Opera by Request presents Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, June 17, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst) All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Tom Rakewell…………..Will Ford, tenor
Anne Trulove……………Sharon Tikiryan, soprano
Nick Shadow…………….Michael York, baritone
Baba the Turk…………..Shilpa Sharma, mezzo-soprano
Sellem……………………. Oliver Dawson, tenor
Father Trulove/Asylum keeper….Scott Bell, bass-baritone
Mother Goose………….Tracy Reynolds, mezzo-soprano
Proprietress……………..Marjorie Sparks, soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Catalani’s La Wally, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, June 10, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

La Wally…………….Sarah Hood, soprano
Hagenbach………..Paul Williamson, tenor
Walter………………Brigitte Bogar, soprano
Gellner……………..Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Stromminger……..Steven Henrikson, baritone
Old soldier…………Andrew Tam, baritone
Afra………………….Anna Belikova, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

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

Opera by Request presents Handel’s Giulio Cesare, in concert with piano accompaniment, Sunday, May 29, 3:00pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Cesare…………………….Norman E. Brown, baritone
Cleopatra………………..Hayley Swanton, soprano
Sesto………………………Heidi Jost, mezzo-soprano
Cornelia…………………..Jean-E Hudson, mezzo-soprano
Tolomeo………………….Carole Portelance, mezzo-soprano
Nireno…………………….Ken Mak, baritone
Curio……………………… Matthew O’Connor, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist

Opera by Request congratulates baritone John Holland on being selected to sing the role of Leporello in the Prague Summer Nights Festival this July. The Festival auditions singers world-wide, and John will be Canada’s sole representative in this production. Those interested in assisting John on this amazing journey can visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1642415370/help-john-sing-leporello-in-prague-act-i-the-trave

Opera by Request presents Catalani’s La Wally, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, June 10th, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Wally…………………………….Sarah Hood, soprano
Giuseppe Hagenbach………Paul Williamson, tenor
Vincenzo Gellner……………Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Walter………………………….Brigitte Bogar, soprano
Old Soldier…………………….Andrew Tam, baritone
Stromminger………………….Steven Henrikson, bass-baritone
Afra………………………………Anna Belikova, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director