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

Opera by Request presents Massenet’s “Werther” in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, March 15, 7:30 pm. Southminster United Church, Bank St and Aylmer Ave, Ottawa. All tickets $20.00, available at the door or at Leading Note, Compact Music, CD Warehouse.

Jeff Boyd – Werther
Jean-e Hudson – Charlotte
Erinne-Colleen Laurin – Sophie
Norman E Brown – Albert
Gianomarco Segato – Bailli
Keith Gomes – Schmidt
James Zacour – Johann

and members of the Boys’ and Girls’ choirs of Christ Church Cathedral directed by Matthew Larkin

William Shookhoff – pianist/music director

Opera by Request presents Puccini’s La Bohème, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, March 8, 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.

Mimi………………Erin Armstrong, soprano
Musetta………….Naomi Eberhard, soprano
Rodolfo…………..Ryan Harper, tenor
Marcello…………John Conlon, baritone
Schaunard……….Peter Bass, baritone
Colline…………….Dylan Wright, bass
Benoit/Alcindoro…Larry Tozer, baritone
Parpignol…………William Parker, tenor
Un Ragazzo………Will Ebere, treble

William Shookhoff, pianist and music director