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Soprano Amelia Berry joked she was singing so many love arias with handsome male co-stars that she was obliged to give each of them a rose after the style of TV show The Bachelorette.
Accordingly, a bunch of roses were stacked neatly on the piano, ready for presentation to the smiling men, during Auckland Opera Studio’s Opera Picnic held in the grounds of a private home in Matakana on Saturday, February 22.
Around 700 people attended the concert, which featured tenors Amitai Pati, of Sol3 Mio, and Ipu Laga’aia, plus bass baritone Joel Amosa. They were joined by soprano Tayla Alexander and Claire Caldwell on piano.
The concert featured a wide range of music both traditional and contemporary drawn from the world’s most famous operas and musicals.
