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Opera companies
Since the merger of professional companies in Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch, New Zealand Opera has been the country's sole professional opera company. The company stages up to three operas a year in Auckland and Wellington and features international as well as New Zealand soloists.

Performers
Notable New Zealand opera singers past and present include:
 * sopranos Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Malvina Major, Amina Edris, Ana James, and Anna Leese
 * mezzo-sopranos Dame Heather Begg and Honor McKellar
 * tenors Christopher Doig, Patrick Power, and Simon O'Neill
 * baritones Iosefa Enari and Teddy Tahu Rhodes
 * bass baritones Sir Donald McIntyre, Īnia Te Wīata, and Jonathan Lemalu
 * bass Oscar Natzka
 * sopranos Frances Alda and Joan Hammond, who were both born in New Zealand but left at a young age