Midsummer Night’s Dream by Britten: Repertoire for 2012 Halifax Summer Opera Workshop
One of the three programmes to be presented at HSOW in 2012 will be Benjamin Britten’s great opera, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which premiered in 1960. In August 1959, Britten decided to compose a full-evening opera for the reopening of the refurbished Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh in June 1960. As this left no time for […]
Need new repertoire suggestions?
This falls under the “we wish we thought of it first” category 🙂 Stuck for new repertoire? Look no further than a nifty website, fachme.com! List a few of the roles you sing or are studying, and the site will give you a truly impressive range of other roles that may be suitable for your […]
HSOW 2012 season to be announced soon!
We’re getting ready for the announcement of our program for the summer of 2012, and it promises to be a lively one! We have a strong line up of faculty members and operas we’re preparing, and we think you’ll be excited about what we have in store! ANY Our auditions will be held in November […]
Opera Workshop suits up for The Magic Flute
There’s a lovely piece by Rebecca Schneidereit in The Dal News about HSOW and The Magic Flute — read it here: http://www.dal.ca/news/2011/08/25/review–opera-workshop-suits-up-for-the-magic-flute.html
Halifax Opera Cabaret at Menz Bar, Aug 10, 8 pm
Hear what opera singers sing for fun. Join the party! Some of the singers in town for the Halifax Summer Opera Workshop are going to sing cabaret at Menz Bar on Wednesday August 10, accompanied by Lynette Wahlstrom and hosted by Bunni Lapin. A casual mix of musical theatre, opera, arty cabaret songs and trash. […]
