Patrick Maurice Power (born 6 June 1947) is a New Zealand tenor. He has sung nearly all the
lyric tenor repertoire in most of the major opera companies and festivals in Europe and North America. He was educated at
St. Patrick's College, Silverstream
St Patrick's College is a state-integrated school, state-integrated Roman Catholic Church, Catholic boys' day school, day and boarding school, boarding secondary school located in Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand. It was established in 193 ...
,
University of Otago,
University of Auckland, Auckland Teachers' College, L'Università per Stranieri, Perugia, and the
University of Waikato. He earned a three-year contract with the
Norwegian National Opera in 1976.
He has performed ''Pagliacci'' and ''Cavalleria rusticana'' in Auckland, and featured in an episode of the television series ''Coming Home'' in 1999.
He is currently lecturing in voice, languages for singers and vocal pedagogy at the Elder Conservatorium of Music,
University of Adelaide.
In the
2003 Queen's Birthday Honours
The 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours were announced on 14 June 2003 for the United Kingdom and on 2 June 2003 for New Zealand.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
United Kingdom
Knight Bachel ...
, Power was appointed an
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to opera.
See also
*
Monteverdi: ''Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria'' (Raymond Leppard recording)
References
External links
Patrick PowerPatrick Power.pdfComing home
1947 births
Living people
New Zealand operatic tenors
Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
20th-century New Zealand male opera singers
People educated at St. Patrick's College, Silverstream
University of Otago alumni
University of Auckland alumni
University of Waikato alumni
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