New Zealand Opera Company

{{Short description|National opera company in New Zealand (1954–1971)}}

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| name = New Zealand Opera Company

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| image = New Zealand Opera Company - New Zealand Opera Company's production of Carmen, at St. James Theatre, Wellington.jpg

| caption = The New Zealand Opera Company's production of Carmen in 1969

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| formation = {{Start year|1954}}

| dissolved = 1971

| type = Opera company

| location = Auckland, New Zealand

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| leader_name = Donald Munro

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The New Zealand Opera Company was New Zealand's first resident professional national company, formed by baritone Donald Munro in 1954.{{sfn|Taylor|2014}} Its first full-scale work was Mozart's Marriage of Figaro in 1958, which toured 47 towns.{{sfn|Taylor|2014}} From 1963 funding from the QE II Arts Council allowed national tours with a full orchestra, including a production of Porgy and Bess with a Māori cast including Īnia Te Wiata, and Ngaio Marsh's A Unicorn for Christmas with music by David Farquhar.{{sfn|Taylor|2014}} After Arts Council funding was withdrawn in 1971 the company folded.{{sfn|Taylor|2014}}{{sfn|Brusey|1973|p=187}}