2027 Season – The Magic Flute
10th - 17th September 2027, St James Theatre, Wellington.
Wellington Opera presents Mozart's timeless The Magic Flute in a new production with leading international kiwi stars Filipe Manu, Eliza Boom, Catherine Hooper and Moses Mackay, directed by Jacqueline Coats, with production design by Noa Noa von Bassewitz, conducted by Chloé Dufresne with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
If you're visiting Wellington, consider the 20% discount accommodation offer from our partner the QT Hotel - rooms and apartments available, which supports Wellington Opera.
2027 Season – Opera Gala
18th September 2027, 7:00-9:00pm, St James Theatre, Wellington.
Relax with complimentary canapés and champagne and listen to the magic of opera highlights and some cross-over popular repertoire from the cast of our The Magic Flute season in the St James Theatre.
If you're visiting Wellington, consider the 20% discount accommodation offer from our partner the QT Hotel - rooms and apartments available, which supports Wellington Opera.
2027 Season – Mataatua Whare
Date: Sunday 5 September 2027, TBC
Time: 5.:30 - 6.30pm, TBC
Venue: Wellington Town Hall.
The Journey of Mataatua Whare, an opera by Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead, tells the extraordinary story of the Ngāti Awa wharenui built in Whakatāne in 1875, taken overseas for exhibition under Crown pressure, and finally returned to its people after more than a century.
As Wellington reopens its Town Hall after 12 years, Mataatua puts that into perspective, with the powerful story of a house taken from its people for over 100 years – of cultural appropriation, survival and return.
Freda du Faur performance workshop
Saturday 12 December, 2026
Time: 3:30 - 4.30pm
Venue: Adam Concert Room, Kelburn Campus
Be among the first to hear Freda Du Faur, a compelling new opera by Ross Harris and Vincent O’Sullivan.
She conquered Aoraki Mount Cook and challenged the expectations of her age. In Freda Du Faur, composer Ross Harris and librettist Vincent O’Sullivan transform the extraordinary life of one of Australasia’s great mountaineering pioneers into a powerful new opera about courage, independence, love and the price of forging your own path.
2027 Season – IhimaeraTriptych
Three stories. Three operas. Three years.
The Ihimaera Triptych brings the writing of Witi Ihimaera to a new generation through three short operas for rangatahi.
Wellington Opera will present Cyclops Is Living in a Shed at the Bottom of Our Garden in 2027, Ngake and Whātaitai in 2028, and Rongokako, the Giant Strider in 2029, celebrating Aotearoa storytelling through music, theatre and imagination, subject to funding.
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