Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, March 7, 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.

Don Giovanni……………….Giovanni Spanu, baritone
Leporello……………………..Gregory Finney, bass-baritone
Donna Elvira…………………Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Donna Anna………………… Natalya Matyusheva, soprano
Don Ottavio………………….Mark Atherton, tenor
Zerlina………………………….Brittany Stewart, soprano
Masetto………………………. Daniel Robinson, baritone
Commendatore……………..Mikhail Shemet, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Donizetti’s “Linda di Chamonix”

Opera by Request presents Donizetti’s Linda di Chamonix, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, February 15, 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.

Linda…………….Marissa Solow, soprano
Carlo……………..Avery Krisman, tenor
Pierotto…………Alison Muir, mezzo-soprano
Marchese………George Ossipov, bass-baritone
Prefetto…………Reid Spencer, bass-baritone
Antonio………….Larry Tozer, baritone
Maddalena……..Anna Belikova, mezzo-soprano

Tricia Postle, ghirondist

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Bizet’s “Les Pecheurs de Perles”

Opera by Request presents Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Perles, Saturday, February 8, 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.

Leila…………………….Danielle Dudycha, soprano
Nadir……………………Paul Williamson, tenor
Zurga……………………Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Nourabad……………..Norman Brown, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, January 31, 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.

Figaro: Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Susanna: Jocelyn Halleck, soprano
Susanna (understudy): Laura Jean Elligson, soprano
Count Almaviva: David Diston, baritone
Countess: Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Cherubino: Jennifer Routhier, mezzo-soprano
Marcellina: Karen Bojti, mezzo-soprano
Don Curzio/Basilio: Shaun Alfonso, tenor
Barbarina: Ardra Sheppard, soprano
Bartolo/Antonio: Gregory Finney, bass

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Bizet’s “Carmen”

The hit of the Colours of Music Festival comes to Toronto!

Opera by Request presents Bizet’s Carmen, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, January 24, 7:30 pm, Trinity Presbyterian York Mills, 2737 Bayview Avenue (at Hwy 401). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Carmen: Sarah Hicks
Don Jose: Stanislas Vitort
Escamillo: Andrew Tees
Micaela: Sharon Tikiryan
Frasquita: Anna Bateman
Mercedes: Jenny Cohen
Zuniga/Morales: Steven Henrikson
Remendado: Jeff Hainsworth
Dancairo: Melvin Suwarno

University of Toronto Scarborough Concert Choir, Lenard Whiting, director

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, January 31, 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.

Figaro: Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Susanna: Jocelyn Halleck, soprano
Susanna (understudy): Laura Jean Elligson, soprano
Count Almaviva: David Diston, baritone
Countess: Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Cherubino: Jennifer Routhier, mezzo-soprano
Marcellina: Karen Bojti, mezzo-soprano
Don Curzio/Basilio: Shaun Alfonso, tenor
Barbarina: Ardra Sheppard, soprano
Bartolo/Antonio: Gregory Finney, bass
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist