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 Friday August 2, 7:30 pm
Thursday August 8, 7:30 pmSaturday August 3, 7:30 pm
Saturday August 10, 2:00 pm
Tamino Alexander Cappellazzo Alexander Cappellazzo
Papageno Luke Noftall Luke Noftall
Pamina Meghan Jamieson (NS) Lindsay Heyland (NS)
Queen of the Night Katherine Mayba Anastasia Pogorelova (Russia)
Sarastro Duncan Stenhouse Duncan Stenhouse
First Lady Julie Gate Skylar Cameron (NS)
Second Lady Serena Yeung Corinne James (ON)
Third Lady Laura Curiale Natalie Vong
Monostatos Mehdi Mikaeilzadh Mehdi Mikaeilzadh
Papagena Grace Hakala Emily Wang
First Spirit Olivia Charlebois-Brandvold Emilie James (ON)
Second Spirit Julia Kennific Rhian Merritt (NS)
Third Spirit Raelyn Davis (NS) Keira Davis (NS)
Speaker Steven DeWitt Steven DeWitt
Little Pamina Ava Frail (NS) Billie Kent (NS)
Little Papageno Charlie Fournier (NS) Charlie Fournier (NS)
Little Monostatos Dylan Chang (NS) Dylan Chang (NS)
Little Papagena Julia Velasco (NS) 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 Saturday August 3, 2:00 pm
Wednesday August 7, 7:30 pmSunday August 4, 7:30 pm
Saturday August 10, 7:30 pm
Hoffmann, a poet Koosha Khorramian (Iran/NS) Koosha Khorramian (Iran/NS)
Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto MarKo Hubert (NS) MarKo Hubert (NS)
Nicklausse, his friend Mairi Demings (NS) Lissy Meyerowitz
Olympia, a doll Meggie MacKay Loren Graziano
Antonia, a young girl Olivia LaPointe Kelsey Lee
Giulietta, a courtesan Leslie Higgins Olivia Spahn-Vieria
Nathanael, Frantz, Pitichinaccio, Spalanzani Eli Aronson (USA) Eli Aronson (USA)
Crespel, Antonia's father Duncan Stenhouse Duncan Stenhouse
Schlémil Steven DeWitt (NS) Steven DeWitt (NS)
Luther Jim Horne (NS) Steven DeWitt (NS)
Cochenille Loren Graziano Meggie MacKay
Hermann Lissy Meyerowitz Mairi Demings
Andres Rhian Meritt (NS) Rhian Meritt (NS)
Stella/Waitress Oliva Spahn-Vieria Leslie Higgins
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 Sunday August 4, 2 pm Friday August 9, 7:30 pm Tuesday August 6, 7:30 pm
Sunday August 11, 2 pm
Alcina, a sorceress Jodie Miller Victoria Vass
Morgana, her sister Sevan Kochkarian Abigail Sinclair (NS)
Oberto, a boy Emma Battel Alyssa Hildebrand
Bradamante, Ruggiero's lover Laurel Coddington Zoë Gotziaman
Ruggiero Sean Jordan Sean Jordan
Orontë, Morgana's lover Justin Li Justin Li
Melisso, Ruggiero's tutor Camilo Rodriguez-Cuadrado Camilo Rodriguez-Cuadrado