Looking for a Crespel/Luther for Hoffmann this summer

We’re actively looking for a bass-baritone to come out to Halifax this summer and sing the roles of Luther and Crespel in Les contes d’Hoffmann with HSOW. If you or anyone you know might be interested, could you contact Nina, please, at mco@ns.sympatico.ca to discuss it? Thanks!

Performance Dates for 2011 Halifax Summer Opera Workshop

Tickets won’t be on sale until the end of May or the beginning of June, and we won’t know the actual casts until July 23, but these are the performance dates: Les contes d’Hoffmann by J. Offenbach Friday August 5, 7:30 pm Saturday August 6, 7:30 pm Thursday August 11, 7:30 pm Saturday August 13, […]

Cast announcements for HSOW 2011

Hello! I’ve posted lists of the confirmed cast members at this point on the 2011 Workshop page. There are a few blank spaces — in most of those cases I’ve made offers and am waiting to hear back from artists about availability and so forth. Our goal, as always, is to double cast everything (except […]

HSOW is in the process of making offers

Hello! I’m in the process of phoning successful candidates for roles in the 2011 Halifax Summer Opera Workshop productions of Tales of Hoffmann and Magic Flute. We’re still juggling some roles around and waiting for some responses — if you’re waiting to hear from us, feel free to contact me and I’ll let you know […]

Auditions in Halifax complete

Auditions in Halifax went really well yesterday, with Halifax’s longest audition panel hearing some really great people 🙂 HSOW’s auditions are now complete. We will finish reviewing our many, many distance applications and we’ll be letting people know results in the next couple of weeks. Nina