Opera by Request presents Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, in concert with piano accompaniment, Sunday, December 7 at 3:00 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Hansel……………….Sarah Helmers, mezzo-soprano
Gretel………………..Brittany Stewart, soprano
Witch…………………Rosalind McArthur, mezzo-soprano
Father…………………Austin Larusson, baritone
Mother……………….Jennifer Routhier, mezzo-soprano
Sandman/Dew Fairy…Norita Portillo, soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Saturday, November 29, 7:30 pm. College St. United Church, 452 College St. 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……………………………Olga Tylman, mezzo-soprano
Achilla……………………………John Holland, bass-baritone
Curio……………………………..John Warden, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, music director and conductor

Opera by Request presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Friday, Nov 21, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Cio-Cio-San……………………Andrea Naccarato, soprano
Pinkerton……………………..Paul Williamson, tenor
Sharpless…………………….Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Suzuki………………………..Sarah Christina Steinert, mezzo-soprano
Goro………………………………Alexander Chan, tenor
Commissioner/Registrar/Bonzo/Yamadori………Domenico Sanfilippo, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in concert with piano accompaniment, Wednesday, November 19, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Don Giovanni…………………Giovanni Spanu, baritone
Leporello……………………….Gregory Finney, bass-baritone
Donna Anna…………………..Katharine Dain, soprano
Donna Elvira…………………..Kiri Parker, soprano
Zerlina…………………………..Danielle Dudycha, soprano
Don Ottavio……………………Emilio Fina, tenor
Masetto/Commendatore…Reid Spencer, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Tsu-Ching Yu, soprano, in recital: Love Everlasting. Works by Clara Schumann, Cecile Chaminade, Eric Whitacre, Tchaikovsky and others. With William Shookhoff, pianist. Friday, November 7, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 832-7891 for additional information.

Opera by Request presents Thomas’ Hamlet, in concert with piano accompaniment:

Thursday, Oct 2, 7:30 pm Westmount Baptist Church, 411 Roslyn Av, Westmount, Montréal, QC
Saturday, Oct 4, 7:30 pm St. Columba Church, 11 Rodney Av, Pointe-Claire, QC

Reservations and information: 514 288-5558 (French only), 514 577-3274 (English and French)

Hamlet: Simon Chaussee, baritone
Ophelia: Gerda Findeisen, soprano
Gertrude: Ioanna Touliatu, mezzo-soprano
Claudius: Norman Brown, baritone
Laertes/Marcellus/2nd Gravedigger: Danny LeClerc, tenor
Spectre/Polonius: Simon Chalifoux, baritone
Horatio/1st Gravedigger: Real Robitaille, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director