All staging rehearsals will be in room 121 of the Arts Centre, in the basement. All the words are in French, but it’s a pretty easy, fun chorus.Ĭhildren up to the age of 13 or 14, who enjoy singing and acting and aren’t scared of singing in French and who can commit to the schedule! If you have some experience singing in a choir then you won’t need to audition - we want as many people as possible to be involved.Īll performances and dress rehearsals will be at the James Dunn Theatre at the Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue, Halifax. At this point in the story the guard in Seville is changing, and a troop of street children run in, march like soldiers and sing a unison chorus to a military beat. This opera has very important choral scenes, but one of the best happens near the beginning of the opera. (Note for parents and guardians - while the entire opera is famous for being a little gritty and racy, the children’s part is short, takes place in the first act, and is very, very cute). It will be a modern dress performance - so the original 19th century story is being moved to the present day. This year the conductor for Carmen is Peter Oleskevich and I (Nina) will be the stage director. We perform all our shows fully-staged and costumed, but usually with piano accompaniment. We would like to add community chorus elements to this production so that we involve even more members of our Halifax community in the shows.
Now entering our 13th season, we’re thrilled to present Georges Bizet’s famous opera Carmen as one of our mainstage operas. The Halifax Summer Opera Festival is an annual educational workshop for young (usually university aged) opera singers. The Opera Australia Chorus and Children’s Chorus in Opera Australia’s 2017 production of Carmen.įor the first time, we’re going to have community chorus members for one of our fully-staged operas this summer, and we’re looking for more children who might be interested in being involved.
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