Opera by Request presents Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Saturday, November 29, 7:30 pm. College St. United Church, 452 College St. 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……………………………Olga Tylman, mezzo-soprano
Achilla……………………………John Holland, bass-baritone
Curio……………………………..John Warden, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, music director and conductor

Opera by Request presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Friday, Nov 21, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Cio-Cio-San……………………Andrea Naccarato, soprano
Pinkerton……………………..Paul Williamson, tenor
Sharpless…………………….Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Suzuki………………………..Sarah Christina Steinert, mezzo-soprano
Goro………………………………Alexander Chan, tenor
Commissioner/Registrar/Bonzo/Yamadori………Domenico Sanfilippo, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in concert with piano accompaniment, Wednesday, November 19, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Don Giovanni…………………Giovanni Spanu, baritone
Leporello……………………….Gregory Finney, bass-baritone
Donna Anna…………………..Katharine Dain, soprano
Donna Elvira…………………..Kiri Parker, soprano
Zerlina…………………………..Danielle Dudycha, soprano
Don Ottavio……………………Emilio Fina, tenor
Masetto/Commendatore…Reid Spencer, bass-baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

Opera by Request presents Tsu-Ching Yu, soprano, in recital: Love Everlasting. Works by Clara Schumann, Cecile Chaminade, Eric Whitacre, Tchaikovsky and others. With William Shookhoff, pianist. Friday, November 7, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 832-7891 for additional information.

Opera by Request presents Thomas’ Hamlet, in concert with piano accompaniment:

Thursday, Oct 2, 7:30 pm Westmount Baptist Church, 411 Roslyn Av, Westmount, Montréal, QC
Saturday, Oct 4, 7:30 pm St. Columba Church, 11 Rodney Av, Pointe-Claire, QC

Reservations and information: 514 288-5558 (French only), 514 577-3274 (English and French)

Hamlet: Simon Chaussee, baritone
Ophelia: Gerda Findeisen, soprano
Gertrude: Ioanna Touliatu, mezzo-soprano
Claudius: Norman Brown, baritone
Laertes/Marcellus/2nd Gravedigger: Danny LeClerc, tenor
Spectre/Polonius: Simon Chalifoux, baritone
Horatio/1st Gravedigger: Real Robitaille, baritone

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director

The Canadian Institute for Czech Music, in association with Opera by Request, presents the Canadian premiere of Dvorak’s Jakobin, Friday, October 24, 7:30 pm, at Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor St. West, semi-staged with chamber ensemble. Tickets $25 and $30. Phone 647 969-3498 for additional information.

Benda, the village music teacher: Lenard Whiting, tenor
Terinka, his daughter: Danielle Dudycha, soprano
Jiri, Terinka’s beloved: Ryan Harper, tenor
Filip, the village burgrave: John Holland, baritone
Count Vilem: Andrew Tees, baritone
Bohus, his son: Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Adolf, his nephew: Domenico Sanfilippo, bass-baritone
Julie, Bohus’s wife: Michele Cusson, soprano
Lotinka, the Count’s housekeeper: Jenny Cohen, mezzo-soprano

William Shookhoff, music director and conductor