Legacy: The Norrie Collection - Associated Event - (Completed)
Wednesday 6 May 6pm - Jeremy Commons and the NZ Portrait Gallery presented Italian tenor Filippo Adami (pictured) accompanied by Hugh McMillan, in a recital of operatic arias and songs by Rossini.
A tenor with a repertoire 'that stretches from Monteverdi to Stravinsky' he
is a specialist in 18th and 19th century Italian music with an international
career.
Tickets $15.00 at the door or reserve from Jude at 472 8874 or 472 2298.
This event complements our new exhibition ' Legacy: the Norrie Collection and
other Portraits from Government House', opening on April 23rd.
Biographical Notes:
Filippo Adami was born in 1980 in Fiesole, on the heights above Florence. A tenor with a repertoire that stretches from Monteverdi to Stravinsky, he specialises in 18th and 19th century Italian music, and particularly in the music of Rossini. He is in constant demand all over Italy, and his international carreer is rapidly expanding. He has appeared in London, Paris and Vienna, in Germany and Spain, at the Wexford Festival and in China and Japan. It is unusal for a young singer at this stage of of his career to be able to find an opportunity to come as far from Europe as New Zealand.
His interest in Rossini's serious operas has led him to develop his upper head-voice and his ability to encompass passages demanding exact focus, precise articulation and great agility.
His programme will include both operatic arias and drawing room songs.
Legacy: The Norrie Collectionand Portraits from Government House runs between 23 April 2009 and 23 August 2009, 10.30am - 4.30pm Free Admission
for interviews or information: Elizabeth Alley 04 970 8341 / 021 067 7049
Avenal McKinnon 472 8874
Further information: Elizabeth Alley NZ Portrait Gallery Communications:
(New Zealand 064) ((0)4) 970 8341