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Feeding the Changing Audience Appetite
COVID hasn't been kind to anyone - but one of Auckland's cultural cornerstones explains how it motivated them to steer away from safe waters and challenge themselves in 2022.
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Confronting the Backlash: Should NZ Opera Be Under Review?
In part two of our exclusive interview with Opera NZ boss Thomas de Mallet Burgess, we cover accusations of under-payment and overstaffing - and his most vocal detractors.
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‘I Reject that Utterly and Totally’: Opera Boss Fires Back
The Big Idea launches into an exclusive interview with Thomas de Mallet Burgess - who finally has his say on the controversy engulfing New Zealand Opera.