Welcome to Ambury Park
Te taiopenga puoro Whakaari
Summer Of Opera
Thank you for joining us! Get ready to enjoy a beautiful evening with some of Aotearoa’s most talented operatic stars. We’ve curated a programme that will thrill and delight you: from the most loved classics, to highlights from our upcoming season of Rigoletto, along with some local favourites.
Our General Director, Brad Cohen, will be your host. At the end of the evening, we invite you to join us in a singalong of the famous Libiamo (Drinking Song) chorus from Verdi’s La traviata. Don’t be shy – we welcome everyone to get involved in the power and beauty of opera. Simply click the link below to see the lyrics live and join in.
Want to immerse yourself in more opera this year?
Don’t miss out on NZ Opera’s 2024 season! We have something for everyone this year: Mansfield Park, Le comte Ory, Rigoletto and more. Head to nzopera.com to find out more and get your tickets before they sell out!
Ngā Kaiwaiata/Te Kaipiana
Artists
Brad Cohen
NZ Opera General Director & MC
Hōtaka
Programme
All
Traditional, Pōkarekare Ana
Joel
Mozart, ‘Madamina, il catalogo è questo’ – Don Giovanni
Katherine & Joel
Mozart, ‘Là ci darem la mano’ – Don Giovanni
Katherine, Catrin & Alfred
Mozart, ‘Soave sia il vento’ – Così fan tutte
Ridge
Verdi, ‘La donna è mobile’ – Rigoletto
Catrin
Mascagni, ‘Voi lo sapete, o mamma’ – Cavalleria Rusticana
Katherine
Puccini, ‘Chi il bel sogno di Doretta’ – La Rondine
Katherine, Catrin, Ridge & Alfred
Verdi, ‘Un dì, se ben rammentomi…Bella figlia dell’amore’ (Quartetto) – Rigoletto
Katherine
Puccini, ‘O mio babbino caro’ – Gianni Schicchi
Katherine, Ridge & all
Verdi, ‘Libiamo ne’ lieti calici’ – La traviata
INTERVAL
David
Bernstein, West Side Story balcony scene
Katherine & Ridge
Bernstein, ‘Tonight’ – West Side Story
Alfred
Gershwin, ‘I got plenty o’ nuttin” – Porgy and Bess
Katherine & Joel
Gershwin, ‘Bess, you is my woman now’ – Porgy and Bess
Katherine & Catrin
Offenbach, ‘Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour’ (Barcarolle) – Les contes d’Hoffmann
Ridge
Tosti, ‘A vucchella’
Ridge & Alfred
Bizet, ‘Au fond du temple saint’ – Les pêcheurs de perles
Joel
Traditional (Samoan), Le manutagi e
All
Rodgers & Hammerstein, ‘You’ll never walk alone’ – Carousel
All
Princess Te Rangi Pai, Hine e Hine
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