Rebecca Hass, Mezzo Soprano

Pacific Opera Victoria
Mother Goose in The Rake's Progress
November, 2009

Rebecca Hass made her Pacific Opera Victoria debut as Marcellina in 2003's The Marriage of Figaro. She returned in 2005 for performances as the Gamekeeper's Wife / Owl in The Cunning Little Vixen and as Larina in Eugene Onegin. In 2007 she appeared as Gaea in POV's Canadian premiere of Richard Strauss' Daphne and in 2008 as Albine in Massenet's Thaïs. She returns in 2009 as Mother Goose in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.

Rebecca enjoys a rich and varied musical career that has embraced opera, concert work, and musicals with companies across Canada.

Rebecca was seen recently in the Edmonton Opera production of HMS Pinafore as Little Buttercup, a production which was also broadcast on CBC.

Her roles have included Bloody Mary (South Pacific) and Katisha (The Mikado) with Edmonton Opera, Der Gymnasiast (Lulu) with the Canadian Opera Company, and Mary (Der Fliegende Holländer) with Calgary Opera. She also performed with the Toronto cast of The Phantom of the Opera.

In her twenty-year career she has sung leading roles with the Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opera East, Calgary Opera, Manitoba Opera, Opera Saskatchewan, The Elora Festival, Opera Mississauga, and Ottawa Opera Lyra. She has also been a soloist with many choral groups and orchestras including Boris Brotts' Summer Festival and the Victoria, Hamilton and Newfoundland Symphonies.

In the Phantom of the Opera in Toronto, Rebecca performed as a swing for two years as well.

Upcoming performances include Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos with Calgary Opera in 2009.

Rebecca has made her home here in Victoria and along with her performance career she adjudicates at music festivals across Canada, mentors vocally up and coming musical theatre talent at the Canadian College of Performing Arts and is a Life Coach.

October, 2009