HSOW 2012 starts tomorrow!
Tomorrow morning over 75 people will gather in the basement of the Dalhousie Arts Centre to start the eighth annual Halifax Opera Workshop: a four week long journey of shared creation that leads towards and through fourteen public concerts. I can’t, just at the moment, really visualize what those 75 people are going to look […]
HSOW artists still looking for Halifax places to stay
We still need one billet for one of our singers to stay for all or part of July 16-August13. A couch will do — just any place that a great young singer can lay his head! We also need a place for Dr Leonard Lehrman and his wife, Helene Williams, to stay from July 25 […]
HSOW starts two weeks from tomorrow — tickets on sale now!
I can’t believe that our eighth workshop starts in two weeks, and although I’m glad of this calm before the operatic storm hits, I am really looking forward to our work this year! Not only are we presenting three shows, instead of our usual two, but we also have two special concerts this year: our […]
HSOW congratulates alumna Maureen Ferguson on earning a place with Calgary Opera!
We are tickled pink to announce that HSOW almumna Maureen Ferguson has been awarded a place with the Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program! [box] “Each season, Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artist Development Program provides up to eight young singers with the opportunity to study and perform under a highly prestigious professional staff of teachers and […]
HSOW offers continue
Just an update on the status of HSOW’s offers. We have made our initial or, in some cases, secondary round of offers, and are waiting to hear back from some of the successful candidates. Our goal is to double cast every role where possible. We are getting our package ready to go out to those […]
