Wanderlust Theatre

26/02/2024

Eight years ago we embarked on our first touring opera. And this cast omg 🤩

Second show in Carterton tonight before we pack up and hit Lower Hutt!

08/08/2023

I’ve had so many messages of love and support from people seeing Strangest of Angels at New Zealand International Film Festival. Thank you to all of you who went to a screening ❤️ If interested, this is the interview I did about the creative process from my perspective.

Georgia Jamieson Emms is the librettist for an opera based on writer Janet Frame's time spent at Seacliff Psychiatric Hospital.

20/04/2023

Thrilled to bits that the festival is confirmed for a second year! Follow the page to get updates about the events, operas and singers for the 2023 Marlborough Opera Festival

20/08/2022

So many of us started getting noticed because of aria competitions and they funded our overseas travel and study. Go support these young singers at the 2022 Aria Finals if you can!

At around 10pm tonight, our esteemed adjudicator Madeleine Pierard will select 8 finalists from 28 competitors in the preliminary round. The finals are Sunday 21 August at St. Andrews on the Terrace at 7pm - it is always an amazing evening showcasing the extraordinary operatic talent we have in Aotearoa.

19/06/2022

Georgia Jamieson Emms, soprano | Bruce Greenfield, piano
Friday 1 July, 12.45 at Wellington Cathedral - admission by koha

What self-respecting woman in 2022 would sing Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben? Um, hi 👋 I would. Yes it feels out-dated and anti-feminist - a lot has changed since 1840! ...or has it? This song cycle is sumptuous, heartfelt and unashamedly Romantic, and to write it off as obsolete is just too easy. Let's start a conversation about it instead.

01/06/2022

This wonderful man also stepped in as accompanist of our fabulous Hamilton Gardens performance of The Marriage of Figaro with ONE REHEARSAL. So thrilled he’s joining us in Blenheim at the Opera Marlborough Opera Festival ❤️

MEET THE ARTISTS
Auckland-based pianist David Kelly is a repetiteur and coach for New Zealand Opera, and accompanist at the University of Waikato and the New Zealand Opera School. He has previously been engaged by the University of Auckland, the Australian Opera Studio and the Oslo Academy of Opera. As an orchestral pianist, he appears frequently with the Auckland Philharmonia and Auckland Chamber Orchestra.

23/05/2022

The future of opera? Collaboration, New Zealand stories, New Zealand creatives, a sense of family and unconditional support for each other - this project will be a highlight of my career. I’m honoured to be standing here with Anna Leese Soprano and Kenneth Young.

We celebrate this place where we stand, where we share music, and where our stories continue to unfold.

08/05/2022

I lustily wandered over to New Zealand Opera to see what I could do 😉

Wellington-born and Wairarapa-bred Georgia is a singer of classical and musical theatre repertoire, teacher, translator, diction coach and librettist.

“For the first time in my life, I was able to write the libretto first and then hand the entire work to the composer. I love that Ken took my words, spoke them aloud, noted where the syllables fell and then wrote the music for those words. He paid them such attention and valued them so much, which was an incredible gift for me, and for the two women singing the piece. This opera is the ultimate collaborative work between writer, composer and performers.”

The Strangest of Angels premieres in Christchurch on 27 and 28 May.
Book now to be part of something unforgettable. https://loom.ly/aixc6lo

16/04/2022

Wairarapa friends, this choir is world class and unforgettable. You’d be crazy to miss them 🎼

07/04/2022

For the last time we have built Linda Porter’s apartment, this time St Peters Village Hall, Paekākāriki. After 20 something shows over 18 months in 12 cities it’s nearly time to let Linda rest in peace!

28/03/2022

Little rehearsal at my house today before we bring the show to Carterton Events Centre 🥰

25/03/2022

This time next week you could be walking into the lounge space of Mrs Cole Porter to hear the real story behind their very public life…This will be the last time the show will be available on stage in the Wairarapa so don’t miss out ☺️

Tickets range from $20-$40 and available here

https://www.cartertonec.co.nz/love-linda-the-life-of-mrs-cole-porter-friday-1-april-2pm-8pm/