2021 HSOF Application Form

Application Form for 2023 Halifax Summer Opera Festival

HSOF will celebrate our 17th season from July 22 to August 20, 2023 with two operas! We're a friendly and supportive four-week-long workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada. Please visit our site for more information on the Application Process
About you
First Name*
Last Name*
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
City
State/Province
ZIP / Postal
Country
Email*
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Contact Phone*
Alternative Phone
Where are you from? Do you have a connection with the Maritimes?
Voice type*
Voice type modifier (if applicable)
Can you please share a little about your training, stage experience and particular interest in coming to Halifax? What strengths do you bring? What do you most want to work on?
Will you require a bursary or scholarship to attend HSOF?*

YesNo
Audition Location*
To be considered in the first round of casting, please submit your digital materials by November 6, 2022
Roles in Offenbach's La jolie parfumeuse

All roles will be double cast where possible. Roles separated by a slash will be sung by the same singer, but not necessarily at the same performance. Musical numbers will be sung in French and dialogue will be spoken in English.
What roles are you interested in?

Please cast me where you feel I am best suited.Rose, a perfume shop owner (soprano)Bavolet, her husband (mezzo soprano)Clorinde, a dancer at the Paris Opéra and mistress of La Cocardière (soprano)Arthémise, a dancer at the Paris Opéra (soprano)Madelon, a dancer at the Paris Opéra (soprano)La Julienne, friend of La Cocardière (mezzo soprano)Justine, La Cocardière's maidMirette, La Cocardière's maidPoirot, hotel clerk and friend of La Cocardière (tenor or soprano)La Cocardière, rich godfather of Bavolet (baritone or mezzo)Germain (baritone or mezzo)
Roles in Handel's Serse

All roles will be double cast where possible. Roles separated by a slash will be sung by the same singer, but not necessarily at the same performance. Will be sung in Italian -- still deciding pitch. Note that some of the roles are very hard to classify in modern fach terms. Both Serse and Arsamenes could be sung by almost anyone but a very low voice - they both sing G above the staff.
What roles are you interested in?

Please cast me where you feel I am best suited.Serse, King of Persia (mezzo-soprano, tenor or countertenor with good high notes)Arsamenes, Serse's brother, in love with Romilda, (tenor or soprano)Amastre, priestess, jilted by Serse (contralto)Romilda, Ariodate's daughter, in love with Arsamene (soprano)Atalanta, Romilda's sister, also in love with Arsamene (soprano)Ariodate, Persian prince and father of Romilda and Atalanta (bass, bass-baritone or contralto)Elviro, Arsamene's servant (baritone)
Any other comments?
$25 CAD fee via PayPal
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Application Fee
$25CAD
After you press SUBMIT, you'll be sent to PayPal to pay your $35 application fee. You'll then be sent a confirmation email, which will include a link to a separate form for submitting your digital audition materials. If you've requested a bursary or scholarship, then please fill in that form (also linked in the confirmation email) right away -- we cannot cast you until we know what you require!

Thank you so much! If you have any problems, email Nina at nina@halifaxsummeroperafestival.com
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Application Form for 2023 Halifax Summer Opera Festival

Roles in Offenbach's La jolie parfumeuse

Roles in Handel's Serse