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The Jersey Boys, from left: Fergus Inder as Tommy DeVito, Hayden Milanes as Frankie Valli, Andrew Coshan as Nick Massi and Matt Cranleigh as Bob Gaudio.
Broadway arrives in Wellington with the opening tonight of the hit musical
Jersey Boys; tomorrow don’t miss the choral colossus
Carmina Burana, a classical treat from Orchestra Wellington; and on Sunday Geoff Sewell and guests perform at the Michael Fowler Centre.
Opera House, May 21-June 7, various prices The mob, the heartaches, the triumphs and the music! Jersey Boys has it all, set to 22 amazing Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons hits. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sound and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were 30. Bookings ticketmaster.co.nz
PLUS: A
stonking rhythm section
New Zealand’s love
affair with The Beatles has lasted over six decades. From
screaming teens in the 60s to six figure album sales in the
2000s. Beatles songs have been a soundtrack to a generation;
an anthem to youth and beyond. Beatlemania has never left
our shores!
This year, as one of the few countries in
the world where entertainment tours can happen, it seems
only right to pay homage to the world’s most successful
band with a four-city tour titled,
All You Need Is
Love! this December.
Combining the
extraordinary talents of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
This season of Giselle is dedicated to Bill Sheat, a stalwart of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. He would have been proud of this rendering of a much-loved classic.
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 8:44 am
Orchestra Wellington s 2021 season gets off to a
thunderous start next weekend.
Music Director Marc
Taddei leads massed musical forces of the Orchestra,
Wellington Young Voices and the Orpheus Choir in the choral
colossus, Carmina Burana.
With one of the best-known
choruses in music, “O Fortuna”, the Carl Orff
masterpiece is an irresistible whirlwind of power and
colour.
And in an added coup, Orchestra Wellington
have signed up Lexus Song Quest winner and Sol3 Mio member,
Amitai Pati, making his solo concert debut with the
orchestra singing tenor.
The concert on May 22 at the
Michael Fowler Centre lifts the curtain on the Orchestra’s
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 2:26 pm
The Royal New Zealand Air Force Band will present their
first public Wellington concert of 2021 at 2pm on Sunday 16
May, at Te Whaea National Dance and Drama
Centre.
Dances and Arias will see the band
performing music from France, Scotland, Russia and
elsewhere, arranged for a full 60-piece symphonic
band.
The concert will include instrumental arias
featuring soloists from within the band: Corporal Reuben
Chin on saxophone, and Corporal Byron Newton and Leading
Aircraftman Luke Spence on euphonium.
The concert is
designed for classical music enthusiasts and those curious
about classical music, with a varied, lively and accessible