The Rodger Fox Big Band continues to defy musical boundaries in a stunning collaboration with international opera star and New Zealand native Simon O’Neill.

Music and education morph in this concert and schools workshop event as Wagner meets the world of big band jazz.

Premiering new arrangements of Wagner’s Die Walküre, Notung! Notung! and Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, this ground-breaking concert will unite one of the finest heldentenors on the international stage in a format that takes Wagner out of the Opera House and into the world of big band jazz.