Review Archive
PEPE BECKER – composer, singer, teacher – completed a BMus (in Composition) at Wellington’s Victoria University in 1987, then studied (Baroque) singing from 1991 to 1993 – with Jessica Cash in London, and at The Hague’s Koninklijk Conservatorium.
She has sung professionally with a number of early music groups overseas; has been a soloist alongside renowned international singers such as Emma Kirkby, Richard Wistreich and Andreas Scholl, and now appears regularly as soprano soloist with chamber groups, choirs and orchestras throughout New Zealand.
Pepe directs her own ensemble, Baroque Voices (founded in 1994), which was the vocal group in the Musica Sacra concert series that ran for ten years (2001-2010) in St Mary of the Angels, and which has given many performances of both early and contemporary music throughout New Zealand. She is a member of Voices NZ Chamber Choir; composes music; teaches piano, theory and singing, and also practises and teaches karate and astrology.
For more information and upcoming concerts, please visit:
https://baroquevoices.co.nz/ and www.sounz.org.nz/contributor/composer/1257
Welcome to the review archive.
Theatre and dance reviews since 2006.
CALL OF THE HUIA – Forgotten Art Songs of Aotearoa
Wellington
07/08/2022 - 07/08/2022
"An infectious and endearing example of the true art of collaboration..
REAL MEN DON'T SING!
Wellington
18/03/2021 - 20/03/2021
"Robust harmonies, full-hearted singing, groovy and exhilarating rhythms, excellent conversational patter …..
YESTERDAY, IN SPACE
Wellington
18/03/2019 - 20/03/2019
"Great retro-futuristic escape..
EVENSONG
Wellington
23/03/2018 - 23/03/2018
"Much wit, lightheartedness, pathos and depth..
CYNTHIA & GERTIE GO BAROQUE!
Palmerston North, Wellington
20/09/2017 - 23/12/2017
"Go for baroque, Kiwi style..
"Funny, frolicking and fabulous..
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CARRIE THE MUSICAL
Wellington
21/06/2017 - 01/07/2017
"High-octane Carrie excels in quieter moments..
"Impressive juxtaposition of different emotional dynamics..
DON GIOVANNI
Wellington
20/08/2016 - 27/08/2016
"Wonderfully engrossing..
AGAINST THE PIERCING SUN
Wellington
22/02/2016 - 26/02/2016
"An energetic contemporary work about youth, by youth, for youth..
WOMEN ARE FROM MARS: ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT CHOIR
Wellington
15/02/2016 - 17/02/2016
"Many wonderful and nostalgic themes to be heard..
LA TRAVIATA
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
19/06/2014 - 23/07/2016
"Brava diva!..
"Sumptuous and emotionally-charged..
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C – A MUSICAL
Wellington
06/07/2013 - 03/08/2013
"An uplifting journey through cancer..
"A ‘must-C' show: highly entertaining, deeply moving, honest, witty, informative, imaginative and very, very human..
MADAME BUTTERFLY
Wellington, Auckland
18/04/2013 - 18/05/2013
"Internally passionate yet externally restrained..
"Sellout production ticks all the boxes..
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The Italian Girl in Algiers
Wellington, Auckland
09/05/2009 - 06/06/2009
"A dazzling, stellar Isabella..
"A grand night of entertainment..
The Sound of Music
Wellington
25/09/2008 - 11/10/2008
"Bloom and grow forever..
"Fresh production of perennial work..
Good Angel, Bad Angel
Wellington
01/04/2008 - 04/04/2008
"Excellently crafted and performed intimate chamber opera..
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog
Wellington
02/03/2008 - 05/03/2008
"Cultural clash story turns into important opera..
"Dog of an opera a trial to its audience..
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Lucia di Lammermoor
Auckland, Wellington
23/06/2007 - 21/07/2007
"Superb execution of music and production..
"Compelling, true and worth it..
Trouble in Tahiti
Wellington
10/02/2007 - 18/02/2007
"Aural and visual delight..
