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Wednesday 14 October 2026 - Sunday 18 October 2026
New Zealand Opera presents...
The Pearl Fishers
Auditorium, Isaac Theatre Royal
Ticket Prices
- VIP {Limited availability} from $236.10
- Premium from $182.10
- Gold from $82.50
- A Reserve from $67.50
- B Reserve from $42.00
*Booking/ticketing fees may apply.
Presented by: NZ Opera
An early masterpiece by the composer of Carmen, The Pearl Fishers is an opera stunning in its brilliance, clarity and undeniable beauty. Performed on the New Zealand Opera stage for the first time since 2002, this season promises Bizet’s gorgeous work as you’ve never seen it before.
With a cast boasting some of New Zealand’s finest internationally based opera talent – with all four principal cast members returning to Aotearoa for this season – accompanied by the unfailingly outstanding voices of the Freemasons Foundation New Zealand Opera Chorus and the world-class Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, this is as essential as opera gets.
Produced by New Zealand Opera in partnership with State Opera South Australia, in an all-new production by acclaimed Australian director Stephen Barlow, this is your opportunity to see a gem of the opera canon in a new light – bright, beautiful and unmistakably ‘ours’.
Sat 4 October - Sun 5 October 2025
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Auditorium, Isaac Theatre Royal

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DURATION
2 hours 20 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
LANGUAGE
Sung in French with English surtitles
MUSIC
Georges Bizet
LIBRETTO
Eugène Cormon & Michel Carré
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Ngā Kaiwhakaari - Cast
- Léïla - Madison Nonoa
- Nadir - Filipe Manu
- Zurga - Phillip Rhodes
- Nourabad - Anthony Robin Schneider
WITH THE FREEMASONS FOUNDATION NZ OPERA CHORUS
Te Rōpu Auaha - Creative Team
- Director - Stephen Barlow
Te Ropu Puoro - Music Staff
- Chorus Director - Nicholas Forbes
- Principle Répétiteur - David Kelly
- Orchestra - Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
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- AUCKLAND, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre
- 23 & 25 September 2026, 7:30pm
- 27 September 2026, 2:30pm
- CHRISTCHURCH, Isaac Theatre Royal
- 14 & 16 October 2026, 7:30pm
- 18 October 2026, 2:30pm
- AUCKLAND, Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre
Upcoming performances
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By donating to the Isaac Theatre Royal, you are helping us with the costs involved in the maintenance and development of the Theatre. Your assistance will ensure she maintains her unique place in our arts heritage as one of the most prestigious and illustrious venues in Australasia for many years to come.
Donate
By donating to the Isaac Theatre Royal, you are helping us with the costs involved in the maintenance and development of the Theatre. Your assistance will ensure she maintains her unique place in our arts heritage as one of the most prestigious and illustrious venues in Australasia for many years to come.
Donate
By donating to the Isaac Theatre Royal, you are helping us with the costs involved in the maintenance and development of the Theatre. Your assistance will ensure she maintains her unique place in our arts heritage as one of the most prestigious and illustrious venues in Australasia for many years to come.


