Organization

Singer

Tenor

Paul Whelan

James Cook

Norah Stevenson-Tuuga

Orator

Conductor

Uwe Grodd

Lighting designer

Bryce Holmes

Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono

Tupaia

Language Coach

Ena Manuireva

Stage director

John G Davies

New Zealand Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra Wellington

Star Navigator

Porirua

New Zealand

Te Rauparaha Stadium

Star Navigator Finn

Public

Approved

Aboard a cramped British scientific vessel in the vastness of the Pacific, two navigators find themselves locked on a collision course.
One is a Tahitian priest, guided by his ancient knowledge of star pathways. The other a naval officer, desperate to prove both himself and his faith in science.

This beautiful and haunting new work by composer Tim Finn, co-composer Tom McLeod, with Tahitian monologues by Célestine Hitiura Vaite, tells the story of Tupaia, the Tahitian star navigator who sailed with James Cook, on the maiden voyage of the Endeavour in 1769. Ihitai’Avei’a – Star Navigator explores the relationship between two master mariners, each from vastly different worlds, both far from home and unable to find their way into each other’s world.

English

Star Navigator by Finn, T., From (2022/2022), Directed by John G Davies,, Conductor Uwe Grodd, Te Rauparaha Stadium, Porirua, New Zealand

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