Opera by Request celebrates our 10th Anniversary with Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier.  Two performances, June 9 and 10, 6:30 pm, Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W.  Semi-staged with an international cast and chamber orchestra.  Visit our Rosenkavalier website: OBR10.CA for complete details and to order tickets, or phone 416 455-2365 for additional information and group sales.

Opera by Request presents Wagner’s Lohengrin, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, May 5, 7pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Lohengrin……………Jason Lamont, tenor
Elsa…………………….Stephanie DeCiantis, soprano
Telramund…………..Andrew Tees, baritone
Ortrud………………..Kristine Dandavino, mezzo-soprano
King Henry…………..Norman Brown, baritone
Herald………………..Michael Robert-Broder, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurydice, semi-staged with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 22, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Orfeo………….Kellie Masalas, soprano
Eurydice………Antonina Ermolenko, soprano
Amor…………..Sharon Tikiryan, soprano

Stephanie Ferracane, stage director
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request presents Puccini’s La Bohème, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, March 11, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Mimi…………………….Karina Bray, soprano
Rodolfo…………………Paul Williamson, tenor
Marcello……………….Domenico Sanfilippo, baritone
Musetta………………..Jennifer Ann Sullivan, soprano
Colline…………………. Peter Warren, bass-baritone
Schaunard……………..Gregory Finney, baritone
Benoit/Alcindoro…….Larry Tozer, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request hosts the Ontario Opera Collaborative in “Mozart Mania,” Saturday, March 4, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Familiar excerpts from Cosi fan tutte, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflote will be followed by a complete performance of Der Schauspieldirektor.

Misty Banyard and Jennifer Fontaine, sopranos; Tara St. Pierre, mezzo-soprano; Antonio Dirienzo, tenor; Thomas Franzky, bass.

D. Kai Ma, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, February 25, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Faust…………………Dillon Parmer, tenor
Mephistopheles… Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Marguerite…………Sarah Christina Steinert, mezzo-soprano
Brander………………Mark Peacock, baritone

The Annex Singers, Maria Case, director
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist