The 2015 Halifax Summer Opera Festival Featured Performer: soprano Karina Bray
Artist Name: Karina Bray Voice type: full lyric soprano Role you’re singing this year: Anna Maurrant in Street Scene Where are you from? How did you first get interested in opera or musical theatre? I come from a very small town in Ontario which had a large interest in music. As a young child I would participate in musical […]
The 2015 Halifax Summer Opera Festival Featured Performer: bass-baritone Evan Adair
Artist Name: Evan Adair Voice type: bass-baritone Role you’re singing this year: Frank Maurrant in Street Scene How did you first get interested in opera or musical theatre? I’m from Raleigh, North Carolina, and I didn’t consider opera an option as far as my career goes until my freshman year of college. My family encouraged me to be in every […]
The 2015 Halifax Summer Opera Festival Featured Performer: soprano Michaela Chiste!
Artist Name: Michaela Chiste Voice type: soprano Role you’re singing this year: Jennie Hildebrand in Street Scene How did you first get interested in opera or musical theatre? There weren’t any really opera enthusiasts in my family, but we really liked musical theatre. I basically grew up with Phantom of the Opera. Our copy of the score is actually how […]
The 2015 Halifax Summer Opera Festival Featured Performer: Nova Scotian soprano Nalani Perry!
Artist Name: Nalani Perry Voice type: soprano Role you’re singing this year: First Salvation Army Girl/First Nursemaid in Street Scene Tell us where you’re from! I’m from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and I became interested in opera at the young age of 10, which is when I saw my first production of Humperdinck’s ‘Hansel und Gretel’. I was mesmerized by the acting, […]
Season Launch Cocktail Party for Halifax Summer Opera Festival’s 11th Season!
What could be more fun than an operatic cocktail party? This year the 11th annual Halifax Summer Opera Festival presents three full-length works with suffering heroines: Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, Massenet’s Cendrillon and Floyd’s Susannah. Since even opera divas shouldn’t suffer all the time, we’ve decided to throw a fabulous cocktail party to launch the season! Join us for an […]
