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“It’s turned into something rather large, and with more reach than we anticipated.” Ten years ago Anna Pierard, Sarah Walmsley and José Aparicio founded Festiv...

We are so thankful to have been sponsored by the wonderfully talented Rachel and her fantastic team at Sunday Stories, through our 2024 season of Romeo and Juli...

We couldn’t be more excited that we now have over 800 students booked to attend our #operaclass matinee of Romeo and Juliet on Monday! That’s more rangatahi in ...

Amour 🖤 A taste of what's to come. Last chance to see Romeo and Juliet, with Matthew Reardon, tonight at the Napier Municipal Theatre. Limited tickets availa...

Are you planning your art_deco_festival weekend? Transport yourself back to the roaring twenties with an evening at the opera. Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, perfor...

A sometimes unsung hero of a stage production, we’ve been blown away by Brent Smith’s lighting design of Romeo and Juliet, and are so happy to hear our audience...

Last night’s audience swooned over Romeo and Juliet 🖤 "We were absolutely stunned by the talent. During Juliet’s first song I welled up purely from how rich, ...

Costumes have been fitted and the set is complete. Our 50 piece orchestra are making their way to the pit and our soloists and chorus are warming up. After th...

Premiering this week!🖤 Last minute tickets to Festival Opera’s Romeo and Juliet available now at www.ticketek.co.nz #Festivalopera #RomeoandJuliet #HBTourism ...

Backstage Chronicles 🎭 The energy backstage has been electric over the last week of rehearsals at the napiermunicipaltheatre , with hearts and souls poured in...

A quick chat with our very talented Romeo, Sydney based Tenor Matthew Reardon matthewjreardon ! As well as being part of the classical crossover group the Austr...

"We're proud to have been supporting PPV and Festival Opera since the beginning. Over that time it has been amazing to see the development of the students - bot...

Love at First Sight... A first glance into the world of Romeo and Juliet 🖤 Transport yourself into the Renaissance with this sneak preview of last week's Piano...

Like the idea of a full symphonic orchestra visiting your school in 2025? Get in touch with us to register your interest! We love to head out of the theatre a...