Opera Factory

With the recent death of Dame Felicity Lott, we remember when we had the opportunity to host her recital with Stephen de Pledge and the delight of our young singers afterwards - and audience! We are so grateful to the wider music networks in Auckland for trusting us to presenting these special events with visiting international artists at our home in Eden Street. How lucky we were!

One of our regular singers Christina Orjis is back in NZ and will be doing a fundraiser on 7th June before heading back to the UK for her professional debut. It's wonderful to see so many singers getting work overseas, but we love to see the old crew at Opera Factory making their way. Christina featured as a soloist in many of our Diva in My Soup concerts, recitals, workshops, masterclasses, Gala concerts, was a member of the Dame Kiri ensembles and also performed roles in our chamber operas including Suor Angelica, the Mother in Hansel & Gretel and La Ciesca in Gianni Schicci. We her all the best but if you are free then you can book below via Auckland Opera Studio.

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Our next night at Cafe du Marche is on Friday 5th June and tickets are going fast! Singers include Nathan Hauraki (Tenor) and Antonia Brightwell (Soprano). Come and enjoy a relaxed night of good food and music. All bookings through Cafe du Marche with details below.

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Café Du Marché Casual French and Mediterranean dining.
Enjoy a coffee & bite amongst our gorgeous chandeliers.

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A full crowd tonight at Cafe du Marche featuring Holly Evans, Jack Doyle and Maia Amosa with Rosemary Barnes at the piano. An exciting night as we get to hear two of the Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest semi-finalists..Holly and Jack... and wish them both all the very best. As a little gesture from Sally and the Opera Factory library we gifted them some song albums to add to their collection!

South Auckland Performing Arts Competitions Vocal section is open for entries!

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Vocalists! 🎶
🔥 Don’t wait – entries are OPEN NOW!
📆 Tuesday 14 July – Sunday 19 July | 📍 Anglican Church, Papakura

Great night at the Cafe tonight! Next date is Friday 1st May...all details and bookings via Café Du Marché.

Live stream tonight from the NZ Wanganui Summer Opera School final concert

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🚨 Can’t be at the Opera House tonight? 🚨 🎭 Tune in LIVE to Great Opera Moments 📍 Free livestream on our page ⏰ 7.30pm sharp

✨ The highlight of our year is about to begin ✨

Congratulations to the following New Year's honours recipients - they have been supporters of Opera Factory over the years!

CNZM - Mr Donald Trott (ONZM) - for services to opera. A huge contribution over many years since the 70s in Auckland with Sally at Perkel Opera, and then guiding the subsequent opera companies through many iterations; a long term supporter of Sally and Opera Factory and more recently in Wanganui running the NZ Opera School each summer. A true supporter and advocate for the operatic art - thank you Donald!

ONZM - Elizabeth Whiting - costume designer extraordinaire for theatre, dance and opera. Many young and upcoming singers have been costumed by Elizabeth over the years when they joined NZ Opera. I still have one of her early sketches from my first professional opera and she has always been generous in loaning or hiring costumes to Opera Factory when we had specific or grand requirements!! Thank you Elizabeth.