by Nina | Sep 25, 2018 | 2019 Festival, 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 | Jan 8, 2018 | 2018 Festival, Auditions
We have a great range of roles still available for singers interested in spending four weeks in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada this summer! The Festival runs from July 14 to August 12, and features three MainStage productions: Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s...
by Nina | Nov 27, 2017 | 2018 Festival, Auditions
We’d like to thank the over 150 singers who sang for Nina and David in person or for Nina by distance application. We started to make offers today. It’s an exciting time, but can be quite a slow process, depending on how many offers a singer is juggling....
by Giancarlo Scalia | Nov 8, 2017 | Auditions, Tips and hints
As the audition period for the upcoming Halifax Summer Opera Festival has begun, it is my pleasure to share some of my thoughts on auditioning as a singer from a pianist’s perspective. Having been at the piano or at the jury table for countless auditions, I find...
by Nina | Oct 26, 2017 | Auditions, Tips and hints
Dear terrified/intimidated/resigned/fatalistic/anxious opera singer: Audition season is upon us once again, the time of year when a young opera singer’s fancy turns lightly to thoughts of baring oneself (artistically) in front of a panel of professional judges...
by Nina | Oct 26, 2017 | 2018 Festival, Auditions
The Halifax Summer Opera Festival in Nova Scotia, Canada is preparing for its 14th season in 2018 — with main stage productions of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di...
