Noon
It’s all about having a giggle and bringing a smile to your face. Today’s show is inspired by Amazon’s AI Alexa who has been bursting out into laughter at random times. Music includes Mozart’s A Musical Joke.
Mozart Photo: Public Domain
1pm Review and preview: Art & book festivals in the Capital
The New Zealand Festival is in full swing. Standing Room Only’s Lynn Freeman reflects on NZ Festival performances in Wellington this week, and turns the page to the Readers and Writers Festival.
Wild Dogs Under My Shirt at NZ Festival 2018 Photo: Robert George
1.20pm Voice and dance combine for Orpheus
The love story of Orpheus and Eurydice is at the heart of Michael Parmenter’s new opera ballet Orpheus, which brings a cast of 58 to the stage. We meet U.S.tenor Aaron Sheehan and Ex Wellington harpsichordist Donald Nicholson, who wrote the score inspired by baroque music.
Michael Parmenter's opera ballet OrphEus Photo: Facebook - Auckland Arts Festival
1.40pm Review: NZ Opera’s Tosca
Mainlanders Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Simon O’Neill perform together in Christchurch for the first time in 20 years for NZ Opera’s Tosca. But did the leading men of opera in NZ shine? Tony Ryan was at opening night.
Teddy Tahu Rhodes in Tosca Photo: Supplied
2pm
Laughter is the best medicine for a Friday. We continue to bring you music that makes you smile, feel happy and bring joy, including Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks from Strauss.
Richard Strauss Photo: Wikicommons
