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June 2018
Orchestra Wellington – Golden City
Mozart’s Prague symphony makes a perfect curtain-raiser to the orchestra’s 2018 season, from its dramatic opening chords to the crackling energy of its main themes. Seldom has a work expressed the clear light of reason with such a sense of joy. Mozart counted the day he presented this symphony to the public, in 1787, as ... Find out more >>
Find out more »NZ Opera – The Elixir of Love
Donizetti’s bel canto comedy, The Elixir of Love is as charming as it is funny. Nemorino is a likeable but hopeless romantic who has fallen in love with the bold and quick-witted Adina. She isn’t won over by his pleas of love and things get worse when she has an offer of marriage from the ... Find out more >>
Find out more »NZ Opera – The Elixir of Love
Donizetti’s bel canto comedy, The Elixir of Love is as charming as it is funny. Nemorino is a likeable but hopeless romantic who has fallen in love with the bold and quick-witted Adina. She isn’t won over by his pleas of love and things get worse when she has an offer of marriage from the ... Find out more >>
Find out more »NZ Opera – The Elixir of Love
Donizetti’s bel canto comedy, The Elixir of Love is as charming as it is funny. Nemorino is a likeable but hopeless romantic who has fallen in love with the bold and quick-witted Adina. She isn’t won over by his pleas of love and things get worse when she has an offer of marriage from the ... Find out more >>
Find out more »NZ Opera – The Elixir of Love
Donizetti’s bel canto comedy, The Elixir of Love is as charming as it is funny. Nemorino is a likeable but hopeless romantic who has fallen in love with the bold and quick-witted Adina. She isn’t won over by his pleas of love and things get worse when she has an offer of marriage from the ... Find out more >>
Find out more »July 2018
Orchestra Wellington – The Prophecy
This season’s Bohemian theme is continued with Janáček’s 1918 orchestral rhapsody, Taras Bulba, loosely inspired by a novella by Gogol about a Cossack war leader. Janáček’s dramatic score matches the intensity, if not the narrative, of Gogol’s tale of love, betrayal and the struggle for freedom. The orchestra is delighted to welcome back pianist Jian ... Find out more >>
Find out more »August 2018
Hawkes Bay Orchestra – Verdi Requiem
Guiseppe Verdi Requiem by Napier Civic Choir and Hawke's Bay Orchestra Fri 3 Aug 7.30pm and Sun 5 Aug 2.30pm | Waiapu Cathedral, 28 Browning St, Napier Conductor: José Aparicio Soprano: Lisa Harper-Brown Soprano: Anna Pierard Bass: Wade Kernot Tenor: watch this space! An opera disguised as religious music, Verdi’s Requiem is nothing short of ... Find out more >>
Find out more »Hawkes Bay Orchestra – WInter Concert – Mahler Symphony 2
Mahlers Symphony No2 Resurrection by Hawke's Bay Orchestra and Napier Civic Choir Sat 4 Aug 7.30pm | Waiapu Cathedral, 28 Browning St, Napier Conductor: José Aparicio Soprano: Lisa Harper-Brown Soprano: Anna Pierard Mahler’s second symphony is monumental. Of his approach to composition, Mahler famously said, “A symphony must be like the world. It must embrace ... Find out more >>
Find out more »Hawkes Bay Orchestra – Verdi Requiem
Guiseppe Verdi Requiem by Napier Civic Choir and Hawke's Bay Orchestra Fri 3 Aug 7.30pm and Sun 5 Aug 2.30pm | Waiapu Cathedral, 28 Browning St, Napier Conductor: José Aparicio Soprano: Lisa Harper-Brown Soprano: Anna Pierard Bass: Wade Kernot Tenor: watch this space! An opera disguised as religious music, Verdi’s Requiem is nothing short of ... Find out more >>
Find out more »September 2018
Orchestra Wellington – Verdi Requiem
Verdi wrote his Requiem in 1873 when he was at the height of his powers as an operatic composer. By then, he was also a national hero, his works a symbol and expression of the Italians’ quest for unity and self-rule. This Requiem, so filled with dramatic power and unforgettable melodies, is also a monument ... Find out more >>
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