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Simon O'Neill with Waltraud Meier on stage at Milan's La Scala, pretty much the pinnacle of the opera world From Stuff on Thursday m...

If you’ve never experienced opera before then hang your head in shame , then your very best starting opera is Tosca , that “shabby little ...

Guest post by Lindsay Perigo "Tenor is not a voice; it is a disease!" harrumphs a woman who just happens to be a soprano, in the...

Before the Three Tenors, there was just one. Lindsay Perigo tells the story of the overpoweringly charismatic singer of screen and record w...

It’s always a pleasant surprise to discover that someone you admire adores something that you do too. So imagine my pleasure on discovering...

AUCKLAND: Reminding readers that tomorrow night is the first Thursday of the month—which as everybody knows means the monthly B3 (Bloggers B...

I enjoyed a delightful evening last night at the launch of a CD of Wagner's piano music by New Zealand musical legend Terence Dennis , a...

Congratulations to NZ tenor Simon O'Neill who in October stepped on to the stage at London's Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in ...

The reviews I read of Bob Dylan's weekend shows in Wellington and Auckland were mostly pissy too-cool-to-move monologues full of jokes a...

Forget " Opera Guy " Paul Potts, here's the real thing on You Tube: For the girls and those who like steel in their singing, M...

'The Met' in New York and London's Covent Garden are two of the world's leading operatic stages, and New Zealand tenor Simon...

It's NZ Music Month and a few bloggers have already posted their worst NZ 'pop' songs -- naturally Tim Finn deservedly over-achi...

It is telling that Wagner did not call Parsifal, his last stage work, an opera or a music drama , but rather a stage-consecrating festival ...

I'm off to Helengrad early tomorrow to see 'Parsifal' and catch up with friends, so blogging may either be intermittent or non-...

The head of the Gods is a New Zealander, and he's returning home. Best known for the role of Wotan the chief of the Gods in Wagner's...

Congratulations to Simon O'Neill on his much-deserved 2005 Arts Foundation Laureate Award , announced this morning. Simon was raised in...

In honour of New Zealand Music Month I've added three New Zealand musical friends to my 'Good People' Links down there on the si...