Opera by Request presents Bellini’s Norma, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 23, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Norma…………….Chantal Parent, soprano
Adalgisa…………..Sarah Christina Steinert, mezzo-soprano
Pollione……………Dillon Parmer, tenor
Oroveso……………Andrew Tees, baritone
Clotilde…………….Jennifer Routhier, mezzo-soprano
Flavio……………….Fabian Arciniegas, tenor

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 16, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Don Giovanni…………………Lawrence Cotton, baritone
Leporello……………………….Douglas Tranquada, baritone
Donna Anna…………………..Stephanie de Ciantis, soprano
Donna Elvira…………………..Brigitte Bogar, soprano
Don Ottavio………………….. Mikhail Bukhman, tenor
Zerlina………………………….. Brittany Stewart, soprano
Masetto…………………………John Holland, baritone
Commendatore………………Steven Henrikson, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents a double-bill of Weber’s Abu Hassan and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle, semi-staged with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 2, 7:30 pm, at College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Abu Hassan:

Abu Hassan……………..Avery Krisman, tenor
Fatima…………………….Michelle Danese, soprano
Omar……………………….Henry Irwin, baritone

Bluebeard’s Castle:

Judith……………………….Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Bluebeard………………….Larry Tozer, baritone

Gregory Finney, stage director
William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents the Ontario Opera Collaborative in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Saturday, March 5, 7:30 pm. College St. United Church, 452 College St (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Fiordiligi……………Morgan Strickland, soprano
Dorabella………….Heidi Jost, mezzo-soprano
Ferrando…………..Jeffrey Boyd, tenor
Guglielmo…………Kyle Merrithew, baritone
Despina…………….Misty Banyard, soprano
Don Alfonso………Norman Brown, baritone

Frederic La Croix, pianist

Opera by Request presents Verdi’s La Traviata, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, March 4, 7:30 pm. Trinity Presbyterian York Mills, 2737 Bayview Avenue (just south of Hwy 401). Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Violetta…………….Allison Arends, soprano
Alfredo……………..Ryan Harper, tenor
Germont…………..Andrew Tees, baritone

plus soloists and chorus of the University of Toronto Scarborough Concert Choir, Lenard Whiting, director

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request presents A Mystery Musical Experience, Sunday, February 28, 3:00pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Lindsay MacIntyre and Peggy Evans, sopranos
Vilma Vitols, Marcia Whitehead and Lisa Spain, mezzo-sopranos
Taylor White, Mark Rainey, Stephen McClare, Michel Corbeil and Charles Davidson, tenors
Gene Wu, Peter Wiens, and Sung Chung, baritones

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist