Their Act II duet, "The Symphony," is one of the standout pieces in Moby-Dick, as is the earlier duet between tenor Stephen Costello (Greenhorn) and Jonathan
Lemalu (Queequeg) that opens the second act.
A selection of Copland's Old American Songs showed that
Lemalu's bass baritone is just that: a lower register whose resonance borders on the cavernous, but one complemented by an upper range of great lightness and beauty.
Still, that aside, viewers are invited join Radio 3's Petroc Trelawny, former CBBC presenter Josie D'Arby, bass-baritone Jonathan
Lemalu and leading vocal coach Mary King for a night at the opera.
Petroc Trelawny and Josie D'Arcy are joined by Jonathan
Lemalu and Mary King for the opening heat of the international opera contest, which sees singers from all over the globe compete to impress the judges, including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Marilyn Horne, Hakan Hagegard, Lorenzo Mariani, Dennis O'Neill and Alexander Polianichko.
Tonight's soloists for A Child of Our Time are soprano Kate Royal, mezzo-soprano Madeleine Shaw, tenor Paul Nilon and baritone Jonathan
Lemalu.
I'm not sure I could hum you anything from German 'comic' opera The Barber of Baghdad, but I can tell you the wonderful Samoan bass-baritone Jonathan
Lemalu was worth the visit to Buxton alone.
She was born June 9, 1941, in American Samoa to Tapuvae and
Lemalu Togia Faatiliga.
A choir of 900 local singers joined the soloists - soprano Elin Manahan Thomas, tenor Rhys Meirion and Jonathan
Lemalu, a bass - for the show.
YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE: Chris Elder; Louis Brown, Andy Forsyth, Tom Bullough (Harry Davey, 20), Rian Hamilton; Jacob Umaga, Olly Fox (Sam Wolstenholme, 56); Marc Thomas (Tom Hill, 50), Dylan Donnellan (Joe Buckle, 56), Andrew Foster (Craig Mitchell, 64); Fa'atiga
Lemalu, Matt Smith (Kieran Frost, 76); Cian Romaine, Josh Bainbridge, Antonio Kiri Kiri (Elliott Ward, 79).
Led by Joshua Blooms rugged and well-judged Bottom, the mechanicals were a fine team, with established stars such as Graeme Danby (Quince) and Jonathan
Lemalu (Snug) blending in with lesser-known colleagues.
THE TEAMS IRELAND SAMOA Kearney 15 Autagavaia Bowe 14 Leiua O'Driscoll 13 Pisi D'Arcy 12 Leota McFadden 11 Vaalu Jackson 10 Pisi Murray 9 Fotuali'i (c) McGrath 1 Taulafo Best 2 Ole Avei Ross 3 Mulipola McCarthy 4
Lemalu Toner 5 PaulO'Mahony 6 Treviranus Henry 7 Lam Heaslip (c) 8 Tuifua Ireland reps: Cronin, Healy, Fitzpatrick, O'Connell, O'Brien, Reddan, Madigan, Kearney.
Gwyn Hughes Jones, y tenor o Sir Fon, Jonathan
Lemalu, bas-bariton o Seland Newydd, Claire Rutter, soprano o Loegr a Mirouslava Yordanova, mezzo-soprano o Fwlgaria, yw'r unawdwyr yn y cyngerdd.