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 […]
Photos from the dress rehearsal of the port cast of Carmen in Halifax
All photos copyright Emily Jewer
Photos from the dress rehearsal of the Port cast of Dream in Halifax
Here are some photos of the first cast of Dream — production and costumes designed by Nina Scott-Stoddart. All photos copyright Emily Jewer