Opera by Request presents Gluck’s Orfeo, in concert with piano accompaniment, Sunday, June 1, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20.00 Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Orfeo…………Eugenia Dermentzis, mezzo-soprano
Eurydice……..Naomi Eberhard, soprano
Amor………….Sharon Tikiryan, soprano
The Annex Singers, Maria Case, director
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
Opera by Request presents Saint-Saens’ Samson et Delilah, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, May 23, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Samson…………..Jason Lamont, tenor
Delilah……………Karen Bojti, mezzo-soprano
High Priest of Dagon….Marco Petracchi, baritone
Abimelech/Old Hebrew…..Henry Irwin, baritone
A Philistine………John Warden, bass-baritone
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
Opera by Request presents Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, in concert with piano accompaniment, Friday, May 16, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Lucia………………Katharine Dain, soprano
Edgardo………….Michael Ciufo, tenor
Enrico…………….Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Raimondo……….Norman E. Brown, bass-baritone
Normanno/Arturo……Francis Domingue, tneor
Alice………………Jenny Cohen, mezzo-soprano
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
A recital featuring some of the most loved works by Richard Strauss, including Allerseelen, Morgen, and Zueignung, a movement from his violin sonata, and the Vier Letzte Lieder. A concert chat on Richard Strauss will be given by Iain Scott.
Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm St. Toronto, 7:30 pm
Allison Cecilia Arends, Soprano
Alex Toskov, violinist
William Shookhoff, pianist
Admission is free.
Opera by Request presents Verdi’s Il Trovatore, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, April 26, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Manrico………………..Paul Williamson, tenor
Leonora………………..Olga Tylman, soprano
Count di Luna…………Wayne Line, baritone
Azucena………………..Julia Clarke, mezzo-soprano
Ferrando……………….Domenico Sanfilippo, bass-baritone
Inez………………………Hanna Yakautsova, mezzo-soprano
Ruiz………………………William Parker, tenor
William Shookhoff, pianist and music director
Opera by Request, in collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Czech Music, presents a Lieder Abend/Vecerni pisne, Friday, April 11, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst). Songs of Dvorak and Mahler, featuring the complete Das Lied von der Erde. All tickets $20.00 Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Dvorak: Love Songs and Biblical Songs; Danielle Dudycha, soprano and John Holland, baritone
Mahler: Selections from Das Knaben Wunderhorn; Jenny Cohen, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Kristine Dandavino, mezzo-soprano, Dillon Parmer, tenor
William Shookhoff, pianist