Opera by Request presents a semi-staged performance of Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information. A large cast of singers, dancers and children are headed by:

Shannon Mills, soprano………………..Rose Maurrant
Kellie Masalas, soprano…………….Anna Maurrant
Austin Larusson, baritone……………..Frank Maurrant
Avery Krisman, tenor…………………….Sam Kaplan
Aaron Durand, baritone……………………Abraham Kaplan
Deena Nicklefork, soprano…………….Olga Olsen
Jay Lambie, tenor………………………….George Jones
Will Ford, tenor…………………………….Lippo Fiorentino

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request presents Verdi’s Il Trovatore in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, November 26, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Manrico……………Rocco Rupolo, tenor
Leonora…………… Stephanie de Ciantis, soprano
Count di Luna…….Lawrence Cotton, baritone
Azucena…………….Catharin Carew, mezzo-soprano
Ferrando……………Mikhail Shemet, bass-baritone
Ruiz…………………..Mikhail Bukhman, tenor
Inez…………………..Daria Bukhman, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Saturday, November 19, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Eugene Onegin………………Wayne Line, baritone
Tatiana………………………….Natalya Gennadi, soprano
Lenski……………………………Paul Williamson, tenor
Olga………………………………Kinga Lizon, mezzo-soprano
Larina…………………………….Daria Bukhman, mezzo-soprano
Filipevna………………………..Anna Belikova, mezzo-soprano
Gremin…………………………..George Ossipov, bass-baritone
Triquet……………………………Francis Domingue, tenor

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Beethoven’s Fidelio, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, November 12, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Leonora……………Brigitte Bogar, soprano
Florestan…………..Jason Lamont, tenor
Marzelline…………Sharon Tikiryan, soprano
Jaquino……………..Jay Lambie, tenor
Rocco………………..Steven Henrikson, baritone
Pizarro……………….Lawrence Cotton, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request, in collaboration with Premiere Productions Ottawa, presents Bellini’s Norma.

Friday, September 30, 7:30pm, St. Thomas the Apostle, 2345 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa (613 447-5417)

Sunday, October 2, 7:30pm, Sainte-Baptiste Church, 4237 Henri-Julien Av, Montreal (514 229-9429)

Norma……..Chantal Parent, soprano
Adalgisa……Sarah Christine Steinert, mezzo-soprano
Pollione…… Dillon Parmer, tenor
Oroveso…….Norman Brown, baritone
Clotilde……..Rachael Jewell, soprano
Flavio………..Fabian Arciniegas, tenor

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Weber’s Der Freischutz, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, October 21, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Max………………………Ryan Harper, tenor
Agathe…………………..Sarah Hood, soprano
Annchen………………..Michelle Danese, soprano
Kaspar………………..John Holland, baritone
Hermit………………….Steven Henrikson, baritone
Cuno……………………..Domenico Sanfilippo, baritone
Killian/Ottokar………..Jay Lambie, tenor
Samiel…………………Kenneth Baker

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist