Nelson City Council

New Zealand’s top opera stars and emerging contemporary singers provide a night of fabulous music in a picnic atmosphere with a spectacular fireworks finale.

Biopaints Presents Nelson Opera In The Park Supported By The Nelson City Council

FREE EVENT

Sat 13 Feb, 7.30 - 10pm

Gates open at 5.30pm

Tahunanui Domain

Nelson Opera in the Park is free but you’ll need a ticket to enter the secure area. Pick up at Biopaints (70 Vanguard St), council offices, libraries and Everyman Records.

Simon O’Neill

Simon has rapidly established himself as one of today’s most sought-after tenors on the international stage, and with his wonderful voice, stage charm and presence he is fast developing a reciprocal love affair with Nelson. 

Whirimako Black

Whirimako composes music that is relevant for today, as well as reviving and modernising traditional waiata (songs) aiming to bring a heightened awareness of Maori to worldwide audiences.

Anna Leese

Young, gifted and beautiful, she is described as singing with flair and brilliance, with a voice that ranges from gentle fragility to steely power. She combines this with an acting ability that is rare in one so young.

Hollie Smith

Look up “soul” in the dictionary, and dusky-voiced chanteuse Hollie Smith embodies every aspect of the term. The young New Zealand songstress clearly possesses “deeply felt emotion, as expressed by a performer or artist,” is indeed “the moving spirit of some action,” and definitely boasts “spirit or courage.”

Vector Wellington Orchestra with conductor Hamish McKeich

Musical Director Peter Rainey

Bring warm clothing a torch, a rug if in the picnickers’ area. Those with chairs please sit in the area designated. Bring your picnic or buy from food stalls on site. Leave nothing but footprints. We are working Towards Zero Waste and encourage you to bring your own crockery. There will be sinks for rinsing plates and onsite and compost stations near the food sale areas. Please take all other recyclables and rubbish home with you.

More info at www.nelsonopera.co.nz and for further stars as they are announced.