2023 Festival Season Repertoire

In 2023, from July 22 to August 20, HSOF will rehearse and perform two fully-staged operas: Offenbach’s La jolie parfumeuse and Handel’s Serse.

music by Jacques  Offenbach
sung in French, with English dialogue

music director: Giancarlo Scalia
stage director: Andrew Pelrine
stage manager: Vanessa LePine
vocal coach: Susan Boddie
repetiteur: Mary Costello

LA JOLIE PARFUMEUSESaturday August 12, 7:30 pm
Thursday August 17, 7:30 pm
Sunday August 13, 2 pm
Saturday August 19, 2pm
Rose MichonAshley CarpenterAshley Carpenter
BavoletJanaki ButterworthMadeline Berman
ClorindeCharlotte AndersonDahlia Gamache
La JulienneRosalie DowlingRosalie Dowling
ArthémiseOliva MacGowanOliva MacGowan
MadelonAnna SimmonsLaura Pollard
JustineAbby CorpusAbby Corpus
LiseSarah BrownCharlotte Anderson
GermaineKarina Lago DisdierKarina Lago Disdier
PoirotSarah BrownSarah Brown
La CocardiereMarko HubertMarko Hubert


Serse by G.F. Handel

music by G.F.  Handel
sung in Italian

music director: Melissa Doiron
stage director: Nina Scott-Stoddart
collaborative pianist: Jack Olszewski

SERSE by HandelFriday August 11 7:30 pm (Conservatory)
Friday August 18, 7:30 pm (Library)
Saturday August 12 2 pm (Conservatory)
Saturday August 19 7:30 pm (Library)
SerseHaley BoydEmma Yea
ArsameneHannah OverbeyKarina Lago Disdier
ArmastreMacKenzie SechiHeather Byford
RomildaSiyuan Carter-PatkauClare Lowe
AtalantaChihiro YasufukuJulia Jordan
AriodateNicholas MurphyNicholas Murphy
ElviroMarKo HubertMarKo Hubert