Upcoming Performances
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Joyeux Noël
December 6, 2024, 7:30pm
Knox Church, Dunedin, NZ
Get into the mood for the festive season with City Choir Dunedin and the Dunedin Symphony, and their celebration of Christmas music by French composers Berlioz, Poulenc and De Lalande, as well as popular carols of French origin (e.g., O holy night and Patapan). Soloists include: Cathy Sim (soprano), Claire Barton (mezzo-soprano), Tessa Romano (mezzo-soprano), Alex McAdam (tenor), and Robert Tucker (bass).
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Premiere of Brigid Bisley's 'Book of Roses'
March 2, 2025, Time TBD
Whanganui, NZ
World premiere of Brigid Bisley's oratorio work 'Book of Roses'
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Get Me Off This F***ing Planet
March 19 & 20, 2025, 7:00pm
Playhouse Theatre, Dunedin, NZ
The world premiere of this interdisciplinary performance art piece by Maddy Parkins-Craig, Sofia Kalogeropoulou, and Tessa Romano will take place in Dunedin Fringe 2025. This work aims to explore our shared humanity within the context of the disturbing emerging trends in the current socio-political landscape both in Aotearoa and the wider world, and the looming tipping point in the fight against climate change. The work cycles through the states of anger, grief, and joy to confront, commiserate and celebrate with its audience in asking: how do we cope with contemporary living in the midst of climate catastrophe and political upheaval?
Previous Performances
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Colleague Collaboration on Folk
September 25, 2024, 1:00pm
Hanover Hall, Dunedin, NZ
A University of Otago Lunchtime Concert featuring Performance Staff performing in Western folk styles
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A Celebration of Composer John Drummond
September 15, 2024, 5:00pm
Hanover Hall, Dunedin, NZ
A premiere of John Drummond's cycle "Women's Lives" and "The Mezzo Song" with Terence Dennis, piano
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New Zealand Music Month: A Premiere of David Hamilton's "Canticle 6"
May 22, 2024, 1:00pm
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
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New Zealand Music Month: A Premiere of Andrew Perkin's "The Mute Swan"
May 15, 2024, 1:00pm
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
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Edvard Grieg on Piano & Voice
April 24, 2024, 1:00pm
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
Grieg’s Haugtussa and other selections with pianist Terence Dennis
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The Trapeze Artist by Anthony Ritchie
March 17-19, 2024
Hanover Hall, Dunedin, NZ
Performed with Opera Otago in the 2024 Dunedin Fringe Festival, Tessa Romano as the lead role “Circus Woman”
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Celebrate Baroque with the Octagon Ensemble
October 22, 2023
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dunedin, NZ
An Octagon Ensemble performance with violinist Vesa Matti-Leppänen, vioinist Yuka Iguchi, pianist Kemp English, mezzo-soprano Tessa Romano, and pianist Sanaz Rezai
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Child of the Sun: A Programme of Premieres for Katherine Mansfield
September 17, 2023
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
19 new songs by 12 New Zealand composers on the text of Katherine Mansfield with pianist Sherry Grant.
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Touches of Sweet Harmony with the Octagon Ensemble
October 8, 2022
St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dunedin, NZ
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Songs of the Rainbow: Music and Trans* Identity
September 21, 2022, 1:00pm
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
A recital of songs by trans* gender composers and poets with mezzo-soprano Tessa Romano and pianist Terence Dennis.
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Une flûte invisible: Music for flute, voice and piano
September 7, 2022, 1:00pm
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
with mezzo-soprano Tessa Romano, flutist Luca Manghi, and pianist Tom McGrath
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Place Them on the Altar: A Premiere
June 12 & 13, 2022
Fort Collins & Boulder, Colorado, USA
A premiere of the first non-binary cabaret song cycle Place Them on the Altar with music by Siren Wellington and text by Tessa Romano, sung by Tessa Romano with pianist Barbie Noyes
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Silence Is: An Operatic Preview
November 6, 2021
Preview of a new opera by Rosa Elliott, Leon Reynolds, Te Oti Rakena, Tessa Romano & Ruby Solly for Verb Wellington
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Presenting the Mozart Fellow
September 22, 2021
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
A premiere of a song cycle in progress with music by Kenneth Young and poetry by Rushi Vyas for mezzo-soprano Tessa Romano
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From Bach to Broadway
August 11, 2021, 1:00pm
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
with Tessa Romano,Deborah Wai Kapohe, Arlie McCormick Hannah Thompson-Holloway, Rushi Vyas, Helen du Plessis, Terence Dennis & Tom McGrath
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Spain In View
July 28, 2021, 1:00pm
Marama Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
Song in Spanish and Sephardic Hebrew from Spain and Latin America, with Tessa Romano and Terence Dennis
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Songs and Serenades
July 3 & 4, 2021
Kings & Queens Auditorium, Dunedin, NZ
The Dunedin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vincent Hardaker with soloist Tessa Romano