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New Zealand Opera

Logo: nzopera.com3

Opera company in New Zealand (2000–)

New Zealand Opera is New Zealand's only full-time professional opera company, formed in 2000 from the merger of companies in Auckland and Wellington (and later Christchurch). New Zealand Opera is headquartered in Parnell, Auckland, stages several productions a year, runs educational programmes, and supports early-career opera singers with the Dame Malvina Major Foundation.2 It employed 15 people in 2024.1 Its revenue was NZD 7 million in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 2000Founded1

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NZ Opera Parnell
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

New Zealand Opera is New Zealand's only full-time professional opera company, formed in 2000 from the merger of companies in Auckland and Wellington (and later Christchurch). New Zealand Opera is headquartered in Parnell, Auckland, stages several productions a year, runs educational programmes, and supports early-career opera singers with the Dame Malvina Major Foundation.2

Employees over time

New Zealand Opera employees by year115 in 2024−21% since 2014
01020302014: 191920142015: 22222015+16%2016: 25252016+14%2018: 22222018−12%2019: 20202019−9%2020: 21212020+5%2021: 20202021−5%2022: 18182022−10%2023: 16162023−11%2024: 15152024−6%
  • 2024151
  • 2023161
  • 2022181
  • 2021201
  • 2020211
  • 2019201
  • 2018221
  • 2016251

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

New Zealand Opera revenue by year17.0M NZD in 2025−6% since 2016
02.5M NZD5.0M NZD7.5M NZD10.0M NZD2016: 7.4M NZD7.4M NZD20162017: 8.1M NZD8.1M NZD2017+9%2018: 7.6M NZD7.6M NZD2018−6%2019: 6.3M NZD6.3M NZD2019−16%2020: 5.8M NZD5.8M NZD2020−8%2021: 6.3M NZD6.3M NZD2021+8%2022: 7.4M NZD7.4M NZD2022+19%2023: 6.4M NZD6.4M NZD2023−14%2024: 6.2M NZD6.2M NZD2024−3%2025: 7.0M NZD7.0M NZD2025+12%
  • 20257.0M NZD1
  • 20246.2M NZD1
  • 20236.4M NZD1
  • 20227.4M NZD1
  • 20216.3M NZD1
  • 20205.8M NZD1

Former names

  • The National Business Review New Zealand OperaNov 15, 1999 to 20131

Timeline

  1. 2013Renamed Name changed to New Zealand Opera1
  2. Jan 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

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    Company websiteNew Zealand Opera logo
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