New Zealand-born Samoan tenor Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono joined the Jette Parker Artists Programme in the 2025/26 Season. He is a graduate of the Te Pae Kōkako TANZOS (Aotearoa New Zealand Opera Studio), supported by a Dame Malvina Major Foundation (DMMF) Scholarship, and the New Zealand Opera School. He was the winner of the 2024 Iosefa Enari Memorial Award, 2023 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Award, 2023 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition and 2022 Lockwood New Zealand Aria Competition, and recipient of the Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship (2022 Lexus Song Quest). Recent performances include Gerontius/Soul in The Dream of Gerontius (Auckland Choral), solo tenor in Mozart’s Requiem (Dunedin Symphony Orchestra), the world premiere of Christopher Tin’s To Shiver the Sky (Hamilton City Brass). Roles with New Zealand Opera include Tupaia (Tim Finn’s Ihitai Avei’a), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Malcolm (Macbeth) and Gastone (La traviata). 2025/26 Royal Opera roles include Pang (Turandot), Borsa (Rigoletto) and First Philistine (Samson et Dalila).