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Hōhepa
The opera ''Hōhepa'', composed by Jenny McLeod, premiered at the Opera House in Wellington in March 2012, in a production by NBR New Zealand Opera. It starred Phillip Rhodes, Deborah Wai Kapohe, Jonathan Lemalu, and Rawiri Paratene. It relates the true story of the friendship between Māori chief Hōhepa Te Umuroa and English colonist Thomas Mason during the New Zealand Wars. Plot The story of Hōhepa is centred on Hōhepa Te Umuroa ( Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, 1820?–1847), living in the Hutt Valley near Wellington in the 1840s. Hōhepa is befriended by Pākehā (white New Zealander) settlers Thomas and Jane Mason. The local Māori become disillusioned with the arrival of colonists, and land disputes lead to bloodshed; the Masons depart for Tasmania. Newly-appointed Governor of New Zealand Sir George Grey identifies Hōhepa as a rebel; he and other Māori are captured and sentenced to hard labour for life in the penal colony of Tasmania, and their land is confisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny McLeod
Jennifer Helen McLeod (12 November 1941 – 28 November 2022) was a New Zealand composer and professor of music at Victoria University of Wellington. She composed several major works for big groups including ''Under the Sun'' for four orchestras and 450 children'','' and the opera ''Hōhepa.'' Biography McLeod was born in Wellington on 12 November 1941, the daughter of Lorna Bell McLeod (née Perrin) and Ronald D'Arcy McLeod, and grew up in Timaru and Levin. She was musical as a child and could read music at age five. In 1961, McLeod began studying music at Victoria University of Wellington, where her teachers included Frederick Page, David Farquhar and Douglas Lilburn, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1964. In 1964 a New Zealand government bursary enabled her to study for two years in Europe with Messiaen, Stockhausen and Berio. In 1967 she became a lecturer in music at Victoria University. She was appointed at a young age to Professor in 1971, a position sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohepa Te Umuroa
Hohepa or Hōhepa may refer to: People Hohepa or Hōhepa is the Māori transliteration of the name Joseph, and is a common given name and surname in New Zealand. Given name * Hohepa (Hep) Cahill (b. 1986), New Zealand rugby league player * Hohepa (Joe) Harawira (''fl'' 1953 – 2017), Māori kaumatua * Hohepa Komene, New Zealand weightlifter * Hohepa Malcolm, New Zealand musician * Hohepa (Joe) Rātima, New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player * Hohepa Tamehana, New Zealand composer * Hohepa Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (b. 1995), New Zealand rugby union player * Hōhepa Te Umuroa (1820? – 1847), Māori chieftain Surname * Annabelle Hohepa, New Zealand rugby league player * Carla Hohepa (b. 1985), New Zealand rugby union player * Lani Hohepa, New Zealand gymnast * Margie Kahukura Hohepa (b. 1960), New Zealand academic * Max Hohepa, New Zealand musician * Patu Hohepa, New Zealand academic * Thompson Hohepa, New Zealand musician Fictional characters * Elvis Hohepa, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Mason (New Zealand Politician)
Thomas Mason (28 July 1818 – 11 June 1903) was a New Zealand quaker, runholder, horticulturalist and Member of Parliament. Biography He was born in York, Yorkshire, England, on 28 July 1818. He attended Bootham School, York. He was not elected in the for the Hutt, but was successful in the subsequent general election. He represented the Hutt electorate from to 1884, when he was defeated. He was chairman of both the Wellington Botanic Garden Board and Hutt County Council. Mason Street in the Lower Hutt suburb of Moera was named after him. His daughter, Elizabeth Catherine Mason, was the mother of Thomas Wilford. Mason died at his home in the Hutt and was buried at Taita Cemetery. In 2012 the New Zealand International Arts Festival premiered the opera ''Hōhepa'' composed by Jenny McLeod about the relationship between Mason and Māori chief Hōhepa Te Umuroa. The opera is set in the Hutt Valley where they met and also Tasmania ) , nickname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lemalu
Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu (born 1976) is a New Zealand bass baritone opera singer. Born to Samoan parents who had emigrated to New Zealand, he was educated in Dunedin. His first singing teacher was Honor McKellar, who began teaching him while he attended Otago Boys' High School. He studied both Law and Music at the University of Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1999. Lemalu studied at the Royal College of Music (RCM), where he won the college's gold medal award in 2002. He won the prestigious London-based Kathleen Ferrier Award (previously won by Malvina Major in 1966) that same year. He was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2002 to 2004. He was the 2004 winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's award for Young Artist of the Year. At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Lemalu was a co-recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for his work on Benjamin Britten's ''Billy Budd''. He returned to New Zealand to perform in the 2012 New Zealand Festival o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Rhodes (baritone)
Phillip Rhodes is a New Zealand-born baritone opera singer. Life Rhodes was born in Flaxmere, a suburb of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. He is of Māori descent, with a Pākehā mother and affiliating to the iwi Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Kahungunu on his father's side. Rhodes was raised in poverty, in a state house, with an abusive alcoholic father who was frequently unemployed. At the age of nine his father died, and he and his five sisters were taken from his mother and put into foster care. After their initial placement, Rhodes and his sisters were fostered by Hastings couple Pam and Henare Ngaera O'Keefe. The couple were community leaders who rehabilitated prison inmates and taken in over 200 foster children over 30 years; Henare O'Keefe was a Hastings councillor, and Pam O'Keefe was known as the "mother of Flaxmere". In this more supportive family environment, Rhodes flourished. His love for music was kindled while watching Henare O'Keefe singing to an enthralled audienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
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2012 Operas
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Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand ( mi, Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news and current-affairs network, RNZ National, and a classical-music and jazz network, RNZ Concert, with full government funding from NZ on Air. Since 2014, the organisation's focus has been to transform RNZ from a radio broadcaster to a multimedia outlet, increasing its production of digital content in audio, video, and written forms. The organisation plays a central role in New Zealand public broadcasting. The New Zealand Parliament fully funds its AM network, used in part for the broadcast of parliamentary proceedings. RNZ has a statutory role under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 to act as a "lifeline utility" in emergency situations. It is also responsible for an international service (known as RNZ Pacific); this is broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiaroa Royal
Taiaroa Royal is the New Zealand dancer and choreographer. Early life and education Royal identifies with the iwi Te Arawa of the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty regions, Ngāti Raukawa, Uenukopako and Kāi Tahu of the South Island. As a teenager at age 15 he won a disco dancing competition in the Bay of Plenty. Royal is a graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance, finishing in 1984. Career Companies he has performed with as a dancer include the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Douglas Wright Dance Company, Human Garden, Commotion Dance Company, Atamiria and Black Grace, and he has toured to England, Europe, Australia and America. In 2007, he started the Okareka Dance Company with Taane Mete. Okareka's 2008 show ''Tama Ma'', premiered at the Tempo Dance Festival, Auckland, won awards and went on to tour New Zealand. It had seasons at the Strut Festival, Perth in November 2010 and The Powerhouse, Brisbane in March 2011. ''Tama Ma'' had autobiographical elements and was danced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Taddei
Marc Taddei is a conductor based in New Zealand. He is the music director of both Orchestra Wellington in New Zealand since 2007, and San Francisco-based Vallejo Symphony Orchestra since 2016. He is a frequent guest conductor with orchestras throughout New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, and as a recording artist has worked in cinema and television productions, and produced many commercial classical music recordings. Biography Originally from the United States, Taddei graduated from Juilliard School in Manhattan and emigrated to New Zealand in the 1980s to take up the position of principal trombonist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, before pursuing full-time conducting in 2002. Taddei is a vocal advocate for the performing arts in New Zealand, and has premièred performances of many New Zealand works. He has established a Composer-in-Residence programme with Orchestra Wellington to foster local artists. Awards The ''View From Olympus'' album, featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Brodie
Sara Brodie (born 1970) is a New Zealand theatre director and choreographer. Biography Brodie was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. She moved to London and spent seven years working there as an actress, dancer, casting director and behind the scenes before returning to New Zealand in 1996. In 2000, Brodie completed a master's degree in theatre from Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ..., specialising in Laban movement analysis. She taught movement and acting in London and then returned to Wellington to work as head of acting at the Wellington Performing Arts Centre. In 2019, Brodie was appointed production director for a newly formed opera company in Christchurch, Toi Toi Opera. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Brodie, Sara Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Island
Maria Island or 'wukaluwikiwayna' in alawa kani) is a mountainous island located in the Tasman Sea">island.html" ;"title="alawa kani) is a mountainous island">alawa kani) is a mountainous island located in the Tasman Sea, off the east coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is contained within the Maria Island National Park, which includes a marine park, marine area of off the island's northwest coast. The island is about in length from north to south and, at its widest, is about west to east. At its closest point, Point Lesueur, the island lies approximately off the east coast of Tasmania. Tasmanians pronounce the name , as did the early British settlers but the original pronunciation was . The island was named in 1642 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after Maria van Diemen (née van Aelst), wife of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies in Batavia. The island was known as ''Maria's Isle'' in the early 19th century. The locality of Maria Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
