Tenors bring taste of Italy

Daytime concert series coming to the South.

Famous songs and ballads are set to transport listeners to Italy.

Papakura’s Hawkins Theatre and entertainment company Operatunity are hosting The Three Tenors.

The daytime concert series is bringing the show That’s Amore to the stage with tenors Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Derek Hill, and Kalauni Pouvalu.

Allan-Moetaua, Hill and Pouvalu have been performing together within New Zealand and abroad for around five years.

Along with soprano Susan Boland they’ll be bringing their friendship, humour and talent to 24 centres across New Zealand.

Allan-Moetaua grew up in Wellington before studying singing at the University of Auckland and has performed with Operatunity for over 12 years.

In 2004 he was awarded the Iosefa Enari Scholarship Award for the support and development of Pacific Island Opera Singers, was a finalist for the New Zealand Aria competition and has performed with New Zealand Opera.

Hill is a graduate of McGill University in Montre´al, Canada and has worked with New Zealand Opera, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

Pouvalu graduated from the University of Auckland and has been performing with Operatunity since 2014.

He has won a number of awards including the prestigious Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Award for the most promising classical singer in 2013.

The showkicks off at 11am, Thursday, March 23, at Hawkins Theatre, Papakura. Go to operatunity.co.nz or call 0508 266 237 for tickets.