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The Kitchener-Waterloo Sym- phony will perform the Verdi Requiem with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, next month at Centre in “Square. under the dim of Elmer lseIer. The concerts, presented Jan. 13 and I4, highlight the 100th annivet'sary 9f the choir which has been tinder lseler’s direction since 1964. worked with legendary conduc- tors such as Lmnid Stowkcmski, Fritz Rainer, Helm Rilli and has performed 1't'lTal'l"la'lt in New York, Washington, Lon. don and Paris. K-W Symphony to i [ perform Verdi Requim. Performing with Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony will be soloist Diane King Linda Maguire, Glyn Evans and Gary Soprano Diane King received her Bachelor of Music born the University of British Columbia before continuing her studies at the Guildhall School in England and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. She has worked extensively with the Vancouver Cantata Singers and has appeared with the Guildhall Charmer Choir and me Northwest Opera. Her upcoming engagements include the tide role in Luisa Miller with Opera in Concert. . Mezzo Linda Ma uire has waded with the Canagian Opera Company, Opera Atelier, and major companies across Canada. Her recent engagements have managers, the choir has Voluntary Pay included the role of Rosina with Dallas Opera and work with the Boston Lyric Opera, the Houston Opera and the Glydeboume We Festival. During the 1993/94 season, Evans sang the Liverpool Oratorio in New Zealand. His opera and Operetta performances have included HMS Pinafore with Symphony Nova Scotia and a, concert of opera requests with Opera Lyra. tax: Records recently released her CD with the Calgary Philhar- manic under the Jiréction of Tenor Glyn Evans is a noted interpreter of oratorio and recital repertoire, and he has worked with many of the country's lead,. ing symphony txchestras. During the 1993 International Choral Festival in Toronto, he was a fea- tured soloist with the Orpheus Choir, the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, and the Kammer- chor Stuttgart. Described in The New Yorker as possessing "a baritone of uncommon beauty," Gary Relyea has worked with orchestras in Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Montreal, and Toronto. He sang in Handel's Messiah with the Toronto Symphony this month, marking his 75th appearance with that orchestra. Tickets for K-W Symphony's performance of the Verdi Requiem range in price from $22 to $35 and are available at the Centre in the Square box office (578-1570). Call Alan Tchabushnig 570-9907 or 1300-4614748 30f kmg Sr. W., Sun: 505, Kitchener CAPITAL colvnnAYloN Join us at 6 o'clock for, a delicious. dinner before your party. Champagne at midnight is just part of our fabulous New Year's Eve. Or, at 9 o'clock For a gala celebration that's sure to be the. toast of the town! Connoisseurs of truly fine dining will be in cull- nary paradise rcvclling a New Year's. Eve Fivecouree, gourmet dinner. Served in an elegant ambiance of candlelight and m. the cost is just $125 per per- son. including tax. gratuities and party favours, Afterwards. sit back in our private limousinc relax and enjoy a sale ride, homc For reservations by phone (Visa. Naslcrcard (p Amex) kindly call Nina, Dale or Ophie at 888701 You'll tonsil your brilliant decision lalcn h selection of wines will be perfectly matched to the food and served with dinner. Complimentary champagne and a lavish seafood bullet will be R‘i‘u’d at midnight. Dessert, liqueur and coilee will com plete the evening. " 56 King Slrm'l N., Wutcrlois, Oman“ aesa Nina tx, pop pop /tiil,i..lt/i l £4; il,),'itii'iiii),,,, 'iilii',i.i,,i', If“ 3 AW WATERLOO CHtttmtth,E, WY. Dem 26, I” . PALE 31 "