Operatunity Newsletter Season Launch 2018 is looking to be our biggest year yet! With eight concert tours and 16 trips, our performers and escorts are ready to give you the best experiences and memories with Operatunity. In 2018 we are re-vamping everyone’s favourites like the Rat Pack and our pantomime and introducing new concerts like Divas & Divos and Tennessee Waltz! We have put together spectacular trips for 2018, both nationally and internationally, including New Caledonia on Bastille Day with Suzanne Lynch, Sue, John, Bonnie and Karl to entertain, Tasmania with singalongs by John and Lynette, and Samoa with both our own musicians and the Samoan singers, cultural performances, children’s school choir and church services. It is going to be a year of fun and fantasy and we invite you all to join us! Season Pass Buying a Season Pass is the most economical way to attend Operatunity shows. Season Pass holders get access to special concert offers and the first 200 people to book will be sent a free 2018 Operatunity Calendar. Buying a 2018 Season Pass before December 19 also automatically puts you in the draw to win a trip for two on our Frolicking in the Far North trip in March 2018. Call our lovely team at the office to purchase your season pass now or purchase at your next concert! Prize Giveaway for Season Pass holders We are giving away a trip for two in 2018! Our trip up for grabs is Frolicking in the Far North, March 12-19. Frolicking This tour explores the beauty and the history of the north, in the Far North from bustling Auckland to the very top of New Zealand, Cape Reinga. This tour matches each beautiful setting with iconic concerts such as How Does Your Garden Grow at Arylies Garden, Wine, Women and Song at Marsden Estate vineyard and Mystic Melodies at Russell’s Christ Church. Our escorts Sue, Karl and Tizane will be adding their own special flavour to these fabulously themed concerts. Enter this amazing competition by purchasing a 2018 Season Pass by December 19 and you are automatically in the draw. The winner will be drawn on Music, Shakespeare, Ayrlies Garden, December 19 at the last concert for 2017 in Botany. Call our Bay of Islands, History, Scenery 12 ~ 19 MARCH 2018 fantastic office team to purchase your season pass now! Ask us to post you a full itinerary for any of these trips or download from our website. Or download from our website: www.operatunity.co.nz P: 0508 886 489 E: [email protected] Welcome to the Operatunity Ltd is a company specialising in extraordinary musical and travel experiences. In 2016 it celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, having presented SONG well over 2,000 concertsCOMPOSER/ARTIST in a wide range PERFORMER/S If You’re Irish Comeof musical into genres since its formation. 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Ritorna Vincitor Aida/Verdi Andrea Opera Gala recordedRigoletto Quartet concertsRigoletto/Verdi Sue, Derek, Elisha, Matt Pearl Fishers Duet The Pearl Fishers/Bizet Bonnie and Matt John and I are very excited to be moving Lakme Duet Lakme/Delibes Andrea and Elisha Nessun Dorma Turandot/Puccini Derek, Bonnie, Cameron Operatunity was founded over 15 years ago and is owned and managed by Brindisi La Traviata/Verdi All husband and wife team Susan Boland and John Cameron. available on CD for $20 and DVDWaitomo Caves From a small audience of nine in Orewa With our heartfelt thanks to: for our first concert, we now present over 200 shows throughout New Zealand Ruapuha Uekaha Hapu Trust; Department of Conservation; Waitomo Caves Choir, annually. into our 17th year of Operatunity. Cameron Barclay – lighting, John Ash - Assist with lighting, Tourism Holdings Limited, Karen O’Halloran and all the team at Waitomo Caves. The name Operatunity may conjure up Recorded live at Hope images of just classical, formal repertoire Presented by but our name is a play on the words Community Church, Nelson for $25. Pick them up throughOpera Gala “Opera” and “Tunes”. We present variety Presented by Operatunity Recorded live at Waitomo Caves, New Zealand www.operatunity.co.nz Presented by Operatunity We have never lost the zeal and enthusiasm for what we do, who our office or at your All Copyright Clearance via AMCOS. shows that cover many different themes and genres. These include Operatunity is owned by husband and operatic classics, celebrations of songs from bygone eras and tributes to wife singers, Susan Boland and John some of the world’s most famous artists. Cameron. Operatunity presents high No matter the style of music, we always bring you our own special flair. quality, inclusive, musical experiences Our artists are carefully chosen for their talent and professionalism while through its variety daytime concerts maintaining a unique sense of fun, warmth and style in all performances. and its specially crafted national and we meet and who we have the privilege of working with. We international travel. Since its inception Presented by Operatunity We strive to craft a show with an infectious atmosphere that everyone next concert! nearly 12 years ago, Operatunity has can enjoy. presented over 2000 shows to more than half a million people throughout Recorded live at Waitomo Caves, New Zealand Music, laughter and camaraderie are some New Zealand as well as performed thousands of songs and provided of life’s joys and are what Operatunity provides look forward to another wonderful year ahead with exceptional through our spectacular shows. tours and concerts. more than 10,000 work opportunities for the incredibly talented artists that we have in NZ. Over the past year, John and I have been pondering the price structures for our concerts. We have come up with a rather radical new pricing structure which is explained more fully later Calendars in the newsletter and in the brochure.