotel rooms around New Zealand. Opera singer Amanda Atlas talks to Jesse about the shows. Audio
VERDI: Brindisi, from La Traviata
Performed by Anna Leese, Natasha Wilson, Kristin Darragh, Simon O'Neill, Amitai Pati, and Oliver Sewell with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of… Audio
VERDI: Un di se ben rammento - Bella figlia dell'amore, from Rigoletto
Performed by Anna Leese, Natasha Wilson, Kristin Darragh, Simon O'Neill, Amitai Pati, and Oliver Sewell with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of… Audio
VERDI: La donna e mobile, From Rigoletto
Performed by Amitai Pati with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
VERDI: Caro nome, from Rigoletto
Performed by Natasha Wilson with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
VERDI: Dio! Mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali, from Otello
Performed by Simon O'Neill with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
VERDI: Gia nella notte densa, from Otello
Performed by Anna Leese and Simon O'Neill with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
VERDI: Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo, from La Traviata
Performed by Natasha Wilson and Oliver Sewell with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October… Audio
VERDI: Prelude to Act I, La Traviata
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
PUCCINI: Finale to Act I, La Bohème
Performed by Anna Leese and Amitai Pati with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
GOUNOD: Nuit d'hymenee, from Romeo et Juliette
Performed by Anna Leese and Simon O'Neill with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
GOUNOD: Ah! Leve-toi, from Romeo et Juliette
Performed by Amitai Pati with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
GOUNOD: Ange adorable, from Romeo et Juliette
Performed by Natasha Wilson, Amitai Pati with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
GOUNOD: Ah! Je veux vivre, from Romeo et Juliette
Performed by Natasha Wilson and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
BELLINI: A te, o cara, Amor talora, from I Puritani
Performed by Oliver Sewell with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
BELLINI: Norma, Overture
Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Holly Mathieson at their concert "Tales of Passion and Betrayal", Auckland Town Hall, 9 October 2020. Audio
BERLIOZ: The Damnation of Faust
Berlioz's 'concert opera' is performed by four soloists, large chorus and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart
Coming up
Pasifika opera singers take up with New York Met
Two New Zealand-based Pasifika singers have secured places on the prestigious New York Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Audio
Voices of Aotearoa 6:24 - creating opera with a distinctly New Zealand voice
New Zealand Opera is looking for new voices to imagine what opera might be in the context of modern living in Aotearoa. Audio