Last Saturday night, I saw a thrilling performance by Sol3 Mio here at the Regent Theatre in Dunedin.
I have seen these 3 remarkable young men on various news items and bought their CD before Christmas. Pene and Amitai are brothers and Moses is their cousin. They have all studied in Wales. They have just finished 15 sold out concerts throughout New Zealand and have added 3 more this week in the 3 largest cities using bigger venues.
Last night on a news program there was an item about a 16 year old Maori boy from Northland, Kauwiti Selwyn, and his meeting with Sol3 Mio. Perhaps there is another great opera singer of the future.
Here they are singing "I am Samoa" the unofficial national anthem of Samoa. Pene was born in Samoa, the others in Auckland and they proudly display both Samoa and NZ when overseas.
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Meanwhile at the concert on Saturday, we learnt that this year Moses will be singing in France, Amitai at Salzburg and Pene at the San Francisco Opera.
I have found that Pene is singing the role of Gascone in La Traviata the night I will be there. I have purchased a ticket.