13 Mar 2020

Eight Songs for a Mad King - review

From Upbeat, 1:06 pm on 13 March 2020

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Robert Tucker in Eight Songs for a Mad King (NZ Opera's 2020 production)

Robert Tucker in Eight Songs for a Mad King (NZ Opera's 2020 production) Photo: Jeff McEwan

New Zealand Opera's production of 'Eight Songs for a Mad King' is currently on at the Auckland Arts Festival.

RNZ's Justin Gregory went along to the opening performance and was impressed by what he saw and heard: "This whole show is terrific, mostly terribly well thought out and well-realised staging of an intriguing piece of music and an intriguing text."

"This performance demands a really skilful and committed singer and Robert Tucker is there 110%."

 

'Eight Songs for a Mad King' at the Auckland Arts Festival
Friday 13, Saturday 14, Monday 16, Tuesday 17, Thursday 19 March
8.30pm, Ellen Melville Centre