In a time of turmoil, wracked by conflict and unrest, Tosca dreams of a place where she and her lover, Cavaradossi, can be free. In this story of love, lust and political intrigue, Tosca must confront this corrupt world head on.
La Traviata is a timeless masterpiece of love, loss and tragedy with opulence and sparkle thrown in for good measure - increasing the precipice that Violetta descends while she succumbs to her illness.
A true story of the heroism and humiliation of Captain Roger Dansey, a Māori soldier on the frontline of a European war, Mate Ururoa is an urgent new chamber opera from legendary New Zealand composer Dame Gillian Whitehead (Ngai Te Rangi, Tuhoe).
The opera is perhaps most famous for the third act’s ‘mad scene’, in which Lucia descends into insanity. The mad scene was a popular convention in the bel canto era of opera, especially amongst French and Italian composers
Staged with a fresh perspective inspired by the myth of Artemis and Actaeon, this poetic interpretation binds ancient archetypes with Romantic operatic drama, as King Gustavo is transformed from the hunter to the hunted.
