From Nine To Noon, 10:05am on 14 June 2023

The meeting!

Back at square one. Can you help?

Aria from Rossini’s opera “La Cenerentola”

When I was recently interviewed by Sunny Chayes about my two recent novels, I was struck by the incongruity of it all.

Reviews of "A Secret Never to be Told"

After 19 years of furious output, Gioacchino Rossini stopped composing operas. Why? A secret never to be told... until now.

Plus an extract from "Roll Jordan, roll", sung by the North Shore Male Choir

What captivated us, most of all, at the time and ever since, when we think of Málaga, was sitting on a stool in the street outside the cathedral...

There are times when No is never the answer

In all my years in opera, I had never seen Pavarotti perform live. What was a man to do?

The signs said "Silenzio" but the temptation was too great

With the North Shore Male Choir (aka Llareggyb Men's Choir), Auckland

Not what you may be expecting

A singalong!