Te Pae Kōkako TANZOS - Una Serenata Italiana

Te Pae Kōkako – The Aotearoa New Zealand Opera Studio (TANZOS) performs for Wellington audiences for the first time this November with Una Serenata Italiana – an intimate evening of Italian opera favourites at the Public Trust Hall.

Directed by Elaine Kidd (Head of the Jette Parker Artists Programme, The Royal Opera House Covent Garden) and accompanied by Caroline Dowdle (Head of Opera, Atelier Lyric Verbier Festival; repertoire coach with the Jette Parker Programme and the Royal College of Music), the concert celebrates the beauty of Italian opera and the new generation of New Zealand opera artists defining the country’s vocal landscape.

Presented in association with Ambasciata d’Italia Wellington, this special performance continues the vision of Dame Malvina Major, whose support for artist development through TANZOS helps nurture Aotearoa’s rising operatic talent.

Featuring Sarah Mileham, Niamh Bentley, Jasmine Jessen, Katherine Winitana, Ridge Ponini, Faamanu Fonoti-Fuimaono, Tomairangi Henare and Samuel McKeever.

About TANZOS
Te Pae Kōkako – The Aotearoa New Zealand Opera Studio (TANZOS) is directed by internationally recognised soprano Madeleine Pierard, Dame Malvina Major Chair in Opera, and led by Head Vocal Coach Nikki Li Hartliep, an acclaimed performer and teacher who has worked with major opera companies and conservatories around the world.

TANZOS provides full-time, international-level opera training for up to six exceptional New Zealand singers each year, supported by donor-funded scholarships and guided by Dame Malvina Major’s long-held vision for professional opera education in Aotearoa.

Find out more at https://www.tanzos.org/