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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |