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Toronto, Ont… Forte – The Toronto Men’s Chorus announced today that renowned Canadian actor William Webster will guest star in Forte in Formal, the chorus’ 10^th anniversary holiday and all-classical concert on Saturday, December 2, 2006 at Metropolitan United Church, 56 Queen Street East at 7:30 p.m.

This holiday season the chorus presents a repertoire that includes the world premiere of music director Edward Connell’s setting of Hamlet’s famous lines, "What a piece of work is a man", along with a widely varied program that travels from Mozart’s Masonic Lodges, through the concentration camps at Terezin and Buchenwald, to the dark days of the American slave trade, the Canterbury Tales of Chaucer, and finally, a "lodge of broken bark" in Bethlehem."

Special guests include Bruno Cormier, Baritone; Stephen Erickson, Tenor; and William Webster, narrator in Schoenberg’s powerful holocaust work, "A Survivor from Warsaw."

William Webster is a founding member and resident artist of the Soulpepper Theatre Company and has performed in fourteen seasons at the Stratford Festival. His stage credits include Soulpepper’s productions of King Lear, Our Town and The Government Inspector; the Canadian Opera Company’s production of The Handmaid’s Tale and CanStage’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile. His film and television credits include My Own Country, directed by Mira Nair; Witchblade and the critically acclaimed television series Queer As Folk.

Directed by composer, lyricist, vocalist, and award-winning organist Edward Connell, Forte – The Toronto Men’s Chorus is a 28-member performing arts group devoted to musical excellence and dedicated to highlighting the talents of the gay community through performance of a diverse repertoire of music. Through its annual Christmas and spring concerts, and many other community and fundraising performances, for a number of non-profit organizations the Chorus enlightens and educates others about the gay community by reaching out to other communities, in a proactive manner.

Tickets for Forte in Formal are $25 for Adults and $20 Students/Seniors (with valid I.D.) and can be purchased in advance through the St. Lawrence Centre Box Office, 27 Front Street East by cash, debit or credit card.

By phone at 416-366-7723 or 1-800-708-6754

Hours of Operation: Monday – Saturday from 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Tickets are also available at This Ain’t The Rosedale Library, 483 Church Street.