Opera by Request presents Handel’s Giulio Cesare, in concert with piano accompaniment, Sunday, May 29, 3:00pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Cesare…………………….Norman E. Brown, baritone
Cleopatra………………..Hayley Swanton, soprano
Sesto………………………Heidi Jost, mezzo-soprano
Cornelia…………………..Jean-E Hudson, mezzo-soprano
Tolomeo………………….Carole Portelance, mezzo-soprano
Nireno…………………….Ken Mak, baritone
Curio……………………… Matthew O’Connor, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist

Opera by Request congratulates baritone John Holland on being selected to sing the role of Leporello in the Prague Summer Nights Festival this July. The Festival auditions singers world-wide, and John will be Canada’s sole representative in this production. Those interested in assisting John on this amazing journey can visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1642415370/help-john-sing-leporello-in-prague-act-i-the-trave

Opera by Request presents Catalani’s La Wally, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, June 10th, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Wally…………………………….Sarah Hood, soprano
Giuseppe Hagenbach………Paul Williamson, tenor
Vincenzo Gellner……………Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Walter………………………….Brigitte Bogar, soprano
Old Soldier…………………….Andrew Tam, baritone
Stromminger………………….Steven Henrikson, bass-baritone
Afra………………………………Anna Belikova, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Bellini’s Norma, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 23, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Norma…………….Chantal Parent, soprano
Adalgisa…………..Sarah Christina Steinert, mezzo-soprano
Pollione……………Dillon Parmer, tenor
Oroveso……………Andrew Tees, baritone
Clotilde…………….Jennifer Routhier, mezzo-soprano
Flavio……………….Fabian Arciniegas, tenor

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 16, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Don Giovanni…………………Lawrence Cotton, baritone
Leporello……………………….Douglas Tranquada, baritone
Donna Anna…………………..Stephanie de Ciantis, soprano
Donna Elvira…………………..Brigitte Bogar, soprano
Don Ottavio………………….. Mikhail Bukhman, tenor
Zerlina………………………….. Brittany Stewart, soprano
Masetto…………………………John Holland, baritone
Commendatore………………Steven Henrikson, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents a double-bill of Weber’s Abu Hassan and Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle, semi-staged with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 2, 7:30 pm, at College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Abu Hassan:

Abu Hassan……………..Avery Krisman, tenor
Fatima…………………….Michelle Danese, soprano
Omar……………………….Henry Irwin, baritone

Bluebeard’s Castle:

Judith……………………….Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Bluebeard………………….Larry Tozer, baritone

Gregory Finney, stage director
William Shookhoff, pianist and music director