Opera by Request presents Menotti’s The Telephone and Donizetti’s Rita, semi-staged with piano accompaniment, Saturday, January 19, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

The Telephone:

Ben…………..Mark Towstego, baritone
Lucy………….Tsu-Ching Yu, soprano

Rita:

Rita………….Tsu-Ching Yu, soprano
Beppe………Avery Krisman, tenor
Gasparo……Larry Tozer, baritone

Mark Schonberg, stage director
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request presents Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, semi-staged with piano accompaniment, Friday, January 18, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Hansel…………………..Shilpa Sharma, mezzo-soprano
Gretel……………………Sharon Tikiryan, soprano
Father……………………Andrew Tees, baritone
Mother………………….Emily Ding, mezzo-soprano
Witch…………………….Stephanie Ferracane, soprano
Sandman……………….Donna Shahi, soprano
Dew Fairy………………Michelle Mosu, soprano

with the Vaughan City Voices

Stephanie Ferracane, stage director
Claire Harris, music director and pianist

Opera by Request presents Verdi’s Nabucco, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, January 12, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Nabucco…………………….Gene Wu, baritone
Abigaille…………………….Antonina Ermolenko, soprano
Ismaele……………………..Cian Horrobin, tenor
Zaccaria…………………….Dylan Wright, bass
Fenena……………………..Meghan Symon, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Papageno……………….Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Pamina…………………..Brittany Stewart, soprano
Tamino…………………..Cian Horrobin, tenor
Queen of the Night……….Holly Chaplin, soprano
Three Ladies……………Grace Quinsey, soprano; Norita Portillo, soprano; Bree Horton, mezzo-soprano
Monostatos…………….Joseph Wong, tenor
Sarastro…………….Mikhail Shemet, bass
Three Spirits……….. Josh Zajac, Julia Martin, Braylon Belanger
The Speaker …………. Taylor Gibbs, Bass-Baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, November 9, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and additional information.

Gherman…………………………Paul Williamson, tenor
Lisa…………………………………Anush Pasishnik, soprano
Countess………………………….Anna Belikova, mezzo-soprano
Count Tomsky…………………..Yevgeny Yablonovsky, baritone
Prince Yeletsky………………….Andrey Andreychik, baritone
Paulina…………………………….Bree Horton, mezzo-soprano
Surin/Narumov………………… George Ossipov, bass-baritone
Chekalinsky/Chaplinsky………Jay Lambie, tenor

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request presents Verdi’s Aida, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, November 17, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Aida……………………………Stephanie DeCiantis, soprano
Amneris………………………Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano
Radames……………………..Boris Derow, tenor
Amonasro…………………….Andrey Andreychik, baritone
Ramphis……………………….Steven Henrikson, baritone
King of Egypt…………………Norman E. Brown, baritone
Messenger…………………….Francis Domingue, tenor
High Priestess………………..Laura Schatz, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist an music director