Te Pae Kōkako - The Aotearoa New Zealand Opera Studio (TANZOS) is a 12-18 month immersive programme which provides full-time training at an international level for exceptionally promising opera singers, regardless of circumstances. Each place is funded by a donor-gifted scholarship.

Our students receive coaching from national and international guest tutors and engage in professional residencies with companies in New Zealand and abroad, including an annual two-week residency with Opera Australia.

It is the only programme of its kind in Aotearoa New Zealand and open to a maximum of six singers per year. TANZOS encompasses all the necessary elements required to give singers the best possible start on the global opera stage.

TANZOS 2025/2026 artists include baritone Faamanu Fonoti-Fuimaono, baritone Tomairangi Henare, soprano Niamh Bentley, soprano Sarah Mileham and bass-baritone Edward Smith.