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with Tom Jones and Jools Holland, was named one of the 2017 MacArthur ‘Genius’
Fellows, and can be seen on YouTube duetting with Yo-Yo Ma.

Charles Aznavour, Yves Stéphane and Marcel Stellman – Tomorrow Is My Turn

Rhiannon Giddens

New Zealand Opera

What’s not to love about a season that presents Verdi’s Macbeth, new opera and
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel… on a harbourfront? Add to this the stark and
imaginative story behind a world premiere; The Strangest of Angels draws on real-

life experiences in a psychiatric hospital, contrasting the calm rationality of a patient
with the trauma of a nurse.

This is just a small glimpse into the work of the 21-year-old company. Reaching an

audience of 730,000, they have reimagined opera for a New Zealand context by
celebrating the nation’s cultural diversity, incorporating Māori and Pasifika traditions.
Nowhere is this clearer than Ihitai’Avei’A – Star Navigator, which tells the story of the

Tahitian navigator who sailed the Pacific with Captain Cook; Tim Finn has
contributed the music and lyrics, with Tahitian monologues from Célestine Hitiura

Vaite.

While we’re in New Zealand and the world of theatre, I have to pass one of my
favourite lesser-known Kiri Te Kanawa albums your way… Sinuous orchestral lines

weave around her silk-toned voice in these classic Cole Porter songs.

Cole Porter – So In Love Am I (Kiss Me, Kate)

Kiri Te Kanawa sop / New World Philharmonic / Peter Matz cond

· The print edition of the full 2022/23 Gramophone Season Preview is on sale from

14 September.

· Jack Pepper is a composer, broadcaster and writer.