[2][3] In 2016 Nonoa won third place in the 2016 Lexus Song Quest and was awarded the $15,000 Kiri Te Kanawa scholarship for most promising singer.

[4] She was selected as an Emerging Artist with New Zealand Opera and made her professional debut in the role of Papagena in the 2016 production of The Magic Flute.

[5] The same year she created the role of Joyce in the world premiere of the Ross Harris chamber opera Brass Poppies at the New Zealand Festival.

[9] Recent engagements include Papagena Die Zauberflote at Glyndebourne, a participation at Snape Maltings with Simon Keenlyside and Malcolm Martineau as part of the Momentum Scheme, Despina Cosi fan tutte and Tytania A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

The 21-22 season includes the role of Maria Westside Story for Opera du Rhin as well as a performance of Couperin’s Trois Leçons de Ténèbres for the King’s Consort.