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
Opera by Request presents Catalani’s La Wally, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, June 10, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
La Wally…………….Sarah Hood, soprano
Hagenbach………..Paul Williamson, tenor
Walter………………Brigitte Bogar, soprano
Gellner……………..Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Stromminger……..Steven Henrikson, baritone
Old soldier…………Andrew Tam, baritone
Afra………………….Anna Belikova, mezzo-soprano
William Shookhoff, pianist and music director
Opera by Request, with the Annex Singers, presents Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Saturday, June 4, 7:30pm, St. Andrews United Church, 117 Bloor St. E. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information
Dido and Aeneas
Dido……………….Catharin Carew, mezzo-soprano
Belinda…………..Jami-Lynn Gubbe, soprano
Aeneas…………..Austin Larusson, baritone
Sorceress……….Jennifer Routhier, mezzo-soprano
Witches…………Nicole Hulme, soprano, and Amanda Ironside, mezzo-soprano
Sailor……………..Francis Domingue, tenor
Cavalleria Rusticana
Santuzza…………..Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Turiddu…………….Ryan Harper, tenor
Alfio…………………Andrey Andreychik, baritone
Lola………………….Jami-Lynn Gubbe, soprano
Mamma Lucia……Karen Bojti, mezzo-soprano
William Shookhoff, pianist and music director
with the Annex Singers, Maria Case, director