Hōhepa

Hōhepa
by Jenny McLeod
LibrettistJenny McLeod
LanguageEnglish, Māori
Premiere
15 March 2012 (2012-03-15)
Opera House, Wellington

The opera Hōhepa, composed by Jenny McLeod, premiered at the Opera House in Wellington in March 2012, in a production by NBR New Zealand Opera. It starred Phillip Rhodes, Deborah Wai Kapohe, Jonathan Lemalu, and Rawiri Paratene. It relates the true story of the friendship between Māori chief Hōhepa Te Umuroa and English colonist Thomas Mason during the New Zealand Wars.

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