Madison Nonoa

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Madison Nonoa
2016 Magic Flute Rehearsal • Madison Nonoa • NZ Opera • 060516 • 092 (cropped).jpg
NationalityNew Zealander
Notable awardsLexus Song Quest

Madison Nonoa is a New Zealand-born soprano opera singer of Samoan, Niuean, and Pākehā heritage.

Life[]

Nonoa was born in the Waikato, and attended the University of Auckland, where she graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Music Honours (First Class).[1][2]

Career[]

In 2016 Nonoa won third place in the 2016 Lexus Song Quest and was awarded the $15,000 Kiri Te Kanawa scholarship for most promising singer.[3]

She was selected as an Emerging Artist with New Zealand Opera and made her professional debut in the role of Papagena in the 2016 production of The Magic Flute.[4] The same year she created the role of Joyce in the world premiere of the Ross Harris chamber opera at the New Zealand Festival.[5][6]

In 2017 Nonoa moved to England and studied opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under Yvonne Kenny.[1] She performed Susanna in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro with .[7]

She was supported by the Jerwood Young Artists as a member of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera chorus. In 2020 she was appearing in concert at Glynebourne with and two other chorus members.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Madison Nonoa". Whānau London Voices. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Madison Nonoa". Auckland Theatre Company. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation » Grants". www.kiritekanawa.org. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ Holden, Simon (18 June 2016). "Awkward direction hampers NZ Opera's Magic Flute". Bachtrack. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Metro — Brass Poppies - review". Metro. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Taylor, Alex (15 March 2016). "Review: Brass Poppies". RNZ. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Madison Nonoa". Auckland Opera Studio. Retrieved 24 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Hewitt, Phil (19 August 2020). "Glyndebourne offers extra two weeks of summer outdoor events". Sussex Express. Retrieved 21 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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