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![Italian feast for opera lovers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Italian feast for opera lovers
New Zealand Opera is bringing home our stars in 2018, writes William Dart.
![Opera's power and passion shared around world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Opera's power and passion shared around world
Contemporary Katya Kabanova contrasts the power and passion of nature with daily life.
![Drawn to the devil side of performing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Drawn to the devil side of performing
World's greatest bass-baritones is in NZ to perform a role he says is devilishly good.
![Sultry and sensual, NZ Opera's Carmen is opera at its best](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Sultry and sensual, NZ Opera's Carmen is opera at its best
Sensual and sexy, NZ Opera's Carmen is a first-rate production, writes William Dart.
![Gypsy Carmen at core of Hume's take on opera](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Gypsy Carmen at core of Hume's take on opera
The gypsy of Lindy Hume's Carmen production becomes a true hero, writes William Dart.
![Opera review: The Mikado](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Opera review: The Mikado
Is it okay to stage The Mikado in 2017? Most definitely, writes William Dart.
![Opera singer Natasha Wilson performs at Auckland Arts Festival](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Opera singer Natasha Wilson performs at Auckland Arts Festival
Opera singer Natasha Wilson is performing in the world premiere production of NZ Opera's Candide at the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2018.
![No-show: Sol3 Mio member stranded](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
No-show: Sol3 Mio member stranded
Opera singers Sol3 Mio have been forced to postpone their Hawaii concert, after Canadian authorities lost Amitai Pati's passport.
![Rufus Wainwright to headline Auckland Arts Festival](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Rufus Wainwright to headline Auckland Arts Festival
Rufus Wainwright admits opera can be both daunting and dull. But he's determined to prove it doesn't have to be.
![William Dart finds Opera Factory as busy as ever](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
William Dart finds Opera Factory as busy as ever
For two nights next week, Epsom becomes the operatic heart of our city, writes William Dart.
![William Dart: Broadway opera Sweeney Todd at its macabre best](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
William Dart: Broadway opera Sweeney Todd at its macabre best
Sweeney Todd, once described by its composer, Stephen Sondheim, as a movie for the stage, had a dream venue in The Civic.
![Tragedy after joy: New dad's illness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Tragedy after joy: New dad's illness
Priorities have changed after learning new father has only two years to live.
![Endless flow of stunning arias](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Endless flow of stunning arias
Auckland Opera Studio and its artistic director Frances Wilson should be very proud of giving Handel's Oreste its New Zealand premiere.
![Review: Perfection sits in third](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Review: Perfection sits in third
The final of the Lexus Song Quest celebrated the competition's 60 years in style.
![Triumphant night of opera magic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Triumphant night of opera magic
What new paths might Mozart have pursued had he lived to capitalise on the popular success of The Magic Flute?
![NZ Opera: The Magic Flute, ASB Theatre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ Opera: The Magic Flute, ASB Theatre
New Zealand Opera is bringing Sara Brodie's production of The Magic Flute to Auckland after a successful season in the capital.
![Review: The Chorus; Oedipus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Review: The Chorus; Oedipus
Sixteen figures in flowing cream reclaim the King of Thebes from Freud in this melodic contemporary opera.
![Review: Nixon in China, Auckland Arts Festival](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Review: Nixon in China, Auckland Arts Festival
Nixon in China, co-produced with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and New Zealand Opera, cements why John Adams has created an operatic survivor.
![Watch: Nixon in China at Auckland Arts Festival](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Watch: Nixon in China at Auckland Arts Festival
An extraordinary international event, John Adams’ Nixon in China is one of the most celebrated operas of our generation. It's an ambitious work on a grand scale.
![Kiwi star comes second in world opera comp](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Kiwi star comes second in world opera comp
Sol3 Mio's Pene Pati has come in second in Domingo Placido's prestigious Operalia competition, and won the Audience Award.
![Sol3 Mio star one step closer to world opera title](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Sol3 Mio star one step closer to world opera title
Sol3 Mio’s Pene Pati has made it through to the semi-finals of a prestigious opera competition in London.
![Bloody finale for tenor Michael Fabiano](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Bloody finale for tenor Michael Fabiano
Michael Fabiano, a rising star in world opera, had almost made it. With only the finale to go before a certain standing ovation, disaster struck.
![A voyage around my father](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
A voyage around my father
Known for his political activism and satirical comedy, you wouldn't normally associate Mark Thomas with a rarefied art form such as opera.
![Theatre review: Don Giovanni](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Theatre review: Don Giovanni
From the start, New Zealand Opera's Don Giovanni presented the mix of tragedy and comedy stipulated in the opera's description as "dramma giocoso" (playful drama).
![NZ Opera's seductive Don Giovanni](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ Opera's seductive Don Giovanni
Auckland opera audiences have become accustomed to having Verdi and Puccini presented through the eyes of female directors from across the Tasman.