Fine cast, outstanding voices, great music opera workshop – Chronicle Herald Review
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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
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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
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All photos copyright Emily Jewer
Photos from the dress rehearsal of the Port cast of Dream in Halifax
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Here are some photos of the first cast of Dream — production and costumes designed by Nina Scott-Stoddart. All photos copyright Emily Jewer