Internationally renowned artist Stephen Bambury will open his studio in late July to host two nights of opera and music in an Art meets Music mid-winter celebration of creativity. Hear some of your favourite opera arias, wonderful music, and things you might not have heard before.

Ticket proceeds go towards the artists performing whose careers have been hit hard by covid.

Soprano Natasha Te Rupe Wilson will be performing, who has returned home from singing with the Pittsburg Opera Company. Natasha, who is Te Arawa, lives in West Auckland. She is also a past winner of the Circle 100 scholarship for young singers.

Also performing is bass-baritone James Ioelu. James returned from London where he appeared with the English National Opera, Dutch Opera, Teatro Romano in Italy and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra.

Instrumentalists include cellist and winner of the 2020 Gisborne International Competition Hyein Kim, well-known New Zealand orchestral Flutist Luca Manghi and internationally recognised pianist David Kelly.