Established in 2007 by internationally acclaimed Canadian tenor, Richard Margison, and former Metropolitan Opera stage director, Valerie Kuinka, the Highlands Opera Studio is an advanced intensive professional training program for emerging opera professionals. Chosen through competitive audition from applicants across Canada and internationally, Highlands Opera Studio takes place for 5-6 weeks in August, in the Central Ontario town of Haliburton.
Monday, August 29, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – A masterpiece of 19th century Russian romanticism, the beautiful music of ‘Eugene Onegin’ tells the story of a selfish hero who lives to regret his nonchalant rejection of a young woman’s love and his careless incitement of a duel with is best friend. (In Russian with English Subtitles)
Sunday, August 28, 2022 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm – A masterpiece of 19th century Russian romanticism, the beautiful music of ‘Eugene Onegin’ tells the story of a selfish hero who lives to regret his nonchalant rejection of a young woman’s love and his careless incitement of a duel with is best friend. (In Russian with English Subtitles)
Saturday, August 27, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – A masterpiece of 19th century Russian romanticism, the beautiful music of ‘Eugene Onegin’ tells the story of a selfish hero who lives to regret his nonchalant rejection of a young woman’s love and his careless incitement of a duel with is best friend. (In Russian with English Subtitles)
Thursday, August 25, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – A masterpiece of 19th century Russian romanticism, the beautiful music of ‘Eugene Onegin’ tells the story of a selfish hero who lives to regret his nonchalant rejection of a young woman’s love and his careless incitement of a duel with is best friend. (In Russian with English Subtitles)
Saturday, August 20, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Join us for a cutting edge experience of opera, created by living composers, telling the stories of today!
Thursday, August 18, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Join us for a cutting edge experience of opera, created by living composers, telling the stories of today!
Monday, August 15, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – An evening featuring songs of all kinds in a relaxed atmosphere.
Saturday, August 13, 2022 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm – Launch your boat on Mountain Lake, Minden Hills, and join HOS performers in Fairfield Bay for a concert of opera, musical theatre, and pop! (WEATHER PERMITTING) (WEATHER PERMITTING)
Thursday, August 11, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Experience the power and beauty of music created and composed by Canadian BIPOC artists, past and present. Featuring music of Andrew Balfour, composer of HOS 2017 opera commission, Mishaaboozs Realm, Rich Coburn, Montréal based collaborative pianist & composer, and others.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, Gilbert & Sullivan! Hear your favourites from the sparkling world of operetta!
Saturday, August 6, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – A mixture of opera and musical theatre favourites. N.B. MORE of your favourites! Enjoy a different program to From Opera to Broadway.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Hear favourite solos and ensembles from opera and musical theatre performed by the 2022 professional program participants!
Monday, August 1, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Hear the 2022 participants sing their personal favourite music – other than opera – and talk about what brought them to opera.
Saturday, July 30, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Meet and hear 3-5 of the HOS 2022 professional singers, and listen in on what makes a great singer even better! Attend all three Masterclasses to hear all 2022 participants.
Friday, July 29, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Meet and hear 3-5 of the HOS 2022 professional singers, and listen in on what makes a great singer even better! Attend all three Masterclasses to hear all 2022 participants.
Thursday, July 28, 2022 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Meet and hear 3-5 of the HOS 2022 professional singers, and listen in on what makes a great singer even better! Attend all three Masterclasses to hear all 2022 participants.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 @ All Day – Join ex-pat Canadians, Sara and Marie-Eve from the Opernhaus Zurich, Switzerland, as they bring us a pandemic-era recital featuring music of Canadian Metis composer, Ian Cusson, Livingston, Massenet, Mozart, Poulenc, and Rachmaninoff. Online till July 31
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 – Saturday, July 31, 2021 @ All Day – An exploration of Mozart’s well loved operas, from bombastic arias to elegant ensembles, featuring excerpts from Così fan tutte (That’s How Women Are), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the Seraglio), Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Idomeneo, and Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro). Concert available online till July 31.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 @ All Day – Join us for a heartwarming concert of Irish songs and bel canto arias as we remember loved ones lost and far away, and look with hope to the future. Featuring Maeve Palmer, soprano, and Vlad Soloviev, piano. Concert available online till July 31.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 @ All Day – Take an afternoon stroll through Russia with Tchaikovsky, bask in the Neapolitan sun with Mozart and Santoliquido, swoon over the the blooming of spring with Strauss, before taking a love drunk bath in the moonlight with Offenbach. Join Lauren, Simona, and Vlad on this celebration of the change of seasons. Concert available online till July […]
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 @ All Day – Surrounded by the grandiosity of the ocean, valleys and wild woods of Vancouver Island, Bruno Roy and Kimberly Bartczak deliver a recital inspired by the music of Ravel and Fauré, two masters of the 20th century mélodie. Here we find the sights and sounds of ocean and port life juxtaposed with some of Fauré’s final […]
Saturday, August 17, 2019 @ 12:00 am – An exploration of women as characters and creators in existing and new opera, featuring Puccinis Suor Angelica (50 minutes, fully-staged w/English Surtitles) followed by two newly created works from winners of a new prize, created by Musique 3 Femmes, honouring emerging Canadian women composers and librettists. A panel discussion will follow the performance. SUOR ANGELICA […]
Monday, August 26, 2019 @ 7:30 pm – 9:45 pm – What happens when a light hearted circus group and a serious opera company are unexpectedly thrust into a situation where they have to perform exactly at the same time?..! Join us for R. Strauss’ hilarious sitcom of an opera, presented in German & English, with English Surtitles. Pre-performance chat 45 minutes before performance. Celebrity guest […]
Sunday, August 25, 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 4:15 pm – What happens when a light hearted circus group and a serious opera company are unexpectedly thrust into a situation where they have to perform exactly at the same time?..! Join us for R. Strauss’ hilarious sitcom of an opera, presented in German & English, with English Surtitles. Pre-performance chat 45 minutes before performance. Celebrity guest […]
Saturday, August 24, 2019 @ 2:00 pm – 4:15 pm – What happens when a light hearted circus group and a serious opera company are unexpectedly thrust into a situation where they have to perform exactly at the same time?..! Join us for R. Strauss’ hilarious sitcom of an opera, presented in German & English, with English Surtitles. Pre-performance chat 45 minutes before performance. Celebrity guest […]
Monday, August 12, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Follow us on Instagram and/or Facebook for details! Join the party! @HighlandsOperaStudio www.highlandsoperastudio.com
Monday, August 5, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Follow us on Instagram and/or Facebook for details! Join the party! @HighlandsOperaStudio www.highlandsoperastudio.com
Saturday, July 27, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Audit lessons with internationally acclaimed tenor and vocal pedagogue, Richard Margison, as he works with the 2019 HOS singers. If you like watching The Voice or American Idol, you’ll love the Masterclasses! TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Audit lessons with internationally acclaimed tenor and vocal pedagogue, Richard Margison, as he works with the 2019 HOS singers. If you like watching The Voice or American Idol, you’ll love the Masterclasses! TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Thursday, August 22, 2019 @ 7:30 pm – 9:45 pm – What happens when a light hearted circus group and a serious opera company are unexpectedly thrust into a situation where they have to perform exactly at the same time?..! Join us for R. Strauss’ hilarious sitcom of an opera, presented in German & English, with English Surtitles. Pre-performance chat 45 minutes before performance. Celebrity guest […]
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Hear singers from previous years of the Highlands Opera Studio in opera and musical theatre favourites! Featuring soprano Mikayla Sager (HOS ‘17), mezzo-soprano Danielle MacMillan (HOS ‘15, & ‘16), & baritone Samuel Chan. (HOS ‘16 & ‘17). TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Thursday, August 15, 2019 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm – An exploration of women as characters and creators in existing and new opera, featuring Puccinis Suor Angelica (50 minutes, fully-staged w/English Surtitles) followed by two newly created works from winners of a new prize, created by Musique 3 Femmes, honouring emerging Canadian women composers and librettists. A panel discussion will follow the performance. SUOR ANGELICA […]
Saturday, August 10, 2019 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Imagine yourself in the salons of past centuries and enjoy the unique beauty of exquisite poetry brought to life through voice & piano. Repertoire in various languages, including English. TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Marking the anniversaries of Offenbach, Leoncavallo, and others. A mixture of operetta, opera & musical theatre. TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Saturday, August 3, 2019 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – A mixture of opera and musical theatre favourites sung by 2019 Highlands Opera Studio participants. TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The 2019 participants of the Highlands Opera Studio present some of the best loved works from the world of Opera and Musical Theatre. TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Monday, July 29, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Follow us on Instagram and/or Facebook for details! Join the party! @HighlandsOperaStudio www.highlandsoperastudio.com
Thursday, July 25, 2019 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Audit lessons with internationally acclaimed tenor and vocal pedagogue, Richard Margison, as he works with the 2019 HOS singers. If you like watching The Voice or American Idol, you’ll love the Masterclasses! TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Thursday, August 31, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 12:00 am – Will she?…or won’t she? Mozart’s popular romantic comedy about testing love! Performed in Italian with English Surtitles
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 12:00 am – Will she?…or won’t she? Mozart’s popular romantic comedy about testing love! Performed in Italian with English Surtitles
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 @ 7:30 pm – 12:00 am – Will she?…or won’t she? Mozart’s popular romantic comedy about testing love! Performed in Italian with English Surtitles
Sunday, August 27, 2017 @ 2:00 pm – 12:00 am – Will she?…or won’t she? Mozart’s popular romantic comedy about testing love! Performed in Italian with English Surtitles
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 @ 8:00 pm – 12:00 am – Hear your favourite Highlands Opera Studio singers from previous years in opera and musical theatre favorites! (Please refer to website for list of performers.)
Saturday, August 19, 2017 @ 8:00 pm – 12:00 am – Songs and music performed by the participants of Highlands Opera Studio 2017 from the past 150 Years by and about Canadians!
Saturday, August 19, 2017 @ 8:00 pm – 12:00 am – Experience this important NEW WORK combining opera and First Nations singers and instrumentalists, created for HOS by Odawa composer, Barbara Croall, in its very first public semi-staged workshop performance! Performed in Odawa, MŽtis French, and English, with English Surtitles. Supported by Canadian Heritage: Canada 150 Fund and Canada Council for the Arts New Chapter Fund.
Saturday, August 12, 2017 @ 8:00 pm – 12:00 am – The participants of the 2017 Highlands Opera Studio, chosen from across Canada through competitive audition, present some of the best loved works from the world of opera and the musical stage. Hear solos, duets and ensemble selections from famous productions around the world. A different program is presented for each of the concerts so be […]
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 @ 8:00 pm – 12:00 am – The 2017 participants of the Highlands Opera Studio, chosen from across Canada, present some of the best loved works from the world of opera and the musical stage. Hear solos, duets and ensemble selections from famous productions around the world. A different program is presented for each of the concerts so be sure to see […]
Saturday, August 5, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 12:00 am – Meet the singers of Highlands Opera Studio 2017, chosen through competitive audition from across Canada, and hear them work with internationally acclaimed Canadian tenor and pedagogue, Richard Margison. This is a great opportunity to hear advice from the best on how to make great singing even better! If you’re curious about opera, but not sure […]
Thursday, August 3, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 12:00 am – Meet the singers of Highlands Opera Studio 2017, chosen through competitive audition from across Canada, and hear them work with internationally acclaimed Canadian tenor and pedagogue, Richard Margison. This is a great opportunity to hear advice from the best on how to make great singing even better! If you’re curious about opera, but not sure […]
Friday, August 4, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 12:00 am – Meet the singers of Highlands Opera Studio 2017, chosen through competitive audition from across Canada, and hear them work with internationally acclaimed Canadian tenor and pedagogue, Richard Margison. This is a great opportunity to hear advice from the best on how to make great singing even better! If you’re curious about opera, but not sure […]
Thursday, August 3, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm –
