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Dame Malvina Major
PCNZM. DBE. ATCL. LTCL LRSM. Hon D Litt [Massey] Hon D Humanities [Waikato]
Dame Malvina Major was born in New Zealand. After winning the New Zealand Mobil Song Quest and the Melbourne Sun Aria, Dame Malvina went to London to study at the London Opera Centre. She also won the Kathleen Ferrier competition while studying at the London Opera Centre.
In New Zealand her singing teacher was Sister Mary Leo, and in London she was taught by Ruth Packer from the Royal College of Music.
Dame Malvina’s international opera career has included twenty eight major roles, highlights of which include Mathilde in Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra, Rosina in Il Barbiere de Sivilgia, Arminda in La Finta Giardiniera, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Violetta in la Traviata, Gilda in Rigoletto, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Anna Glawari in The Merry Widow and The Countess in the Marriage of Figaro.She has extensive concert, oratorio and recital repertoires.
In New Zealand Dame Malvina has sung with all the major opera companies and orchestras, and Christchurch City Choirs. A highlight is Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem for the New Zealand International Festival in Wellington in 1994.
Outdoor concerts have become a feature of the summer season in New Zealand, and Dame Malvina has sung inconcerts will be held in Auckland, Rotorua and Wellington. Outdoor events at which she has performed include Carmen at North Harbour Stadium, the Starlight Symphony and Symphony Under the Stars in Auckland, Lakeside at Rotorua, the Stadium Spectacular in Wellington, Opera in the Park in Christchurch and the Stadium Spectacular in Wellington in February, The Opening Concert for the Nelson School of Music, The
Dame Malvina has chosen to live in New Zealand, while maintaining an active international singing career. Her services to opera and the community were acknowledged in 1991 when she was invested Dame of the British Empire and in 2008 was awarded in the New Zealand new year Honours the title Principal Companionion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.(PCNZM)the highest rank in the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 1992 she was named New Zealand Entertainer of the Year. She has received Honorary Doctorates from both Waikato and Massey Universities, and has accepted a teaching Professorship in Vocal Studies at Canterbury University.
The Dame Malvina Major Foundation Emerging Artists has been formed to support the training of young New Zealand artists.
Dame Malvina Major was born in New Zealand. After winning the New Zealand Mobil Song Quest and the Melbourne Sun Aria, Dame Malvina went to London to study at the London Opera Centre. She also won the Kathleen Ferrier competition while studying at the London Opera Centre.
In New Zealand her singing teacher was Sister Mary Leo, and in London she was taught by Ruth Packer from the Royal College of Music.
Dame Malvina’s international opera career has included twenty eight major roles, highlights of which include Mathilde in Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra, Rosina in Il Barbiere de Sivilgia, Arminda in La Finta Giardiniera, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Violetta in la Traviata, Gilda in Rigoletto, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Anna Glawari in The Merry Widow and The Countess in the Marriage of Figaro.She has extensive concert, oratorio and recital repertoires.
In New Zealand Dame Malvina has sung with all the major opera companies and orchestras, and Christchurch City Choirs. A highlight is Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem for the New Zealand International Festival in Wellington in 1994.
Outdoor concerts have become a feature of the summer season in New Zealand, and Dame Malvina has sung inconcerts will be held in Auckland, Rotorua and Wellington. Outdoor events at which she has performed include Carmen at North Harbour Stadium, the Starlight Symphony and Symphony Under the Stars in Auckland, Lakeside at Rotorua, the Stadium Spectacular in Wellington, Opera in the Park in Christchurch and the Stadium Spectacular in Wellington in February, The Opening Concert for the Nelson School of Music, The
Dame Malvina has chosen to live in New Zealand, while maintaining an active international singing career. Her services to opera and the community were acknowledged in 1991 when she was invested Dame of the British Empire and in 2008 was awarded in the New Zealand new year Honours the title Principal Companionion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.(PCNZM)the highest rank in the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 1992 she was named New Zealand Entertainer of the Year. She has received Honorary Doctorates from both Waikato and Massey Universities, and has accepted a teaching Professorship in Vocal Studies at Canterbury University.
The Dame Malvina Major Foundation Emerging Artists has been formed to support the training of young New Zealand artists.
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