The 2015 Halifax Summer Opera Festival featured performer: Nova Scotian tenor Colin Frotten!
Artist Name: Colin Frotten Voice type: tenor Role you’re singing this year: Little Bat McLean and Elder Hayes in Susannah Tell us where you’re from! I’m originally from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and currently based out of Toronto, Ontario. I started playing piano at 6 years old, and singing a few years later. I’ve been singingand playing music on stage […]
The 2015 Halifax Summer Opera Festival featured performer: mezzo Stephanie O’Leary!
Artist Name: Stephanie O’Leary Voice type: mezzo soprano Role you’re singing this year: Madame de la Haltière (the wicked stepmother) in Cendrillon Tell us where you’re from! I am from London Ontario and currently reside there. I did not grow up in a home that listened to opera or musical theatre, however my father heavily influenced what I […]
The 2015 Halifax Summer Opera Festival: Featured performer, soprano Breanne Rourke!
Artist Name: Breanne Rourke. Voice type: soprano Role you’re singing this year: Spirit 2 in Cendrillon Tell us where you’re from! I’m from St. Catharines, ON and I first became interested in opera while completing my Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance with Torin Chiles. I was always interested in singing classical music and art song prior to that, but […]
The 2015 Halifax Summer Opera Festival featured performer: Meghan Hopkins!
Artist Name: Meghan Hopkins. Voice type: mezzo soprano Role you’re singing this year: Mrs Ott in Susannah Tell us where you’re from! I’m from London, Ontario and it was actually my vocal teacher that got me interested in opera/classical music. My first experience with opera type music was when I saw a production of Phantom […]
Halifax Summer Opera Festival Featured Performer: Eric Charbonneau
Our first featured performer is Éric Charbonneau, the conductor for Kurt Weill’s Street Scene. He made his debut with us last year as the music director for the Opera Scenes program as well as the Musical Theatre night. Éric is from St-Félicien, Lac-St-Jean, Qc and has had a passion for Musical Theatre since high school. His […]
