Fine cast, outstanding voices, great music opera workshop – Chronicle Herald Review

The operative word with the Halifax Summer Opera Workshop production of Midsummer Night’s Dream is magic. I might be tempted to say “half-magic” but I don’t think magic is divisible. The “half” is because a workshop production, even one as good as the one I saw in the Dunn Theatre Friday night, with piano accompaniment […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review in The Coast by Kate Watson

HSOW’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream A memorable take on an old favourite Posted by Kate Watson on Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 2:26 PM While I may not be an out-and-out opera buff, I am eternally grateful to Halifax Summer Opera Workshop for introducing me to the delights of some accessible works over the past […]

Three Things I Learned From The American Arias Concert

One thing you can usually depend on as a classical singer is that the composer is really not invested in how you sing your music. Mozart is not going to come back from the dead if I sing an eighth instead of a quarter somewhere in an aria. HOWEVER all that changes once you are […]