Jonathan Abernethy wins 2014 Opera Awards
Earlier this month NZ tenor Jonathan Abernethy was named as the winner of the 2014 Opera Awards (Australia).
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Professor Jack Richards – a generous Patron
Professor Jack Richards is an internationally renowned Linguist specialising in second and foreign language
Oliver Sewell – the tenor who knows all the dance steps
Young NZ tenor Oliver Sewell was awarded a Foundation grant earlier this year
Victoria League partnership
The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation recently completed arrangements for an exciting collaboration with the Victoria League in Auckland
One of world’s most loved Divas joins vocal selection panel
Legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade has accepted Dame Kiri’s invitation to become a member of the Foundation’s vocal selection panel.
Foundation Students help launch NZ-Australia Literature Festival
The first ever Australia and New Zealand Festival of Arts & Literature was held recently in London.
"The Indian Queen" @E_N_O: Lucy Crowe's singing "is simply breathtaking in its beauty throughout." http://t.co/VkV2DMWR9q Review @TimAshAsh
“The Ghosts of Versailles" @LAOpera "a clearer, lighter, brighter work than the one seen @MetOpera nearly 25 yrs ago" http://t.co/5vVMtYWzsD
"The core human voice when it hits the bones of another human body is invigorating.” @MichaelFabiano on opéra. http://t.co/6U9lvz5fBq
Opera in the Pa is returning to Te Puia's Rotowhio Marae for a World War I centenary show. http://t.co/Pcg2gSeCZf http://t.co/XSQe3MuX3M
“Canadian singers can be overly polite...They should see what is happening in Mexico [where] being a tenor is like being a bullfighter.” RPT
Joan Dornemann, @MetOpera assistant conductor, heads to Toronto in March to guide Canadian singers. http://t.co/KGzpZx4dLo
Opera's not dying, says 'Dead Man Walking' composer Jake Heggie: 'It's an extremely flexible form.' http://t.co/2VNpSitnND
The @reneesmusings concert with @NZSO will include Ravel’s Schéhérazade. https://t.co/WVWveqjcUA
In September @reneesmusings will perform for the first time with the @NZSO in Wellington. http://t.co/5ckNbq8moI
Bass-Baritone Ashraf Sewailam @EgyptianBass will join @NZOpera's production of Rossini’s La cenerentola @AucklandLive http://t.co/xXWevgZY2s