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Singing and supper

Singing and supper

Hawke's Bay Opera staged many productions in the opera house in Hastings in the 1980s and 1990s, including this performance of excerpts from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. The audience enjoyed wine and a meal along with the singing.

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Lindis Taylor, 'Opera and musical theatre - The survival of opera', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/41892/singing-and-supper (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Lindis Taylor, published 22 Oct 2014