
Rebecca Hass
Rebecca Hass, Director of Engagement and New Work
Rebecca Hass (Nitaawegiizhigok) is Georgian Bay Metis and a citizen of the Metis Nation of Ontario. Her role at Pacific Opera encompasses building partnerships inside local community, and developing new works, and community and musical initiatives, and she’s the host and creator of the podcast What’s Up with Opera? An alumnae of the Opera America Leadership program she sits on several boards and committees including the Opera America Racial Justice Network, and Indigenous Voices in Circle for the University of Victoria. Her programs and successful work building partnerships has been recognized with the 2019 Arts and Culture Award for Community work in Victoria, and the Creative Builder Award for the City of Victoria for 2021 and in 2022 she was the first recipient for the inaugural Nada Ristich Changemaker Award, from Opera Canada, in acknowledgement of her operatic career and change-making work in the operatic field. Rebecca came to this role in administration after a long professional solo career as a mezzo-soprano, having appearing with just about every opera company and orchestra in Canada.