Toronto Operetta Theatre presents Johann Strauss’ most seductive operetta masterpiece, A Night in Venice, in a full production at the St. Lawrence Centre on Friday, April 17 (7:30 pm), Saturday, April 18 (3 pm) and Sunday, April 19 (3 pm). Starring will be Andrea Núñezas Annina, beloved of Caramello, sung by Ryan Downey. The Duke will be Jeremy Scinocca with Madeline Cooper as Ciboletta and Marcus Tranquilli as Pappacoda. Also featured will be Meghan Symon as Agricola and Sean Curran as Senator Delaqua. “We welcome a cast of TOT alumni for A Night in Venice,” says TOT’s General Director Guillermo Silva-Marin, “and the debut of Jeremy Scinocca as the Duke.” Heard as Adele in Die Fledermaus for TOT, Andrea Núñez has also been highlighted by Opéra de Montréal as Musetta in La Bohème. Ryan Downey is an alumnus of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda Faris program and will be remembered at Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore for TOT. Madeline Cooper was our Yum Yum in Mikado Revisited and Marcus Tranquilli her Nanki-Pooh in 2025. Debuting tenor Jeremy Scinocca was recently heard as Elvino in La sonnambula for Opera in Concert and will be a member of Atelier Lyrique at Opéra de Montréal this coming season. Returning to TOT’s podium to conduct A Night in Venice will be Kate Carver, Music Director/Conductor of Opera Laurier for Wilfrid Laurier University. TOT’s General Director, Guillermo Silva-Marin, will direct, with Myra Malley as stage manager.

“A Night in Venice has it all”, says Silva-Marin. “Romance, secret trysts, masked balls and screwball comedy all wrapped in some of the Waltz King’s most enchanting melodies.” The operetta, which premiered in Berlin on October 3, 1883, is set during Carnival Season in Venice. The plot centers on the Duke of Urbino, a notorious womanizer who plans on wooing the ward of Venetian Senator Delaqua, who intends to marry her himself. Mixed in are a rowdy group of locals, including a macaroni cook, a ladies’ maid, a beautiful seafood vendor, various senators, their wives and denizens of Venice, all looking for a good time. The story unfolds as a turbulent comedy of disguises and mistaken identities with amorous confusion. Along with Strauss’ Die Fledermaus and Der Zigeunerbaron, A Night in Venice is considered a repertoire classic. Its enormous success and enduring popularity are undeniably due to the gorgeous melodies that continue to encourage audiences to hum along. The most famous musical numbers include the ‘Lagoon Waltz’, ‘The Gondola Song’, ‘The Doves of San Marco’ and the Duke’s ‘Salute to Venice’.

TOT’s 2026/27 Season will be announced at these performances, bringing the current season to a close.

Performances take place at the wheelchair-accessible St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, situated in the downtown theatre district, close to public transit and municipal parking. For information, call the Box Office at 416-366-7723, 1-800-708-6754, or www.torontooperetta.com.