Opera by Request presents Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, February 14, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Adina…………………………..Tammy Short, soprano
Nemorino…………………….Asitha Tennekoon, tenor
Belcore………………………..Diego Catalla, baritone
Dulcamara……………………Keith O’Brien, baritone
Giannetta……………………. Patricia Auchterlonie, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request congratulates Kiri Parker (recently heard as Donna Elvira in OBR’s Don Giovanni) on her recent contract with Glyndebourne Opera for the 2015 season. Best wishes, Kiri, from all of us at Opera by Request

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, February 7, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All seats $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Fiordiligi………………Jami-Lynn Gubbe, soprano
Dorabella…………….Melissa Peiou, mezzo-soprano
Despina………………Andrea Nunez, soprano
Ferrando……………. Conrad Siebert, tenor
Guglielmo……………Janaka Welihinda, baritone
Don Alfonso…………Lawrence Shirkie, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, January 24, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Konstanze……………..Marion Samuel-Stevens, soprano
Blondchen…………….Abigail Freeman, soprano
Belmonte………………Avery Krisman, tenor
Pedrillo…………………. Mikhail Bukhman, tenor
Osmin……………………Steven Henrikson, bass-baritone
Selim Pasha……………Gregory Finney, speaker

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request, in collaboration with Nordic Opera Canada, presents the Canadian premiere of August Enna’s The Princess and the Pea (Prinsessen paa Aerten), in concert with piano accompaniment, Sunday, January 11, 3:00 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

King Julius…………….Steven Henrikson, baritone
Prince Basilius……….Jason Lamont, tenor
Princess Ilse/Queen Gertrud…..Brigitte Bogar, soprano
Princess Gudrun…….Stephanie Kim, soprano
Master-at-Arms……..Sven Ericson, baritone

Nordic Opera Canada Chorus, Brigitte Bogar, director

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents the Zarzuela, Luisa Fernanda, by Moreno Torroba, in concert with piano accompaniment, Wednesday, December 10, 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.

Luisa Fernanda……….Karla Berganza, soprano
Javier…………………….Pablo Benitez, tenor
Carolina…………………Tsu-ching Yu, soprano
Vidal……………………..Marco Petracchi, baritone
Rosa………………………Jenny Cohen, mezzo-soprano
Nogales………………….Larry Tozer, baritone
Mariana…………….Margaret Bardos, mezzo-soprano
Anibal………………..Jeannette Burgos, actor

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director