Twenty-four of New Zealand's aspiring young opera stars have been selected to participate in the annual New Zealand Opera School in Wanganui from Sunday 3rd to Thursday 14th January 2010.

New Zealand soprano ANNA LEESE, a rising star of international opera, returns to New Zealand in September to debut as Tatyana, the lead female role in The NBR New Zealand Opera's Genesis Energy season of Eugene Onegin.

Three dynamic artists - director Patrick Nolan, designer Genevieve Blanchett and conductor Alexander Polianichko - play pivotal roles in The NBR New Zealand Opera's Genesis Energy season of Tchaikovsky's great opera, Eugene Onegin, opening on 17 September.

Six of New Zealand's most promising young opera singers take centre stage tonight to perform in one of the biggest events of their careers, the prestigious Lexus Song Quest 2009.

4 March 2009 - Modern, sexy, sassy, fun - The NBR New Zealand Opera's daring new production of The Italian Girl in Algiers, opening in May, is opera as you have most likely never seen it before.