Summer of Opera
A summer filled with music
Te Waitī o Raumati | Opera in the Park
Mark your calendars and prepare your picnics: our much-loved Opera in the Park series returns in the summer of 2025, as part of Auckland Council’s Music in Parks programme.
Across two free and family-friendly open-air evening concerts in Tāmaki Makaurau, we’ll showcase some of the finest upcoming talent in Aotearoa – including some faces you may very well recognise from our mainstage programming. Whether you’re a seasoned opera lover or just dabbling in this beautiful artform, there’s no finer way to spend a summer afternoon – you bring the kai, we’ll bring the kaiwaiata.
SINGERS: Joanna Foote, Sarah Mileham, Taylor Wallbank,
Joel Amosa, Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono
PIANIST: David Kelly
Hamilton Arts Festival – Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love
In a pair of very special performances as part of the Hamilton Arts Festival, our Opera in Schools cast perform an abridged, English language version of Donizetti’s comic classic, accompanied by the Opus Orchestra conducted by Peter Walls.
TE RŌPU AUAHA
CREATIVE TEAM
CONDUCTOr
Peter Walls
DIRECTOR/ENGLISH ADAPTATION
Jacqueline Coats
Ngā Kaiwhakaari
CAST
NEMORINO
Ipu Laga’aia
ADINA
Sarah Mileham
BELCORE
Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono
DR DULCAMARA
Tomairangi Henare