Tomairangi Henare just made the final of the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship and we are absolutely over the moon! 🎉 Five singers. One of the most coveted opera scholarships in Australia. An exceptional semifinal at Opera Australia's Fairfax Studio that got him here. And now the Final at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on Saturday 29 August. He started the last three years with us in Whanganui. Look at him now. Go get it, Tomairangi! 🤍 🎟️ sydneyeisteddfod.com.au #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #Alumni

Donald and Ian made the trip to Wellington for Manon last week and what a cast to witness! NZOS alumni everywhere you looked. 🤍 A post-show catch-up with outstanding baritones Phillip Rhodes and Kieran Rayner. Two of ours, doing what they do best, in a sold-out season that had the whole country travelling to Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Moments like these🤍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #Alumni #manon

We had the loveliest catch-up with our alumna Cecily Shaw recently and what a season she's had. 🤍 Back from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, and this year a Song Quest finalist performance that had everyone talking. Cecily was magnificent throughout the competition and we couldn't be prouder! You have the chance to listen to Cecily live in not one but two concerts, one of them alongside Song Quest winner himself, countertenor Samuel Mataele. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝟏 — 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 St Peter's Cathedral, Hamilton With Francis Cowan on piano and Margaret Thompson on organ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝟐 — 𝐍𝐙 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 Tuesday 18 August · 1pm Symphonia Music Centre, Auckland With Samuel Mataele and pianist Rachel Fuller Reserve via [email protected] #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #Alumni #OperaTraining

Our incoming 2027 tutor Julien Van Mellaerts has released something beautiful. 🎶 Dialogues pairs Schubert’s Schwanengesang with The Lake, a newly commissioned cycle by Errollyn Wallen, current Master of the King’s Music. Rather than placing the two composers in contrast, the album weaves them together into a single, intimate arc. Schubert and a living composer in genuine conversation across two centuries. This is what an artist does when they’re not on stage. They keep thinking, keep creating, keep asking questions. We cannot wait to have Julien in Whanganui in January. 🤍Listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/album/3EugBnkx36JPkzCln1Xumu 📸 Delphian Records

The countertenor voice is having a moment! Recently, two young New Zealand countertenors made their mark. Samuel Mataele, just 19, walked onto the Michael Fowler Centre stage with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and won the 2026 Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest. Our own alumnus Jack Doyle heads to the Royal College of Music in London next month. Two young voices. One extraordinary moment for an extraordinary voice type. We could not be more excited for what comes next. 🤍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #Alumni #OperaTraining #Countertenor

Simon O'Neill was one of the first singers to walk through our doors in Whanganui. Now he's the patron of our school and one of the most celebrated heldentenors on the planet 🤍 gracing the biggest stages. The Met. La Scala. Bayreuth. The Vienna State Opera. The Royal Opera House. And now, this August, home — singing Wagner in Wellington and Auckland with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. 🎟️ Get your tickets to this Wagner extravaganza https://www.nzso.co.nz/the-nzso/events-tickets/events/radiance #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #SimonOneill #Wagner #NZSO

The applications have been pouring in and we are so grateful. 🤍 If you haven't applied yet — these are the last hours. New Zealand Opera School 2027 brings some of the most sought-after vocal tutors in the world to Whanganui in January. Two weeks of intensive training, stagecraft, movement, and real performance opportunities in front of audiences. Everything it takes to become a fully formed operatic artist, right here in Aotearoa. Today is the day. 🎶 🔗 operaschool.org.nz/applications/application-form #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #NZOS2027 #OperaTraining #Whanganui

Singing is just the beginning. 🎶 New Zealand Opera School trains the whole artist — voice, yes, but also stage presence, movement, and everything it takes to walk onto an operatic stage with confidence and conviction. And then it puts you on that stage, in front of real audiences during Whanganui Opera Week, to put it all into practice. Two weeks. Twenty-one singers. January in Whanganui. Applications close 31 July at 5pm. 🔗 operaschool.org.nz/applications/application-form #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #OperaTraining #Whanganui

Applications for New Zealand Opera School 2027 close 31 July at 5pm. If you want a career in opera, THIS is the place to be 🎶 🔗 operaschool.org.nz/applications/application-form #NZOperaSchool #NZOS #NZOS2027 #OperaTraining #Whanganui

Mā te wā — until we meet again. 🤍 Alumni Blake Scanlen and Alanah Jones are both heading to the UK this September — and on Sunday 9 August at 4pm, they come together for one farewell concert at the beautiful St Matthew-in-the-City, joined by St Matthew's Voices. A stunning setting. Two voices you'll want to hear before they go. Come and send them off with a full heart! 🎟️ Scan the QR code on the poster #NZOperaSchool #NZOS #Alumni #OperaTraining

Next up in our series of alumni farewell concerts 🤍Jack Doyle - countertenor, Dame Malvina Major Foundation Scholarship recipient, and Song Quest semi-finalist is heading to the Royal College of Music in London this September. Before he goes, he's giving Auckland one last performance. A London Journey is an intimate fundraising recital at the Auckland Opera Studio on Sunday 2 August at 5:30pm, with Alison Dunlop on oboe, David Kelly on piano, and special guests. Show up for Jack. 🎶 Tickers at🔗 www.aucklandoperastudio.co.nz #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #Alumni #OperaTraining

The final days to apply for New Zealand Opera School 2027 are here. 🎶 Two weeks of intensive opera training in Whanganui — with internationally renowned tutors César Ulloa, Roxane Hislop and Julien Van Mellaerts joining us in January. Full focus, world-class coaching, and real performance opportunities during Whanganui Opera Week. Everything you need, right here in Aotearoa. Applications close 31 July at 5pm. 🔗 operaschool.org.nz/applications/application-form #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #NZOS2027 #OperaTraining #Whanganui