FULL KIRI TE KANAWA Song Quest Grand Final Gala Wellington 2026

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest - Grand Final Gala  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand  
• Recorded: July 11, 2026
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Cecily Shaw, Faamanu Fonoti-Fuimaono, Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono, Samuel Downes, Samuel Mataele, Sarah Mileham
• Conductor: Brad Cohen  
• Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Song Quest  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  PROGRAMME:

  FIRST HALF – Songs/Lieder

  Cecily Shaw

  Massenet, Jules: Élégie

  Faamanu Fonoti-Fuimaono

  Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Roadside Fire, from Songs of Travel

  Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono

  Schubert, Franz: Du bist die Ruh’

  Samuel Downes

  Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Silent Noon

  Samuel Mataele

  Schubert, Franz: Du bist die Ruh’

  Sarah Mileham

  Strauss, Richard: Morgen
  INTERVAL

  SECOND HALF – Arias

  Cecily Shaw

  Handel, George Frideric: Sta nell’Ircana, from Alcina

  Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Un’aura amorosa, from Così fan tutte

  Samuel Mataele

  Handel, George Frideric: Rompo i lacci, from Flavio

  Sarah Mileham

  Bizet, Georges: Me voilà seule dans la nuit, from The Pearl Fishers

  Faamanu Fonoti-Fuimaono

  Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, from Die tote Stadt

  Samuel Downes

  Wagner, Richard: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond, from Die Walküre

  Cecily Shaw

  Rossini, Gioachino: Una voce poco fa, from The Barber of Seville

  Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono

  Gounod, Charles: Ah! lève-toi soleil, from Roméo et Juliette

  Samuel Mataele

  Purcell, Henry: Dido’s Lament, from Dido and Aeneas

  Sarah Mileham

  Dvořák, Antonín: Song to the Moon, from Rusalka

  Faamanu Fonoti-Fuimaono

  Bizet, Georges: L’orage s’est calme, from The Pearl Fishers

  Samuel Downes

  Bizet, Georges: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée, from Carmen

  Orchestral Interlude

  Bizet, Georges: Carmen Suite

  Mascagni, Pietro: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo

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