The 2020 Halifax Summer Opera Festival Main Stage Operas
- The 16th Annual Halifax Summer Opera Festival will run from July 18 to August 16, 2020
Performance dates subject to change.
We will rehearse and perform three shows:
The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (1928)
sung in English with English dialogue
music director: Chuck Homewood
stage director: Andrew Pelrine
stage manager:
vocal coach: Jason Davis
lighting design: Sean Burke
costume design: Nina Scott-Stoddart
assistant costumer:
assistant stage director:
| The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht | voice type |
|---|---|
| Macheath | baritenor |
| Peachum | baritone |
| Mrs Peachum | mezzo soprano |
| Polly Peachum | soprano |
| Jenny Diver | mezzo soprano |
| Jackie "Tiger" Brown | baritone |
| Lucy Brown | soprano |
| Filch | tenor |
| Street Singer | baritenor |
Les dialogues des carmélites by Francis Poulenc (1951)
in French
conductor: Nicholas Gilmore
stage directors: David Mosey and Monike Porter
collaborative pianist: Giancarlo Scalia
vocal coach: Rose Naggar-Tremblay
stage manager: Kaitlyn Smith
lighting design: Sean Burke
costumer: Wafaa Latif
| Les dialogues des carmélites by Poulenc | |
|---|---|
| Marquis de la Force | baritone |
| Chevalier de la Force | tenor |
| Blanche de la Force | lyric soprano |
| Madame de Croissy, Prioress | contralto |
| Madame Lidoine, the new Prioress | soprano |
| Mother Marie | mezzo soprano |
| Sister Constance | coloratura soprano |
| Mother Jeanne | mezzo soprano |
| Sister Mathilde | mezzo soprano |
| L'Aumônier, the chaplain | tenor |
| The jailer/Second officer | baritone |
| M. Javelinot | baritone |
Dido and Aeneas (1688) by Henry Purcell and
Venus and Adonis (1683) by John Blow
sung in English
conductor:
stage director: Erin Bardua
collaborative keyboardist: Mary Castello
vocal coach: Maureen Batt
stage manager:
costumer:
assistant stage director:
| Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell | voice type |
|---|---|
| Dido, queen of Carthage | mezzo soprano |
| Belinda, her friend | soprano |
| Aeneas, prince of Troy | baritone |
| Sorceress | mezzo soprano |
| Second Woman | soprano |
| Sailor/Mercury | tenor |
| First Witch | soprano |
| Second Witch | mezzo soprano |
| Venus and Adonis by John Blow | voice types |
|---|---|
| Venus | soprano |
| Adonis | mezzo soprano |
| Cupid | soprano |
| Shepherd | mezzo soprano |
| Shepherdess | soprano |
| Huntsman | mezzo soprano |
ART SONG INTENSIVE
music director and pianist: Greg Myra
vocal and diction coach: Lucy Hayes-Davis
dramatic coach: Nina Scott-Stoddart