Madison Nonoa

Madison Nonoa is a New Zealand-born soprano opera singer of Samoan, Niuean, and Pākehā heritage.

Madison Nonoa
NationalityNew Zealander
Notable awardsLexus Song Quest

Life

Nonoa was born in the Waikato, and attended the University of Auckland, where she graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Music Honours (First Class).[1][2]

Career

In 2016 Nonoa won third place in the 2016 Lexus Song Quest and was awarded the $15,000 Kiri Te Kanawa scholarship for most promising singer.[3]

She was selected as an Emerging Artist with New Zealand Opera and made her professional debut in the role of Papagena in the 2016 production of The Magic Flute.[4] The same year she created the role of Joyce in the world premiere of the Ross Harris chamber opera Brass Poppies at the New Zealand Festival.[5][6]

In 2017 Nonoa moved to England and studied opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under Yvonne Kenny.[1] She performed Susanna in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro with Bloomsbury Opera.[7]

She was supported by the Jerwood Young Artists as a member of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera chorus. In 2020 she was appearing in concert at Glynebourne with Emma Kerr and two other chorus members.[8]

References
  1. "Madison Nonoa". Whānau London Voices. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Madison Nonoa". Auckland Theatre Company. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation » Grants". www.kiritekanawa.org. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. Holden, Simon (18 June 2016). "Awkward direction hampers NZ Opera's Magic Flute". Bachtrack. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Metro — Brass Poppies - review". Metro. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Taylor, Alex (15 March 2016). "Review: Brass Poppies". RNZ. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. "Madison Nonoa". Auckland Opera Studio. Retrieved 24 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Hewitt, Phil (19 August 2020). "Glyndebourne offers extra two weeks of summer outdoor events". Sussex Express. Retrieved 21 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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