April Soiree with Amitai Pati and Isabella Moore

To celebrate the inauguration of “ The Ansonia Room“ at The Auckland Opera Studio we are presenting Sole Mio’s Amitai Pati and Isabella Moore, who is visiting home from San Francisco, in an intimate early Sunday evening Soiree.

The combination of a glorious Tenor voice and a beautiful Soprano, singing a charming programme of solos and duets, - ranging from classical to contemporary popular music and from Operatic Arias to Musical Theatre favorites will result in a very lovely concert.

This will be a unique way to spend two hours on a Sunday evening with Amitai who is well into the beginnings of a really important International career and the beautiful Bella who is also making her mark on the international scene.

These two exciting young artists, who are both winners of the prestigious Lexus Song Quest, will be accompanied by pianist Rosemary Barnes in this stunning new city concert venue.

Parking will be available next door to 24 St Benedict St Newton and there is easy access to The Ansonia Room with a lift to the second floor.

Further information can be found at The Opera Studio website.There will be a few last minute tickets available at the door before 5.30 on Sunday the 14th.

Isabella Moore:
New Zealand soprano Isabella Moore is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a 2017 Music Academy of the West alumnus. Her opera work includes the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Giulietta in Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Gulnara in Verdi’s II corsaro, and Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello. She has taken part in master classes with artists that include Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Montserrat Caballé, Warren Jones, and Sir Richard Bonynge.

In 2018, Isabella took part in Marilyn Horne’s 'The Song Continues' programme (Carnegie Hall, New York) where she was a participant in a master class given by Renée Fleming. She was the winner of the 2015 Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Bel Canto Award, winner of the 2014 Marianne Mathy Scholarship, winner of the 2014 New Zealand Aria Competition and winner of the 2014 Lexus Song Quest. Later this year, Isabella has performance engagements with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, the Auckland Choral Society and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

Amitai Pati
Amitai is a tenor of Samoan descent who received his master's degree in advanced vocal studies at the Wales International Academy of Voice under the tutelage of tenor Dennis O’Neill. Amitai won the Lexus Song Quest in 2012 and the Waiariki Institute of Technology NZ Aria in 2015.

In 2014, he was invited to be a part of the Young Singers Project in Salzburg, Austria, where he appeared in performances and concerts including the opera La Favorite, starring Juan Diego Flórez and Ludovic Tézier.

Amitai also performed the tenor solo in a production of Mozart’s Spatzenmesse. He has sung in master classes with the likes of Joseph Rouleau, Della Jones, Dame Josephine Barstow, Dame Anne Murray, Maestro Richard Bonynge, and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

Amitai, along with his brother Pene Pati and their cousin Moses Mackay, comprise the highly successful New Zealand vocal trio Sol3 Mio, which mixes both classical and contemporary music.