Joel Amosa bass
Samoan Bass-Baritone, Joel Amosa completed his
Music Degree and Post-Graduate diploma under
the tutelage of Isabel Cunningham and Frances
Wilson. In 2012, Joel debuted his Operatic career
with two leading Mozartian roles: Count Almaviva
in The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Otago and
Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte with both The
Auckland Opera Studio and Opera Hawkes Bay.
In 2014, Joel performed the role of Dr. Bartolo
with Festival Operas debut performance of The
Marriage of Figaro , Joel went on to debut the role of Chief Hongi Hika in a new
opera This Other Eden by New Zealand composer, Anthony Ritchie, during the
Dunedin Arts Festival. Furthermore, Joel was the second place-getter in the
Dame Malvina Dunedin Aria Competitions for 2014.
In 2015, Joel was a returning artist for Festival Opera in Donizetti’s The Elixir of
Love , where he sang and charmed the audience as the quack Dr. Dulcamara.
Earlier this year, Joel debuted with Wellington-based opera company, Days Bay
Opera as King Claudio in Handels, Aggripina. Joel then performed as a guest
artist with Motone Productions in their ‘Opera in Rarotonga’ concert series, Joel
re-visited The Marriage of Figaro as Count Almaviva with Waikato University
and most recently performed as the bass soloist in Verdi’s Requiem .
Joel performed the bass roles Harapha and Manoah in Handel’s oratorio
Samson, the bass role of Saul in, Saul with Handel’s Consort and Quire, bass
soloist in Mozarts arrangement of Handels Messiah, Bach and Steffani mass,
Verdi’s Requiem with Bach Musica, Haydn’s Thereisenmesse , Faure’s Requiem ,
Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Napier Civic Choir and Tauranga Civic Choir, and
Mozart’s Mass in C minor with the Southern Sinfonia in Dunedin.
Joel is also an avid member of an Opera Quartet known as Operanesia who
debuted their performance late 2014 to raise money for NZ Singing School and
NZ Opera School fees. The group perform a wide range of music from Classical
Music, Arias and Ensembles with Polynesian Flair right through to Elvis Presley
and Dean Martin.
Joel was awarded the Beatrice Webster Pursuit of Excellence Award from the
IFAC Handa NZ Singing School and The Opera Australia Opportunity Award for
2015. Joel owes a lot of his singing success to Dilworth School. It was there he
found a voice and a passion to pursue music to the fullest.
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