Kiwi soprano and operatic royalty Dame Kiri Te Kawana is coming to town to perform her first ever show at Baycourt next year.
As part of her six-show New Zealand tour, An Evening with Dame Kiri will take place at the community and arts centre's Addison Theatre on Saturday, March 19, 2016.
World-renowned Kiwi soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will be performing her first ever concert at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre in March of next year. Photo: Supplied.
During the course of Dame Kiri's almost five-decade long career, she has performed in concert halls across the world as well as venues here in the Bay of Plenty.
'Whilst I have performed in other parts of the Bay, I am looking forward to my first performance in Tauranga at Baycourt,” says Dame Kiri. 'I hope those who attend will enjoy the musical experience.
'The songs I have selected are all personal favourites and it is always a pleasure to share my music.”
For the tour, Dame Kiri will be joined on stage by distinguished Christchurch-born pianist and University of Otago Classical Performance Studies coordinator Professor Terence Dennis.
Recently, Dame Kiri has given performances in China, North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Korea, Canada, Brazil, Sweden, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway and New Zealand.
Last year she made a guest appearances during the Covent Garden Opera season of ‘Daughter of the Regiment'.
Baycourt manager Megan Peacock Coyle says it is truly an honour for the centre to host Dame Kiri's upcoming performance.
'We hope that the Bay of Plenty residents enjoy this special once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” says Megan.
To mark the occasion, Baycourt is offering pre-sale tickets to Bay of Plenty locals via its Box Office on November 5, from 9am. Sales will open to the rest of New Zealand on November 9.
An Evening with Dame Kiri will take to Baycourt Community and Arts Centre's Addison Theatre stage on Saturday, March 19, 2016.
Local pre-sale tickets available from Baycourt Box Office from November 5, then online via the Ticketek website from November 9.
3 comments
would not....
Posted on 13-10-2015 04:37 | By sambo's back
"Blake Park" be a better venue for a concert of this magnitude, more people, more relaxed, and the acoustics are better!!!!, now I would go, not so much for my love of opera, but more to see an iconic "kiwi" perform in my hometown, I would not cross the road to attend a concert at Baycourt, certainly not one where the acoustics are the show!!!!!.
I would not either
Posted on 13-10-2015 11:21 | By mystuff
I agree with tonyb. Baycourt has one of the worst sound system/ acoustics in the country & is an insult to people like Kiri & other great artists. We will wait until she appears in Hamilton at the Founders Theatre which is excellent. Come on Tauranga Council, fix the terrible sound system which has been bad for at least 20 years or more.
kiri
Posted on 13-10-2015 11:32 | By dumbkof2
must be down to her last 50 million if she wants to play here. personally i wouldnt go out the front door to see her. but some people do like her.
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