Patrick Power (tenor)
Opera singer
Intro | Opera singer | |
Places | New Zealand | |
is | Singer Opera singer | |
Work field | Music | |
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Birth | 6 June 1947 | |
Age | 77 years |
Patrick Power ONZM, MMus Hons (born 6 June 1947) is a New Zealand tenor. He has sung nearly all the lyric tenor repertoire in most of the major opera companies and festivals in Europe and North America. He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Silverstream, University of Otago, University of Auckland, Auckland Teachers College, L'Università per Stranieri, Perugia, and the University of Waikato. He is currently lecturing in Voice, Languages for Singers and Vocal Pedagogy at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide. He was made an Officer of the Order of New Zealand, ONZM, in 2003 for his services to music and opera in New Zealand and internationally.