Opera by Request presents Handel’s Giulio Cesare, New St. James Presbyterian Church, 280 Oxford St (at Richmond), London. Sunday, February 15, 3:00 pm. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Cesare…………………………..Catharin Carew, mezzo-soprano
Cleopatra……………………….Marie Franceschini, soprano
Cornelia…………………………Madison Arsenault, mezzo-soprano
Sesto……………………………..Stephanie Code, mezzo-soprano
Tolomeo…………………………Jenny Cohen, mezzo-soprano
Nireno……………………………Gabrielle French, mezzo-soprano
Achilla……………………………John Holland, bass-baritone
Curio……………………………..John Warden, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, music director and conductor

Opera by Request presents Boito’s Mefistofele, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, February 27, 7:30 pm, College St. United Chursh, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Mefistofele…………………George Ossipov, bass-baritone
Faust………………………….Ryan Harper, tenor
Marguerite/Helen of Troy………Olga Tylman, soprano
Martha/Pantalis………….Anush Pasishnik, mezzo-soprano
Wagner/Nereus………….Robert Rawlins, tenor

Music Moves Kids children’s chorus, Erin Armstrong, director

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Friday, February 20, 7:30 pm., College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Riccardo………………………Taras Chmil, tenor
Amelia………………………..Carrie Gray, soprano
Renato………………………..Michael York, baritone
Ulrica………………………….Kristine Dandavino, mezzo-soprano
Oscar…………………………Kira Braun, soprano
Samuel………………………..Larry Tozer, baritone
Tom…………………………….Steven Henrikson, baritone
Silvano………………………..Kyle McDonald, baritone
Judge/Servant………………Ryan Paul Downey, baritone

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request presents Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, February 14, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Adina…………………………..Tammy Short, soprano
Nemorino…………………….Asitha Tennekoon, tenor
Belcore………………………..Diego Catalla, baritone
Dulcamara……………………Keith O’Brien, baritone
Giannetta……………………. Patricia Auchterlonie, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Opera by Request congratulates Kiri Parker (recently heard as Donna Elvira in OBR’s Don Giovanni) on her recent contract with Glyndebourne Opera for the 2015 season. Best wishes, Kiri, from all of us at Opera by Request

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, February 7, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All seats $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Fiordiligi………………Jami-Lynn Gubbe, soprano
Dorabella…………….Melissa Peiou, mezzo-soprano
Despina………………Andrea Nunez, soprano
Ferrando……………. Conrad Siebert, tenor
Guglielmo……………Janaka Welihinda, baritone
Don Alfonso…………Lawrence Shirkie, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director