Dame Malvina's "heartland" tour, "My Life in Song", will reach the resort on April 10, where she will be joined on stage by four friends.
"I've been looking for some time for an opportunity to sing and entertain in venues in which I've never appeared, or not for a considerable time.
"Now, with four special friends, I'm looking forward to appearing in an intimate recital this April," Dame Malvina (67) said.
She will be joined by Karl Perigo, Rachelle Pike, Vicki Lee and accompanist Kirsten Simpson, who is returning from London for the tour.
Perigo, a Feilding-born entertainer, is known as much for his "distinctive socks" and personality as his singing voice.
Hailing from a musical family, Perigo played Enjolras in Les Miserables as well as taking roles in West Side Story and My Fair Lady.
He has also featured as a popular tenor for Last Night of the Proms all over New Zealand.
He has teamed up with Lee to perform at various functions throughout the North Island.
The pair recently released their first album, Music of the Night.
Lee was once part of the duo String of Pearls and has been entertaining New Zealand audiences for more than 25 years.
She also performed in Australia, Samoa and Las Vegas with the late Sir Howard Morrison.
Lee sang the New Zealand national anthem at a televised New Zealand vs Australia rugby league test in 1993 and has since performed the New Zealand national anthem and opposing team anthems at more than 20 televised sporting events.
Along with the album released with Perigo, Lee has just released her first solo album Goin' Back.
Pike (25) is a mezzo soprano from Blenheim, who recently completed her bachelor of music degree, gaining first-class honours, majoring in performance voice at Canterbury University, where she studied under Dame Malvina.
Pike was a 2006-07 PricewaterhouseCoopers Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist with NBR New Zealand Opera and the recipient of the Circle 100 scholarship.
Last November, she came second in the New Zealand Aria Competition and her recent engagements include Mercedes in Carmen and Third Lady in The Magic Flute with Southern Opera.
Dame Malvina's "My Life in Song" reflects her love of all things musical.
The two-hour journey of well-known arias, popular songs and entertaining anecdotes would include childhood memories and performances at some of the world's most famous opera houses.
• The Queenstown concert will be held at the Memorial Hall on April 10 from 7.30pm. Tickets cost $49 plus service fees for the gallery and $59 plus service fees for the main auditorium, available from the Queenstown Events Centre or through TicketDirect.
