Nerviness of King George
Mar 01, 2020
3 minutes
by ELIZABETH KERR
Thomas de Mallet Burgess has big ambitions for NZ Opera, the company he joined 18 months ago as general director. He wants to “reimagine the art form and the relationship between artist and audience”. His upcoming production is a bold demonstration of how he plans to “change the narrative of opera” in New Zealand.
composed by Brit Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and premiered in 1969, is far from the full-blown extravagant productions most often staged by opera companies worldwide. A half-hour-long
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