The 2019 Halifax Summer Opera Festival Main Stage Operas
- The 15th Annual Halifax Summer Opera Festival will run from July 13 to August 11, 2019
Performance dates subject to change.
We will rehearse and perform three shows:
Die Zauberflöte by W.A. Mozart (1786)
sung in German with English dialogue
PERFORMANCES: Friday August 2, Saturday August 3, Thursday August 8, Saturday August 10
conductor: Michael Donovan
stage directors: Jason Davis
stage manager: Rowena Martin
collaborative pianist: Greg Myra
vocal coach: Lucy Hayes-Davis
lighting design: Sean Burke
costume design: Ariel MacTavish
assistant stage director: Edie Reaney
assistant costumer:
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE by Mozart
Tamino Alexander Cappellazzo
Papageno Luke Noftall
Pamina Meghan Jamieson (NS) Lindsay Heyland (NS)
Queen of the Night Anastasia Pogorelova (Russia) Katherine Mayba
Sarastro Duncan Stenhouse
First Lady Skylar Cameron (NS) Julie Gate
Second Lady Corinne James (ON) Serena Yeung
Third Lady Laura Curiale Natalie Vong
Monostatos Mehdi Mikaeilzadh
Papagena Grace Hakala Emily Wang
First Spirit Emilie James (ON) Olivia Charlebois-Brandvold
Second Spirit Julia Kennific Rhian Merritt (NS)
Third Spirit Keira Davis (NS) Raelyn Davis (NS)
Speaker Steven DeWitt
Little Pamina Billie Kent (NS) Ava Frail (NS)
Little Papageno Charlie Fournier (NS)
Little Monostatos Dylan Chang (NS)
Little Papagena Julia Velasco (NS)
Les contes d’Hoffmann (1957)
in French
PERFORMANCES: Saturday August 3, Sunday August 4, Wednesday August 7 and Saturday August 10.
conductor: Nicholas Gilmore
stage directors: Andrew Pelrine and Nina Scott-Stoddart
collaborative pianist: Giancarlo Scalia
vocal coach: TBA
stage manager: Kaitlyn Smith
lighting design: Sean Burke
costumer: Wafaa Latif
assistant stage director: Monike Porter
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN by Offenbach
Hoffmann, a poet Koosha Khorramian (Iran/NS) Sylvain Paré (QC)
Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto MarKo Hubert (NS) Chad Quigley
Nicklausse, his friend Mairi Demings (NS) Lissy Meyerowitz
Olympia, a doll Loren Graziano Meggie MacKay
Antonia, a young girl Olivia LaPointe Kelsey Lee
Giulietta, a courtesan Leslie Higgins Olivia Spahn-Vieria
Nathanael, Frantz, Pitichinaccio, Spalanzani Eli Aronson
Crespel, Antonia's father Duncan Stenhouse
Antonia's mother Megan Hayward
Alcina by G.F. Handel
sung in Italian
PERFORMANCES: Sunday August 4, Tuesday August 6, Friday August 9 and Sunday August 11.
conductor: Markus Howard
stage director: Erin Bardua
collaborative harpsichordist: Ria Kim
vocal coach: Maureen Batt
stage manager: Kevin Fowler
costumer: Ophelia Stone
assistant stage director: Anne Sutton
lighting design: TBA
ALCINA by Handel
Alcina, a sorceress Jodie Miller Victoria Vass
Morgana, her sister Sevan Kochkarian Abigail Sinclair (NS)
Oberto, a boy Alyssa Hildebrand Emma Battel
Bradamante, Ruggiero's lover Zoë Gotziaman Laurel Coddington
Ruggiero Sean Jordan
Orontë, Morgana's lover Justin Li
Melisso, Ruggiero's tutor Camilo Rodriguez-Cuadrado