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21/10/2009
A standout production
The crowning accolade must surely go to Australian production designer, Genevieve Blanchett....
Read full review14/10/2009
Anna Leese Shines
This production cleverly and sensitively delivers exquisite intimacy within a whirl of social action....
Read full review12/10/2009
Eugene Onegin delivers on promise of excellence
Simply put, this is, surely, the most polished, most evenly cast production that New Zealand Opera has yet given us....
Read full review30/09/2009
Eugene Onegin review for Prima la musica
Alexander Polianichko, who worked wonders with Manon Lescaut here a couple of months ago and brought a similar brand of magic to Onegin....
Read full review22/09/2009
Anna Leese shines in Eugene Onegin
Singing the role of Tatyana was Anna Leese who brought a freshness and elegance to the role and a voice that was captivating and poignant....
Read full review22/09/2009
Masterpiece from a masterpiece
Patrick Nolan's new production for NBR New Zealand Opera is itself a masterpiece....
Read full review21/09/2009
Absorbing, Thrilling, Intimate, Vast
William Dazeley gives a well-rounded portrayal of Onegin, a social dandy whose self-awareness and humanity evolve too late to save him from being undone by love....
Read full review19/09/2009
An Onegin not to be missed
Yet the Australian director could catch our breath with the simplest touch such as a surge of dawn after Tatyana's Letter Scene, boosted by a magnificent Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra....
Read full review17/09/2009
Eugene Onegin, with simplicity and sincerity
Director, Patrick Nolan takes a traditional approach to the work that allows Pushkin's story to be told with exactly the right amount of simplicity and sincerity...
Read full reviewDid you know?
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.
The world's longest opera is Wagner's The Ring Cycle, lasting over 14 hours plus intervals. That's 18 hours at the theatre.
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 applause lasted for 1 hour and 20 minutes as a standing ovation. The opera: Otello starring Placido Domingo.
NZO has launched an Opera Social Club - no joining fees, no club membership, everyone is welcome.
Early opera resembled the atmosphere of a race course - chatting, food, laughter and loud comments were the norm.
