ABOUT WELLINGTON OPERA
Wellington Opera creates world-class opera with internationally-renowned New Zealand artists and the best of our emerging international singers for an enthusiastic and demanding audience from Wellington and around Aotearoa New Zealand.
Wellington Opera provides our internationally successful Aotearoa New Zealand singers and creatives the opportunity to perform and be heard by audiences at home.
The company provides unique opportunities for the finest of our emerging international stars to develop roles and experience to underpin their developing careers.
Wellington Opera thanks presenting sponsor The Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation for essential support.
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
The Wellington Opera Trust is chaired by past mayor of Wellington Dame Kerry Prendergast, with trustees Elizabeth Aitken (Deputy Chair), John Boshier (Treasurer), Sally Abernethy, Jan Dunne, Jenn Little, Matt McNeil and Matthew Ross.
Dame Kerry Prendergast
CHAIR, WELLINGTON OPERA TRUST
I am delighted to lead the Wellington Opera Trust as Chair.
Congratulations to everyone involved in the company's wonderful work and thank you to our audiences for your support of Wellington Opera by buying tickets and coming to Wellington for our productions!
I wish the company all the very best for the upcoming season.
Thank you for supporting the company and helping ensure Wellington maintains its position as the country's Creative Capital.
Matthew Ross
GENERAL DIRECTOR,
WELLINGTON OPERA
Wellington Opera’s programming is driven by the casting and development opportunities that we envision – presenting the finest Aotearoa New Zealand singers and supporting the development of this art-form in Aotearoa.
It’s remains important to me that the company is fully engaging the extraordinary creative talent in Wellington. Our direction and design team is again creating the full production here in Wellington.
The company is very heartened and strengthened by the support of the public, from the Wellington region as well as so many of you who attend from around the motu.
SOPRANO 1
Olivia Fraser
Rosie Knight
Zoe Stocks
Matilda Wickbom
SOPRANO 2
Gemma Conn
Cadence Chung
Ishbel Eade
Francesca Fagan
Sinead Keane
MEZZO
Rose Aldridge
Ruth Armishaw
Jennifer Huckle
Kate Manahi
Helene Page
Vanessa Withy
TENOR 1
Chris Anderson
Bayley Goldstone
Ewen Griffiths
Theo Moolenaar
TENOR 2
Minto Fung
Patrick Geddes
Xavier Krause
Adam Nachowitz
Ben Priest
BASS
Brent Allcock
Richard Dean
Matthew Terry
David Barrow
Daniel O’Connor
WELLINGTON OPERA PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS
Direction & Creative
Director – Jacqueline Coats
Set Design – Michael Zaragoza
Costume Design – Rebecca Bethan Jones
Lighting Design – Rowan McShane
Assistant Director – Waitahi Aniwaniwa McGee
Chorus Director – Michael Vinten
Repetiteurs – Mark Wigglesworth, David Kelly
Fight Director - Simon Manns
Intimacy Coordinator - Lori Leigh
Production Management
Nicholas Batey – Pre-Production
Alexander Dickson – Season/Post-Production
Theresa May Adams – Mentor
Videographer
Jeremy Brick
Front Of House Liaison
Katie Castro
Stage Management
Stage Manager - Boo Pantoja-Frost
Deputy Stage Manager - Charlie Adams
Stage Mechanist - Ashley Armstrong
Stage Mechanist Interns
Brooklyn Saunders Paige Johns
Joe McAllum Alexander Dickson
Stage Management Interns
Sarah Davitt
Jamie Little
Imogen Vlugter
Lighting & Construction
Lighting Operator
Cameron Nicholls
Followspot Operators
Luka Van Rensburg Sarah Turner
Set Construction Supervisor
Geoff Goss
Set Construction
TĀWHIRI
Surtitle Operators
Christine Pearce mnzm Jim Pearce
Wardrobe & Makeup
Wardrobe Supervisor
Sheila Horton
Head Dresser
Lisa Hawken
Wardrobe Assistant
Maysie Pyatt
Hair And Makeup Designer
Michele Perry
Makeup Assistants
Nikita Magnus Samantha Bell Eilidh Mckirdy
Technical
Sculptor
Richard Fennell
Head Mechanist
Glenn Watts
Flyman / 2nd Mechanist
Paul Edlund
