Operatunity: A Show Stopping Treat!

Operatunity: A Show Stopping Treat!

Every show has a song that stops the show and that we remember well after the final curtain falls. Award winning entertainment company Operatunity launches its 2012 season of daytime concerts with Showstoppers, a celebration of the best of Musical Theatre, featuring all those ‘showstopping’ tunes that we wait to hear and we sing along to.

Husband and wife team, and directors of Operatunity, Susan Boland and John Cameron lead a stellar professional cast that includes Rutene Spooner, featured recently in Coca Cola Christmas in the Park, Angela Franklyn –Lewis, well known for music theatre roles in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and accompanist Alex Wiltshire who spent 16 years performing internationally for such companies as Cameron Mackintosh Productions and The Really Useful Company (Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Production Company).

The show is a mix of more traditional music theatre show tunes such as If I were a rich man, Some enchanted evening, New York, New York, The Student Prince Serenade through to the modern musicals with songs like Send in the clowns, I don’t know how to love Him and favourites from Les Miserables. Ensemble tunes include Sit down you’re rockin’ the boat, Blow Gabriel Blow, Somewhere over the rainbow and Money, money from Chicago in a show with something for every audience member and with every song a favourite.

The Operatunity 2012 season will feature 8 themed concerts in each of the 24 different venues throughout New Zealand, presenting over 200 concerts per year making them one of the busiest entertainment companies in New Zealand. Sue Boland, one of the directors of Operatunity, believes that Operatunity’s success can be attributed to its ethos which has not changed in the ten years since its inception “We want to provide great variety, great music, wonderful guest artists, a warm and friendly atmosphere and a desire to welcome, enjoy and look after our audiences. This is why we started Operatunity and our lunch with the artists and the genuine warm way we present our shows means people feel like part of the family while still enjoying a professional high quality show of great music”

Operatunity will tour Showstoppers from Whangarei to Invercargill in January and February. Concerts commence at 11 am and tickets cost $30 each with lunch with the artists included. Season tickets and group discounts are available and all bookings plus details of this and future shows are available by calling Operatunity toll free 0508266237, emailing bookings@operatunity.co.nz or online bookings at www.operatunity.co.nz.

About Operatunity

Operatunity was formed in 2001 by three friends, John Cameron, Geoffrey Hughes, and Susan Boland. The partners have known each other for over twenty years and have had extensive experience in performing and event management. Operatunity Entertainment Ltd was established to offer professional employment for singers by providing opportunities available within New Zealand. The Daytime Concert Series provides quality fun concerts in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere with eight specially-themed concerts at 25 venues throughout New Zealand. Concerts commence at 11 am and are ideal for people who prefer to go out during the day rather than at night. Operatunity’s regular venues are: Howick, North Shore, Orewa, Papakura, Remuera, Te Atatu, Christchurch, Dunedin, Greymouth, Invercargill, Nelson, Timaru, Gisborne, Hamilton, Hastings, Kapiti, Lower Hutt, Masterton, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Tauranga, Wanganui, and Whangarei.

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