New Zealand Opera
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New Zealand Opera is New Zealand's only full-time professional opera company, formed in 2000 from the merger of companies in Auckland and Wellington. New Zealand Opera is headquartered in Parnell, Auc
Headquarters in Parnell, Auckland
Tamino (Adrian Strooper) plays his magic flute to charm the animals in the 2006 production of Mozart's The Magic Flute
Faust (Jaewoo Kim) realises the consequences of his actions in the 2006 production of Gounod's opera.
Flora (Alexa Harwood) haunted by the ghost of Miss Jessel (Madeleine Pierard) in 2019's The Turn of the Screw.
Madeleine Pierard
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Madeleine Sophie Clare Pierard is a New Zealand lyric soprano opera singer and teacher. She holds the Dame Malvina Major Chair in Opera at the University of Waikato.
Pierard performing at the Dame Malvina Major Foundation's 35th anniversary concert, at Government House, Wellington, on 11 March 2026