Sunday, August 6th to Sunday, August 13th, 2023
GALA CONCERT – 6 mini operas about Nova Scotia
August 13th, 2023 at 3pm
Saint Andrew’s United Church, 6036 Coberg Road, Halifax
With Joseph Dowell, piano
Donations at the door
GALA CONCERT PROGRAM LINK: OFS2023 Program
Opera From Scratch is a one week long workshop which allows six composers and six singers to develop six 10 minute operas for solo voice and piano. Composers are asked to base their mini-opera on a Nova Scotia theme of cultural or historic significance.
During Opera from Scratch, the six mini-operas are intensively workshopped in consultation with a senior composer/mentor and singing teacher in private daily sessions, as well as a private round table for the composition students. A resident pianist will be available for private rehearsals and masterclasses. Lectures, acting classes, and round tables will be given by a new music singing specialist, dramaturge, and a theatre director.
Photo: Böðvar (Ingi) Hlifarsson Geirfinnsson sings A Tour with Wally Waterfront by Holly Winter
Vocalypse Productions is a non-profit society based in Halifax, Nova Scotia with Janice Isabel Jackson, soprano in the role of Artistic Director. Vocalypse Productions creates, commissions, and presents unique and exciting musical events which expand the boundaries of contemporary classical music including: new opera, art song, improvisational vocal music which include extended vocal techniques. Read More