Patrick Power (tenor)
{{Short description|New Zealand opera singer}}
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Patrick Maurice Power {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 6 June 1947) is an operatic tenor from New Zealand.
Biography
Power was born In Dannevirke, New Zealand. He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Silverstream,{{Cite web |date=6 October 2013 |title=Big guns add to bicentennial - Lifestyle News |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/lifestyle/big-guns-add-to-bicentennial/27MWVZRHBPTOMGKWDRIIUY7KLU/ |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} University of Otago, University of Auckland, Auckland Teachers' College, L'Università per Stranieri, Perugia, and the University of Waikato.{{Cite web |title=Power, Patrick Maurice, 1947 |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22420471 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=natlib.govt.nz}}
He earned a three-year contract with the Norwegian National Opera in 1976 before having positions at opera companies in Krefeld and Munich.{{Cite web|last=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga|title=Singers of the 1970s and 1980s|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/classical-musicians/page-5|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=27 November 2013 |title=About |url=https://nationalmalechoir.co.nz/?page_id=8 |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=New Zealand Male Choir |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |last=Walls |first=Peter |date=22 October 2014 |title=Singers of the 1970s and 1980s |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/classical-musicians/page-5 |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand }}
He featured in an episode of the television series Coming Home in 1999.{{Cite web|last=Screen|first=NZ On|title=Coming Home - Richard O'Brien & Patrick Power {{!}} Television {{!}} NZ On Screen|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/coming-home-richard-obrien-patrick-power-1999|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en}}
Since returning to New Zealand in 2000 he has taught at a number of different institutions. He taught at the Eastern Institute of Technology from 2000-2006.{{Cite web |date=2 February 2005 |title=TOP STORY: EIT axes first-year stage courses |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/top-story-eit-axes-first-year-stage-courses/ZRDKLY556PO4X62R2RMQLTF3UE/ |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |date=23 December 1999 |title=Music scene in Bay boosted |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30778553?search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D=Power,+Patrick+Maurice,+1947-&search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=music |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=natlib.govt.nz}} He was also a lecturer in voice at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide from 2009 until he returned again to New Zealand in 2016.{{Cite web |date=8 March 2023 |title=Concert hopes to raise spirits and funds |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/hastings-classical-concert-hopes-to-raise-spirits-funds-in-hawkes-bay/TJTM3NB2LRBLDA7B352L4H2PN4/ |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}
As of 2023 he lives in Hawke's Bay and teaches voice privately and at two local high schools.
Discography
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!Year !Title !Genre !Collaborators !Label |
| 1978
|Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria |classical |Raymond Leppard (conductor) |Sony |
| 1986
|classical |Raymond Leppard (conductor) |Decca |
| 1987
|classical |Roger Norrington (conductor) |EMI |
| 1991
| Balfe: The Bohemian Girl |classical |Richard Bonynge (conductor) |argo |
| 1995
| Auber: Le Domino Noir |classical |Richard Bonynge (conductor) |Decca |
| 2003
| Hummel: Missa Solemnis |classical |Uwe Grodd |Naxos |
Awards
In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, Power was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to opera.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2003 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2003 |date=2 June 2003 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=19 June 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.hbo.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=32 Patrick Power]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014072541/http://www.hbo.org.nz/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=20 Patrick Power.pdf]
- [http://www.riffraffstatue.org/page/riffraff_146.php Coming home]
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Category:New Zealand operatic tenors
Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:20th-century New Zealand male opera singers
Category:People educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream
Category:University of Otago alumni
Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:University of Waikato alumni
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