All audition dates now set for Halifax Summer Opera Workshop

We now have our full slate of audition dates set for HSOW 2011’s productions of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann. We’ve added times in Toronto on Friday February 11, from 6 to 9 pm at Kimbourne Park United Church (near Coxwell and Greenwood) and in Halifax on Saturday March 5, from 1 […]

Auditions for 2011 HSOW – almost ready!

We’ve booked our audition space for London, Ontario for Thursday FEBRUARY 10, 2011. We’re just finalizing our times in Toronto (which will probably be Friday/Saturday Feb. 11 and 12), so stay tuned! Just a reminder that HSOW 2011 will run from Monday July 18 through Sunday August 14.

Repertoire for 2011 announced: Les contes d’Hoffmann and Die Zauberflöte

We’ve picked the operas for next year:  Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann with music director Tara Scott and stage director Nina Scott-Stoddart, and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, with stage directors GaRRy Williams and David Mosey, music director TBA. HSOW 2011 will run from Monday July 18 to Sunday August 14. More information to come about audition dates […]

Coast review of Susannah and Alcina

The Halifax Summer Opera Workshop Susannah and Alcina grace the James Dunn stage in this year’s workshop series. by Kate Watson The Halifax Summer Opera Workshop For the past six years, the Halifax Summer Opera Workshop has been bringing young opera singers from across the country together for an intensive period of study that culminates […]