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Opera By Request is an opera company where singers, rather than the director, choose the opera. Between 2007 and 2012, Opera By Request produced 65 operas.
Singers appreciate the chance to learn the roles they love, and audiences enjoy hearing singers perform the roles that inspire them.
Opera by Request will present four operas in January 2019:
Opera by Request presents Verdi's Nabucco, in concert with piano accompaniment, Saturday, January 12, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
Nabucco.........................Gene Wu, baritone
Abigaille.........................Antonina Ermolenko, soprano
Ismaele..........................Cian Horrobin, tenor
Zaccaria.........................Dylan Wright, bass
Fenena..........................Meghan Symon, mezzo-soprano
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
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Opera by Request presents Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, semi-staged with piano accompaniment, Friday, January 18, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
A second performance takes place in Woodbridge, Sunday, January 20, 7:00pm, St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, 100 Bainbridge Avenue. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for information.
Hansel.......................Alessia D'ambrogio, mezzo-soprano
Gretel........................Sharon Tikiryan, soprano
Father........................Andrew Tees, baritone
Mother......................Emily Ding, mezzo-soprano
Witch.........................Stephanie Ferracane, soprano
Sandman...................Donna Shahi, soprano
Dew Fairy..................Michelle Mosu, soprano
with the Vaughan City Voices
Stephanie Ferracane, stage director
Claire Harris, music director and pianist
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Opera by Request presents Menotti's The Telephone and Donizetti's Rita, semi-staged with piano accompaniment, Saturday, January 19, 7:30pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. (Bathurst). All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.
The Telephone:
Ben..............Mark Towstego, baritone
Lucy.............Tsu-Ching Yu, soprano
Rita:
Rita.............Tsu-Ching Yu, soprano
Beppe.........Avery Krisman, tenor
Gasparo......Larry Tozer, baritone
Mark Schonberg, stage director
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
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Opera by Request presents Mozart's Don Giovanni, in concert with piano accompaniment, Sunday, January 20, 3:00pm, St. Matthews United Church, 25 Holloway St., Belleville, ON. All tickets $20.00. Phone 416 455-2365 for information.
Don Giovanni.......................Norman E. Brown, baritone
Leporello.............................John Holland, baritone
Donna Anna........................Alexandra Leblanc, soprano
Donna Elvira.......................Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Masetto/Commendatore....George Ossipov, bass-baritone
Don Ottavio.........................Colin Frotten, tenor
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist
Photo: William Shookhoff surrounded by OBR singers. ©2011 Alex Kozovski.
2018-11-07
Toronto: Opera by Request presents four operas in January