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Book your double shot of opera!
As a subscriber to The NBR New Zealand Opera you save 15% on single ticket prices, get your choice of the best seats in the house before single tickets go on sale, have the option to exchange your tickets for free within each season from performance to performance and receive free copies of our in-house magazine Voices during the year. As an added bonus, if you happen to lose your tickets we will replace them no questions asked.
What does a subscription consist of?
A subscription to the annual Opera Season consists of two tickets, one ticket to each opera production within the year. Subscriptions are available in all seating categories from C-Reserve ($84) through to Premium ($319). Subscriptions close immediately following the final performance of the first opera of the year. Subscriptions have now closed for our 2010 Opera Season.
Our 2011 Opera Season launches on 30 September 2010, subscriptions will go on sale immediately following this date. Stay tuned to our website for on sale date information and early booking prizes later in the year.
For more information on subscribing to the opera contact us at bookings@nzopera.co.nz.
Did you know?
An English translation of the opera is projected on surtitles above the stage during our performances.
Early opera resembled the atmosphere of a race course - chatting, food, laughter and loud comments were the norm.
If you are 25 years old or under you can purchase $25 tickets at the venue box office before any performance.
The world's longest opera is Wagner's The Ring Cycle, lasting over 14 hours plus intervals. That's 18 hours at the theatre.
The world's longest applause lasted for 1 hour and 20 minutes as a standing ovation. The opera: Otello starring Placido Domingo.
On average, an opera will last between 2 and 3 hours, with one interval in a two act show, and two in a three act show. Operettas and musicals tend to be shorter.
NZO has launched an Opera Social Club - no joining fees, no club membership, everyone is welcome.
