Opera by Request presents Thomas’s Hamlet, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, May 9, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St., corner of Bathurst. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Hamlet……………..Simon Chaussé, baritone
Ophelie…………….Vania Lizbeth Chan, soprano
Claudius……………Domenico Sanfilippo. bass-baritone
Gertrude…………..Erica Iris, mezzo-soprano
Laertes, Marcellus, Gravedigger…..Sean Catheroy, tenor
Horatio, Gravedigger……….Peter Bass, baritone
Spectre, Polonius……………George Ossipov, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 18, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St (at Bathurst). All tickets $20. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Blanche de la Force……………………Caroline Dery, soprano
Sister Constanze………………………..Lindsay McIntyre, soprano
Prioress/Mother Jeanne/Sr. Mathilde…Maude Paradis, mezzo-soprano
Mother Marie……………………………Jennifer Routhier, mezzo-soprano
New Prioress…………………………….Jaclyn Grossman, soprano
Chevalier de la Force/Officer…………..Michael McLean, tenor
Marquis de la Force……………………Andrey Andreychik, baritone
Chaplain…………………………………..Oliver Dawson, tenor
Thierry/Javelinot/Officer…………….Lawrence Shirkie, baritone

William Shookhoff, music director/pianist

Opera by Request hosts the Ontario Opera Collaborative in Puccini’s La Bohème, Sunday, March 15, 3:00 pm, at College St. United Church, 452 College St., corner of Bathurst. Phone 416 455-2365 for additional information.

Mimi………………………Irmgard Hechler, soprano
Rodolfo………………….Christopher Oliviera, tenor
Marcello…………………Thomas Franzky, baritone
Musetta…………………Misty Banyard, soprano
Schaunard………………Kyle Merrithew, baritone
Colline……………………Dave Shipley, bass-baritone
Benoit/Alcindoro……..Norman E. Brown, baritone

pianist/music director: Tania Granata

Opera by Request presents Handel’s Giulio Cesare, New St. James Presbyterian Church, 280 Oxford St (at Richmond), London. Sunday, February 15, 3:00 pm. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Cesare…………………………..Catharin Carew, mezzo-soprano
Cleopatra……………………….Marie Franceschini, soprano
Cornelia…………………………Madison Arsenault, mezzo-soprano
Sesto……………………………..Stephanie Code, mezzo-soprano
Tolomeo…………………………Jenny Cohen, mezzo-soprano
Nireno……………………………Gabrielle French, mezzo-soprano
Achilla……………………………John Holland, bass-baritone
Curio……………………………..John Warden, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, music director and conductor

Opera by Request presents Boito’s Mefistofele, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, February 27, 7:30 pm, College St. United Chursh, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Mefistofele…………………George Ossipov, bass-baritone
Faust………………………….Ryan Harper, tenor
Marguerite/Helen of Troy………Olga Tylman, soprano
Martha/Pantalis………….Anush Pasishnik, mezzo-soprano
Wagner/Nereus………….Robert Rawlins, tenor

Music Moves Kids children’s chorus, Erin Armstrong, director

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Friday, February 20, 7:30 pm., College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Riccardo………………………Taras Chmil, tenor
Amelia………………………..Carrie Gray, soprano
Renato………………………..Michael York, baritone
Ulrica………………………….Kristine Dandavino, mezzo-soprano
Oscar…………………………Kira Braun, soprano
Samuel………………………..Larry Tozer, baritone
Tom…………………………….Steven Henrikson, baritone
Silvano………………………..Kyle McDonald, baritone
Judge/Servant………………Ryan Paul Downey, baritone

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist