Holly Evans is back on our LinkedIn and this one is about the question every young singer asks. 🎶 How do you go from student to professional? Holly's been doing it in Auckland for the last three years and her answer might surprise you... Head to our LinkedIn to read the full story https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-zealand-opera-school #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #OperaTraining #LinkedIn

Bruce Greenfield has been with us since the very first New Zealand Opera School in 1994. 🎹 One of New Zealand's finest accompanists and vocal coaches, formerly Principal Repetiteur and Vocal Coach for New Zealand Opera, official pianist for Government House, and a man who has worked alongside some of the greatest voices this country has ever produced. He keeps coming back to Whanganui. And we keep being grateful. 🤍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #NZOS2027 #OperaTraining

One of Aotearoa's most sought-after pianists, winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Accompanist Prize, the Gerald Moore Award, and hailed by The Times for her "breath-taking range of colour, tone and inflection", Somi Kim brings all of that extraordinary artistry to Whanganui every January. 🎹 We are so lucky to have her. 🤍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #NZOS2027 #OperaTraining

One of the most dedicated members of our faculty and one of the warmest presences in the room. We are so grateful to have David Kelly back with us again in January. 🤍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #NZOS2027 #OperaTraining

Holly Evans is back on our LinkedIn this week and this post takes us right back to the beginning. 🎶 Eight years old. A school audition. The start of something that would shape everything. Head to our LinkedIn to read the full story: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-zealand-opera-school #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #OperaTraining #LinkedIn

Meet Jacqui Coats, our Director of Stagecraft for NZOS 2027. 🎭 Jacqui knows this school well and she keeps coming back. The results, as she says, always speak for themselves. We cannot wait for January. 🤍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #NZOS2027 #OperaTraining #whanganui

You loved Opera Fridays. We've been quietly working on something much bigger: a full cultural programme, all year round, in the heart of the city. Every week. Every season. Every reason to celebrate. Details coming very soon. 🤍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #Auckland #JWMarriott

Holly Evans, the soprano taking over our LinkedIn, is back with a new post this week. 🎶 This one goes right back to the beginning. She was 15, sitting in the Isaac Theatre Royal with her mum, watching Madama Butterfly. She didn't understand a word of Italian. She couldn't look away. Every opera singer has that moment — when they just know this is what they want to do with their life. Holly is sharing hers. Head to our LinkedIn to read the full story: https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-zealand-opera-school #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #OperaTraining #LinkedIn

Michael has been part of the NZOS faculty for years and his reason for coming back says it all... #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #OperaTraining #Whanganui

Did you know that Friends of the Opera School get first access to Whanganui Opera Week 2027 tickets and that window is open right now? 🎶 General Public tickets follow on 1 October. Not yet a Friend? There's never been a better time. 🤍 🔗 operaschool.org.nz/friends-of-the-opera-school #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #WhanganuiOperaWeek #Whanganui

Every September, something amazing happens. 🤍 We watch one group of singers leave Aotearoa for the world and we feel nothing but pride. And then we turn around, and we start thinking about January. About who is coming next. About the new voices we haven't heard yet. This is why we do what we do. The singers who train with us carry something of this place with them wherever they go. And every year, a new group arrives, nervous, talented, ready and the whole thing begins again. Soon we will introduce you to the Class of 2027. Until then, safe travels to those heading out. We'll be watching every step. 🌍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #OperaTraining #NZOS2027

Our patron Simon O'Neill, one of the world's most celebrated heldentenors, is in Sydney this weekend as a judge for the prestigious JSRB Bel Canto Award and Sydney International Song Prize, hosted by the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation. 🎶 Generous with his time, his knowledge and his passion for this art form - that is the kind of artist Simon has always been. The Preliminary Final took place today and the Grand Final is tomorrow, Sunday 6 September at 2pm, Independent Theatre, North Sydney. A special toi toi toi to our alumnus Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono who is among the finalists. 🤍 #NZOS #NZOperaSchool #SimonOneill