# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Opera’s Bad Girl: Anna Bishop, the World’s First Daringly Defiant Diva
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am – Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 09:10 am
- **Event Description**: Opera’s Bad Girl: Anna Bishop, the World’s First Daringly Defiant Diva
Canta Viva/Sarahlouise Owens
Australia

Seduction, shipwrecks, scandal and soaring arias

Before Nellie Melba, there was Anna Bishop — opera’s original rebel.

Opera’s Bad Girl brings Anna's wild, untold story to life. This show blends the music she made famous, and drama in a fearless celebration of a woman who dared to defy her time.

Continuing from her tour in Australia, Anna Bishop returns to New Zealand to fill you in on the details of her adventures since her last visit in 1867.

A Victorian-era trailblazer and early suffragette who defied her time, Anna lived fast, sang farther, and dared to do what no woman had done before.

Leaving her famous composer husband and defying polite society she ran off with her harpist lover — embarking on a globe-trotting adventure so wild it reads like fiction: shipwrecks, tiger attacks, hostage-takings, war zones and epidemics — and through it all, she sang. To royalty. To rebels. To packed houses on every continent.

Anna's incredible story is brought to life through songs including Lucia's 'Mad Scene', 'Home Sweet Home', and 'Last Rose of Summer'.

"Opera’s Bad Girl is a thoroughly entertaining, brilliantly presented tour de force by Sarahlouise Owens..." Bill Stephens, Australian Arts Review

Keywords: theatre, music, storytelling, historical, new work, international

Event Details
When: 9 & 10 March
Genre: Music
Duration: 70 mins
Price: $18
Venue: Red Door Theatre
14yrs+
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/nelson/opera’s-bad-girl-anna-bishop-the-world’s-first-daringly-defiant-diva/200029654166623
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, trips-adventures, performances, entertainment, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://nelsonfringe.co.nz/events/operas-bad-girl-anna-bishop-the-worlds-first-daringly-defiant-diva/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=nelson-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Nelson
- **state**: NE
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Red Door Theatre
- **lat**: -41.261834684969
- **long**: 173.298
- **full address**: Red Door Theatre, Old St Peters, Atawhai Dr, The Wood, Nelson 7010, New Zealand, Nelson

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Nelson Fringe Festival (https://allevents.in/org/nelson-fringe-festival/19557453)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 09 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Red Door Theatre, Old St Peters, Atawhai Dr, The Wood, Nelson 7010, New Zealand, Nelson
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Nelson Fringe Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, trips-adventures, performances, entertainment, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Opera’s Bad Girl: Anna Bishop, the World’s First Daringly Defiant Diva ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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