by Nina | Sep 25, 2018 | 2019 Season, Auditions
We’re just putting the finishing touches on the application form for the 2019 Halifax Summer Opera Festival — marking our 15th year! Our 2019 season will feature Die Zauberflöte, Les contes d’Hoffmann and either Alcina or Turn of the Screw. The...
by Nina | Aug 12, 2018 | 2018 Festival, Reviews
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE – August 8, 2018 High note for Halifax WIMBY! (Wow, in my backyard!) This spring, I attended nine operas in prestigious, and often expensive, opera houses in Zurich, Munich, Milan, Turin and Piacenza, but none gave me more...
by Nina | Aug 6, 2018 | General
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by Nina | Jul 13, 2018 | 2018 Festival
Tomorrow morning almost 100 people will gather in the basement of the Dal Arts Centre to start this year’s festival journey. We just couldn’t be more excited about our season and about the people who are in town to bring it to life! If you want to be a...
by Nina | Jun 26, 2018 | 2018 Festival, Masterclasses
The Halifax Summer Opera Festival is delighted to announce that Michael Donovan, Associate Professor of Voice at Dalhousie University, will be giving a masterclass in vocal performance at the 2018 Festival. Michael is an educator, voice teacher, performer, composer...
