Patrick Power - Tenor
New Zealand born Patrick Power has sung for most of the major opera companies and festivals in Europe and North America in nearly all of the lyric tenor repertoire.
His roles include Alfredo in La Traviata, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Count Almaviva in II Barbiere di Siviglia, Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Des Grieux in Manon, Fenton in Falstaff, the title roles in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Le Comte Ory and Faust, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, the Duke in Rigoletto, Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur, Don José in Carmen, Narraboth in Salome, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore and Radames in Aïda
In Australasia he has been a regular guest artist with Opera Australia, all the state companies and the New Zealand companies. His frequent performances in his native New Zealand have included Rodolfo (to the Mimi of Kiri Te Kanawa) for the opening of Auckland’s Aotea Centre and Faust for Auckland Opera. In recent seasons he sang Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana) and Canio (I Pagliacci) for Opera New Zealand, Pinkerton for National Opera of Wellington, Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at the Norrlandsoperan in Sweden, Faust with Canterbury Opera, The Italian Singer (Der Rosenkavalier) at the New Zealand Festival, Turiddu and Cavaradossi (Tosca) for Opera Queensland, and the title role in the Tales of Hoffmann for Tulsa Opera .
Concerts have included Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the RTE Orchestra, on tour with the NZSO, and with the Queensland Orchestra. The Three Tenors in Wine Country at the Lombardi Amphitheatre in Hastings, outdoor concerts in Nelson and with Kiri Te Kanawa at the Craggy Range Vineyard; Verdi’s Requiem, Rachmaninov’s The Bells and Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, all with the NZSO; a chamber concert of Lilburn’s Sings Harry at the New Zealand Festival, a concert performance of Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Carmina Burana with the Orpheus Choir of Wellington and Verdi’s Requiem with Christchurch City Choir and Auckland Choral Society.
Recent highlights include performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and Christchurch Symphony Orchestra; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Choral Society; Berlioz’s Te Deum with Auckland Choral Society, Canio in I Pagliacci with Canterbury Opera, a performance of Opera Favourites with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and concerts with Wellington Sinfonia and Hawke’s Bay Orchestra. His recordings include The Bohemian Girl and Le Domino Noir with Richard Bonynge for Decca and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for EMI under Roger Norrington.