Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Opera by Request, with the Annex Singers, presents Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Saturday, June 4, 7:30pm, St. Andrews United Church, 117 Bloor St. E. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information

Dido and Aeneas

Dido……………….Catharin Carew, mezzo-soprano
Belinda…………..Jami-Lynn Gubbe, soprano
Aeneas…………..Austin Larusson, baritone
Sorceress……….Jennifer Routhier, mezzo-soprano
Witches…………Nicole Hulme, soprano, and Amanda Ironside, mezzo-soprano
Sailor……………..Francis Domingue, tenor

Cavalleria Rusticana

Santuzza…………..Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Turiddu…………….Ryan Harper, tenor
Alfio…………………Andrey Andreychik, baritone
Lola………………….Jami-Lynn Gubbe, soprano
Mamma Lucia……Karen Bojti, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

with the Annex Singers, Maria Case, director