Past Performances

Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann
Saturday, January 29, 2011, 7:30 pm.  College St. United Church, 452 College St.

Hoffmann:  Jay Lambie
Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta, Stella:  Nicole Bower
Lindorf, Coppelius, Miracle, Dappertutto:  Henry Irwin
Niklas, Antonia's mother:  Ellen Vesterdal
Nathanael, Spalanzani, Frantz, Pittichinnacio:  Francis Domingue
Hermann, Schlemil, Crespel:  John Holland
Andres, Cochenille:  William Parker
Luther:  Frank de Jong
Music director and pianist:  William Shookhoff

Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande
Friday, February 4, 2011, College St. United Church, Brahm Goldhamer, guest music director and pianist
Pelleas:  Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Melisande:  Kyra Folk-Farber, soprano
Golaud: Andrew Tees, baritone
Arkel, Joel Katz, bass
Genevieve:  Jayne Smiley, mezzo-soprano
Yniold:  Erika Warder, soprano

Susannah, by Carlisle Floyd
Saturday, Feb 19, 2011, 7:30 pm.  College St. United Church, 452 College St.

Susannah: Natalie Donnelly, soprano
Reverend Blitch:  Henry Irwin, baritone
Little Bat:  Willis-Berne Bote, tenor
Sam:  Stewart Granger, tenor
The elders:
The McLeans:  Scott Bell and Sarah Hicks
The Gleatons:  Nicholas Gough and Elizabeth Russell
The Hayeses:  Oliver Dawson and Marie Francescini
The Otts:  John Warden and Debra Richardson

Fidder: Natalya Shershakova
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Bellini's Norma
Saturday, March 19, 2011, 7:30 pm.  College Street United Church, 452 College St.
 
Norma:  Carrie Gray
Adalgisa: Elizabeth McLeod
Pollione:  Jay Lambie
Oroveso:  Larry Tozer
Flavio:  Stewart Granger
Clotilde:  Jamie Heningman
 
William Shookhoff, music director and pianist

Verdi's La Traviata

Wednesday, April 6, 2011: Silver Spire United Church, 366 St. Paul St., St. Catherine's;
Friday, April 8, 2011: College St. United Church, 452 College St. (corner of Bathurst), Toronto; Wednesday, April 13, New St. James Presbyterian Church, 280 Oxford St. E, London, ON, 7:30 pm.

Violetta:  Jennifer Carter
Alfredo:  Paul Williamson
Germont:  Wayne Line
Baron:  Mark Gough
Marquis:  Kyle Macdonald
Gastone:  Jeff Boyd
Grenville:  Adam Marostica
Flora:  Shannon Coates
Annina:  Karianne Pasma

Benjamin Britten's Turn of the Screw
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. 

Governess:  Vanessa Lanch
Miles:  Charles Waddell
Mrs. Grose: Jacqueline MacIntyre
Flora:  Farah Hack
Prologue/Quint:  Jay Lambie
Miss Jessel:  Marie Franceschini

Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Saturday, May 7, 2011, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St. 

Pagliacci:
Canio:  Jay Lambie
Tonio:  Larry Tozer
Nedda:  Romina Bace
Silvio:  Greg Wagland
Beppe:  Stephen MacDonald
with the Annex Singers--Maria Case, conductor

Gianni Schicchi:
Schicchi:  Andrew Tam
Lauretta:  Ada Balon
Zita: Monica Zerbe
Rinuccio:  Stephen MacDonald
Gherardo: Alex Chan
Nella:  Romina Bace
Betto:  Kyle MacDonald
Simone:  Henry Irwin
Marco:  Dominic Sanfilippo
La Ciesca:  Rachelle Kelly
Spinelloccio:  Kerry Stover
Notary:  Raymond Accolas
Gherardino:  Hope Gumahad

Wagner's Das Rheingold
Friday, May 13, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St.  All tickets $20. 

Rheinmaidens:
  Woglinde:  Dolores Tjart
  Wellgunde:  Tatiana Kapelush
  Flosshilde:  Sarah Hicks
Alberich:  John Holland
Mime:  Nick Gough
Wotan:  Andrew Tees
Loge:  Lenard Whiting
Fricka/ Erda:  Alla Ossipova
Freia:  Dolores Tjart
Donner:  John Holland
Froh:  Nick Gough
Fasolt:  Kyle MacDonald
Fafner:  George Ossipov

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera,
Friday, June 10, 2011, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St.  All tickets $20.  Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Riccardo: Jay Lambie
Renato: Henry Irwin
Amelia: Mila Ionkova
Ulrica: Alla Ossipova
Oscar: Farah Hack
Silvano: Dominic Sanfilippo
Samuel: Kyle Macdonald
Tommaso: George Ossipov
Judge/Servant Anthony Castro

Verdi's Il Trovatore,
Saturday, July 9, 2011, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St.  All tickets $20.  Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Manrico: Steven Sherwood
Leonora: Carrie Gray
Azucena: Karen Bojti
Count di Luna: Yevgeny Yablonovsky
Ferrando: George Ossipov
Ruiz:  Francis Domingue
Inez:  Hanna Yakoutsova

Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, Saturday, September 17, 2011, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St.  All tickets $20.  Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Adina: Tsu-Ching Yu, soprano
Nemorino: Jay Lambie, tenor
Dulcamara: Henry Irwin, baritone
Belcore: Douglas Tranquada, baritone
Giannetta: Karla Escalante, soprano

Puccini's La Boheme, Thursday, September 29, 2011, Hi-Way Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne Street North, Barrie, Ontario
visit: www.coloursofmusic.ca, (705) 726-1181 for details and ticket information

Handel's Orlando, Friday, October 21, 2011, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St.  All tickets $20.  Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Orlando: Beste Kalender, mezzo-soprano
Angelica: Rachel Krehm, soprano
Medoro: Catherine Carew, mezzo-soprano
Zoroastro: Michael Robert-Broder, baritone
Dorinda: Kathy Lewis

Massenet's Herodiade, Friday, November 4, 2011, 7:30 pm, College St. United Church, 452 College St.  All tickets $20.  Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information.

Herodiade: Ellen Vesterdal, mezzo-soprano
Salome: Nadine Guertin, soprano
Herod: Henry Irwin, baritone
Jean: Oliver Dawson, tenor
Phanuel: Joel Katz, bass
Vitellius: John Holland, baritone
Young Babylonian: Nadia Chana, soprano

Menotti's Saint of Bleecker Street
Wednesday, November 23, 2011, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, 7:00 pm
Saturday, November 26, 2011, Trinity Presbyterian York Mills, 2737 Bayview Avenue (at Hwy 401), 7:30 pm. Tickets $20, discount for UTSC students. Phone 416 455-2365 for reservations and information

Annina: Deena Nicklefork, soprano
Michele: Avery Krisman, tenor
Maria Corona: Marie Franceschini, soprano
Carmela: Tammy Short, soprano
Assunta: Karen Bojti, mezzo-soprano
Desideria: Monica Zerbe, mezzo-soprano
Don Marco: Andrew Tam, bass-baritone
Salvatore: Domenico Sanfilippo, baritone
University of Toronto Scarborough Concert Choir, Lenard Whiting, director; Brett Kingsbury, assistant
Edward Franko, dramatic consultant


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