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

Opera by Request, in collaboration with Opera Oshawa, presents Kristine Dandavino and Michael Robert-Broder in recital, Saturday, October 15, 7:30pm, Women’s Art Association, 23 Prince Arthur Avenue. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for additional information.

Program:

Schumann: Liederkreis

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Brahms: duets, op 28

Kurt Weill: selected songs

Rodney Sharman: selections from Au Revoir, Maria Callas

William Shookhoff, pianist

Opera by Request presents: Les Femmes Fatales, Saturday, October 8, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Program:

Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, Catharin Carew, mezzo-soprano

Berlioz: La mort de Cleopatre Catharin Carew, mezzo-soprano

Poulenc: La voix humaine Katharine Dain, soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Verdi’s Aida, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, June 25, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst) All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Aida……………………Carrie Gray, soprano
Radames………….Paul Williamson, tenor
Amneris………………Ramona Carmelly, mezzo-soprano
Amonasro……………Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Ramfis…………………Domenico Sanfilippo, bass-baritone
King of Egypt………..William Lewans, bass-baritone
Messenger……………Daniel Wheeler, tenor
High Priestess……….Andrea Naccarato, soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, June 17, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst) All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Tom Rakewell…………..Will Ford, tenor
Anne Trulove……………Sharon Tikiryan, soprano
Nick Shadow…………….Michael York, baritone
Baba the Turk…………..Shilpa Sharma, mezzo-soprano
Sellem……………………. Oliver Dawson, tenor
Father Trulove/Asylum keeper….Scott Bell, bass-baritone
Mother Goose………….Tracy Reynolds, mezzo-soprano
Proprietress……………..Marjorie Sparks, soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director