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Peter Mechen

Effervescent Rossini In Wellington

20/07/201910/07/2019 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus and Orchestra Wellington / Wyn Davies (conductor), The Opera House, Wellington. 2.7.2019. (PM)

NZ Opera’s The Barber of Seville (c) David Rowland

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Orchestra Wellington Presents Music By Mozart And Bruckner

29/06/201903/06/2019 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, Bruckner: Orchestra Wellington / Marc Taddei (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 25.5.2019. (PM)

Marc Taddei (c) Orchestra Wellington)

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Inspired Programming From The NZSO

19/06/201924/05/2019 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Beethoven, Schumann, Sibelius: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 18.5.2019. (PM)

Denis Kozukhin (c) Marco Borggreve
Denis Kozukhin (c) Marco Borggreve

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Youthful Passions And Enigmas in Wellington

04/05/201919/04/2019 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Brahms, Strauss, Elgar: Joyce Yang (piano) with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 13.4.201.9 (PM)

Joyce Yang (c) KT Kim
Joyce Yang (c) KT Kim

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Fantastic Symphonies In Wellington

04/05/201919/04/2019 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Berlioz: Orpheus Choir of Wellington, Orchestra Wellington / Marc Taddei (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 12.4.2019 (PM)

Marc Taddei with Orchestra Wellington (c) Orchestra Wellington

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James Judd and the NZSO’s Travels in Italy

16/10/201712/10/2017 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Berlioz, Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Antoine Tamestit (viola), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 6.10.2017. (PM)

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A Mighty (But Imperfect) Rendering Of Berlioz’s Faust In Wellington

07/09/201729/08/2017 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Soloists, Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus (Director: Michael Vinten), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 25.8.2017. (PM)

Alisa Kolosova (mezzosoprano) - Marguerite in Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust from the NZSO. (Image courtesy NZSO)
Alisa Kolosova (mezzosoprano) (c) NZSO

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No Better Way for Edo de Waart to Conclude his First NZSO Season

13/11/201606/11/2016 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, Elgar: Ronald Brautigam (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, NZ. 29.10.2016. (PM)

Wellington, NZ. 29.03.2016. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Photo credit: Stephen A'Court. COPYRIGHT ©Stephen A'Court
Edo de Waart © Stephen A’Court

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