Opera
Brett Bailey: Macbeth in the Congo
Director of South African performance company Third World Bunfight, whose latest production is a radical take on Verdi's opera Macbeth, set in modern-day Congo, and playing at the Auckland Arts… Audio
Dame Felicity Lott and Gabriel Woolf
British soprano and actor preview their Love and Marriage performances around New Zealand. Audio
Pamela Rosenberg: Opera Leader
Former Intendant of the San Francisco Opera and Berlin Philharmonic talks about her experiences. Audio
The Expats
New Zealand Soprano Carleen Ebbs talks about her experiences in Britain and Wales. Audio
Peter Mechen: Days Bay Opera Review
Review of Days Bay Opera's performance of Cavalli's La Calisto [topic] music [location] Wellington Audio
Mattia Campetti and Michelle Buscemi
Italian baritone and Australian soprano presenting a fundraising concert for the Lucca Opera Festival in Tuscany. Audio
Frances Moore and Alex Taylor: Dido and Aeneas
Director and arranger of Unstuck Opera's Dido and Aeneas being presented at Waitakere Contemporary Art Gallery in Auckland. Audio
Bravo Figaro!
Comedian, and master storyteller Mark Thomas has created an opera about his larger-than-life builder and opera-loving father called Bravo Figaro - opera meets life, comedy, death. He's bringing the… Audio
Jonathan Alver: NZ Opera School
Wanganui Director of the New Zealand Opera School previews this summer's activities in Whanganui Audio
Drew James: CubaDupa
Artistic Director of Wellington's Cubadupa festival previews next year's event. Audio
David Gockley: San Francisco Opera
San Francisco Opera's general director talks about their latest season which will be broadcast regularly on Radio NZ Concert. Audio
Australasia’s favourite baritone
NZ Baritone performing with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra this week. Audio
Madeleine Pierard: NZSO Messiah
NZ soprano previews her performance of Handel's Messiah with the NZSO this weekend and upcoming concerts with the APO and CSO. Audio
Donald McIntyre: NZ Baritone
Peter Mechen speaks to recent octogenarian NZ Baritone Donald McIntyre about his many decades on the opera stage. Audio
Chevalier of the order of Arts and Letters Haydn Rawstron
New Zealander Haydn Rawstron is now a Chevalier/Knight of the order of Arts and Letters, in thanks for his many years of expertly managing opera singers who appeared in France's opera houses. The… Audio
Simon O'Neill: NZ Tenor
Top NZ opera singer talks about upcoming performances including a fundraiser at Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch tonight. Audio
Mark-Anthony Turnage (b 1960)
Mark-Anthony Turnage is an English composer launched his career with some big brash works at the tail end of the Thatcher years. However, unlike many enfants terribles, his music has barely mellowed… Audio
James Clayton and Alison Eldridge: Orchestra Wellington
Baritone soloist and director of Arohanui Strings preview this weekend's performance with Orchestra Wellington. Audio
Stuart Maunder: NZ Opera 2015 Season Launch
NZ Opera General Director announces the 2015 season. Audio
