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David Griffiths  

3 Franks

Duration: 55' 00" Year: 2005
three short operas based on Franks Sargeson Stories

John Drummond  

A Beleaguered City

 Year: 2002
an opera in six scenes to a libretto by Jeremy Commons

Philip Norman  

A Christmas Carol

Duration: 1h 45' 00" Year: 1993
an opera for an ensemble of principals, chorus, dancers and orchestra

Philip Norman  

A Factory Opera

Duration: 30' 00" Year: 2002
a chamber opera for 6 principals, SATB chorus and 2 pianos

Alfred Hill  

A Moorish maid

 Year: 1905
opera

  • Programme Note

    A Moorish Maid opened at His Majesty’s Theatre, Auckland on 26 June, 1905 for a season of six nights.

    ‘The opera follows the familiar romantic themes of triumphant love and is interwoven with choruses of Arabs, hockey-girls, nubian slaves and ’riffians’ … The first night was a triumph: ‘a perfect hurricane of enthusiasm, vociferous cheering and waving of handkerchiefs.’

    Its success encouraged the composer to mount performance seasons in Wellington (September 1905) and Sydney (April 1906). These performances helped to launch the operatic career of Rosina Buckman.

    Information from A Distant Music by J M Thomson: pp: 83-89

David Farquhar  

A Unicorn For Christmas

Duration: 2h 00' 00" Year: 1962
an opera in three acts

Jack Body  

Alley

Duration: 1h 30' 00" Year: 1997
an opera in two acts based on the life of Rewi Alley

John Drummond  

And Grandmother Played Bridge

 Year: 1981
lyrics and music for a masque from the memoirs of Nicholas Zissermann

William Dart  

Away with the Fairies

Duration: 50' 00" Year: 1983
a divertissement for diva