Patrick Power (tenor)
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Patrick Maurice Power ONZM (born 6 June 1947) is a New Zealand tenor. He has sung nearly all the lyric tenor repertoire in most of the major opera companies and festivals in Europe and North America. He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Silverstream, University of Otago, University of Auckland, Auckland Teachers' College, L'Università per Stranieri, Perugia, and the University of Waikato. He earned a three-year contract with the Norwegian National Opera in 1976.[1]
He has performed Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana in Auckland, and featured in an episode of the television series Coming Home in 1999.[2]
He is currently lecturing in voice, languages for singers and vocal pedagogy at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide.
In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, Power was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to opera.[3]
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References[]
- ^ New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. "Singers of the 1970s and 1980s". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Screen, NZ On. "Coming Home - Richard O'Brien & Patrick Power | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2003". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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