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He didn’t grow up exposed to opera. Far from it. He’d never heard opera till he was 18, when he was forced into a singing lesson, he says. “I had been a musician forever, playing the piano, jamming with friends, playing every genre you could think of, but I’d never come across opera. I remember hearing it for the first time, thinking ‘What is
this!’”
Rigoletto. It’s still his favourite and the role he covets most. “I didn’t know the male voice could sound like that. All the emotion – I thought, this guy’s hurting, but I didn’t know why.”
Local Focus: Founder reflects on NZ Opera School and Opera Week success
21 Jan, 2021 05:10 PM
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Future looks bright for Whanganui opera. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Video Journalist Whanganui, Manawatū and Taranaki, NZH Local Focusgeorgie@localfocus.nz
It s been another successful year for the NZ Opera School. The summer school has been a January fixture in the Whanganui calendar for almost three decades.
The school started in 1994, founded by Donald Trott (ONZM) who is also the driver behind the associated Whanganui Opera Week where the students of the school perform at public events.
Trott is clear about the reasons for the school s success.