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With Love and Avocados: New Zealand Opera, the Kennaways’ Way

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With Love and Avocados: New Zealand Opera, the Kennaways’ Way
Husband and wife Joel and Maia Amosa perform a duet from "The Marriage of Figaro" on stage at Opera in the Garden, on March 9, 2019. Tracey Morris Photography
Lorraine Ferrier
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For the past 23 years, opera—and avocados—have thrived on Rick and Joan Kennaway’s “Operacado” orchard at Glenbervie, Whangarei, in the Northland region of New Zealand’s North Island. The Kennaways’ home is the venue for Opera North’s annual event, Opera in the Garden. The couple founded Opera North in 1996.
Guest soloist Maia Mila Amosa on stage at Opera in the Garden, on March 9, 2019. (Tracey Morris Photography)
Guest soloist Maia Mila Amosa on stage at Opera in the Garden, on March 9, 2019. Tracey Morris Photography
Lorraine Ferrier
Lorraine Ferrier
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Lorraine Ferrier writes about fine arts and craftsmanship for The Epoch Times. She focuses on artists and artisans, primarily in North America and Europe, who imbue their works with beauty and traditional values. She's especially interested in giving a voice to the rare and lesser-known arts and crafts, in the hope that we can preserve our traditional art heritage. She lives and writes in a London suburb, in England.
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