In 2023, from July 22 to August 20, HSOF will rehearse and perform two fully-staged operas: Offenbach’s La jolie parfumeuse and Handel’s Serse.
music by Jacques Offenbach
sung in French, with English dialogue
music director: Giancarlo Scalia
stage director: Andrew Pelrine
| LA JOLIE PARFUMEUSE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rose Michon | Ashley Carpenter | soprano |
| Bavolet | Madeline Berman | Janaki Butterworth |
| Clorinde | Charlotte Anderson | soprano |
| La Julienne | Rosalie Dowling | mezzo soprano |
| Arthémise | Charise Pohl | soprano |
| Madelon | soprano | |
| Justine | Abby Corpus | soprano |
| Lise | soprano | |
| Mirette | soprano | |
| Poirot | tenor or soprano | |
| La Cocardiere | baritone or mezzo | |
| Germain | baritone or mezzo |
music by G.F. Handel
sung in Italian
music director: Melissa Doiron
stage director: Nina Scott-Stoddart
| SERSE by Handel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Serse | Emma Yee | mezzo soprano or countertenor |
| Arsamene | soprano | |
| Armastre | Heather Byford | MacKenzie Sechi |
| Romilda | Siyuan Carter-Patkau | Clare Lowe |
| Atalanta | Julia Jordan | Chihiro Yasufuku |
| Ariodate | Nicholas Murphy | bass-baritone |
| Elviro | baritone |