Lindsay Perigo

Lindsay Perigo is a New Zealand broadcaster, author and commentator, once hailed by Metro magazine as "the doyen of political interviewers." He infamously walked out of Television New Zealand in 1993, calling its news and current affairs "braindead." His subsequent writings on everything under the sun have been assembled in 'The Total Passion for the Total Height'. Currently, his passion is to rescue spoken English from barbarism. An eccentric recluse who despises "Faecesbook" and "Twit-Witter," he nonetheless has a website, lindsayperigo.com. A Mario Lanza devotee since the age of seven, his interviews with Lanza's conductor, Constantine Callinicos, and such singing luminaries as Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Anna Moffo and Licia Albanese can be found on YouTube. "Linz" will be the presenter for Operatunity's "The Great Mario Lanza" tour, October/November 2016.