Opera From Scratch

Opera From Scratch

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Opera From Scratch - August 20th - 26th, 2012 -
Dalhousie Art Centre
Presented by Vocalypse Productions
Dalhousie University Music Department
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Opera From Scratch is all about creating new opera by providing incentives and mentorships to a new generation of composers and singers. Vocalypse engaged new opera composer James Rolfe and sent out an international call for participan

Opera From Scratch 2015 - Five and a Half Days 02/26/2025

OPERA FROM SCRATCH 2025: Application deadline March1st
https://www.vocalypse.ca/opera-from-scratch/

Welcomes:
COMPOSERS to write and workshop a 10 minute mini opera based on the culture and history of Nova Scotia.
SINGERS, come workshop a new mini opera written just for you!

Applications deadline is this coming Saturday, March 1st

ENJOY:
Five and A Half Days
Composer: Kit Vaughan Soden
Librettist: Stephen Spencer
Soprano: Lisa Perry

In the autumn of 1958, the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, experienced three large underground earthquakes, called "bumps.” Of the 174 miners in the mine at the time, 75 were killed and 99 survived. This mini-opera is a piece of historical fiction. The protagonist, Violet, is a fictional character developed by the librettist and the composer as they imagined what a wife of one of the miners might have gone through, waiting to hear news of her beloved.

https://youtu.be/KSA6gAMJ61I?si=Z-pdriyBNgdEJtjP

Opera From Scratch 2015 - Five and a Half Days Five and a Half DaysComposer: Kit Vaughan SodenLibrettist: Stephen SpencerSoprano: Lisa PerryIn the autumn of 1958, the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, expe...

Opera From Scratch 2018 - Ascension 02/05/2025

OPERA FROM SCRATCH 2025
Composers: workshop your very own opera! Singers: premiere a new opera written just for you.
Apply here: www.vocalypse.ca/opera-from-scratch

Listen to one of our thrilling operas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2pwDGeDVo&list=PLJQ36FAy2QQL4nRCmm2pWfcgPUhnR1yqA&index=1

Ascension
Composer: Joel Engström
Soprano: Brittany Rae
Piano: Barbara Pritchard

"Ascension" is about the biggest lobster ever (44 lbs. 5 oz.), caught in Nova Scotia in 1977. In this opera, our lobster is a female and a mother. Although every lobster knows to "keep your head cool or be a fool", she no longer needs to think about such things because divine Mankind has chosen her to be imbued with magnificence! After all, who needs Mankind when you're that smart?

Opera From Scratch 2018 - Ascension Composer: Joel EngströmSoprano: Brittany Rae"Ascension" is about the biggest lobster ever (44 lbs. 5 oz.), caught in Nova Scotia in 1977. In this opera, our ...

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