New Zealand Arts Review
Reviews, News and Commentary by John Daly-Peoples
Auckland Philharmonia 2027 Season
John Daly-Peoples Auckland Philharmonia 2027 Season John Daly-Peoples The Auckland Philharmonia has announced its 2027 Season along with the announcement that it will be Giordano Bellincampi’s 12th and final year as its Music Director. Diana Weir, Auckland Philharmonia’s Chief Executive says of the season “There are so many highlights to look forward to in this…
Auckland Theatre Company’s 2027 Season
John Daly-Peoples Auckland Theatre Company 2027 Season John Daly-Peoples Auckland Theatre Company has just announced its 2027 season, with eight plays that run the full gamut of the theatrical experience. There are twists on beloved classics, a world-class psychological thriller, a picture of end-stage capitalism and a portrait of an unlikely but real man. Alongside…
The Surprise Party
Reveiwed by Malcolm Calder The Surprise {arty By Dave Armstrong Tadpole Productions Director Colin McColl Set John Parker Lighting/Sound Gareth Evans and Geoff Evans Costume Robyn Fleming With Stephen Papps, Alison Quigan, Brayden Cresswell, Shauntelle Jones, Ben Porter and Chloe Thomsen Pumphouse Theatre, Takapuna Until 18 October Reviewer Malcolm Calder 8 October 2026 Dave Armsrong…
Peter Boggs: Transfigured Realities
John Daly-Peoples Peter Boggs Peter Boggs who was born in New Zealand is one of the leading contemporary painters in Australia, with a career spanning over 50 years and 70 solo exhibitions. He trained at the Elam School of Fine Arts where one of his tutors was Colin McCahon. He taught at Mt Albert Grammar…
The Passing of the Forest
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples The Passing of the Forest Richard WolfeRRP $75.00 Oratia BooksPublishing: 8 October Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Richard Wolfe’s book The Passing of the Forest takes it title from the poem by the poet / parliamentarian William Pember Reeves published in 1898. The poem which celebrates the landscapes and forests of New Zealand also…
Sir Donald Runnicles, Madeleine Pierard and the NZSO
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Four Last Songs R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite R. Strauss: Four Last Songs (Vier letzte Lieder) performed by Madeleine Pierard Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Conductor; Sir Donald Runnicles Auckland Town Hall October 2 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples The Rosenkavalier suite is an orchestral arrangement derived from Richard…
Cabaret
Reviewed by Malcolm Calder Cabaret Book Joe Masteroff Music John Kander Lyrics Fred Ebb Based on the play by John Van Druten Based on stories by Christopher Isherwood Director Benjamin Kilby-Henson Musical Director Robin Kelly Choreographer Kira Josephson Set & Costume Dan Williams Lighting Rachel Marlow, Bradley Gledhill, Filament Eleven 11 Sound Sam Clavis Voice/Dialect…
NZ Opera’s “The Pearl Fishers”.
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Georges Bizet, The Pearl Fishers. NZ Opera The Freemasons Foundation New Zealand Opera Chorus Aotea Centre September 23 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Bizet’s 19th century opera Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), was composed when he was twenty-four, but he had already written half a dozen smaller works by then…
Australian Music: Umberto Clerici Conducts Dvorak
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Australian Music: Umberto Clerici Conducts Dvorak Concert Hall Sydney Opera Houseouase September 18 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples In February 2022 as Auckland was coming out of Covid lockdown the Auckland Philharmonia gave a special performance in the Town Hall to 100 masked patrons. It was the orchestra’s first concert after nearly…
Australian music: Sydney Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart’s Requiem
Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples Mozart’s Requiem Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House September 9 Reviewed by John Daly-Peoples The last performance of Mozart’s Requiem I heard was a couple of years ago at the Royal Albert Hall where there were close to two thousand choristers. Sydney Philharmonic Choirs may have had only a tenth of…
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