OperaMANIA
Opera Revue’s 4th Annual Gala
Opera Meets Wrestling: A Night of Arias and Arm Bars!
Get ready for an unforgettable night where high culture collides with high-impact action! Opera Revue teams up with the hard-hitting Junction City Wrestlers to bring you a spectacle like no other — a musical melee of operatic proportions.
Expect dramatic duets and death-defying dropkicks as these two worlds fuse into one wild, genre-defying show. Featuring guest artists Queen Hezamuryango, Gregory Finney, and Ryan Downey, alongside the Opera Revue "Band", this event promises vocal fireworks and body slams in equal measure.
🎶 Live Opera
🤼 Live Wrestling
🔥 One Epic Show
We acknowledge the support of the
Canada Council for the Arts
Sponsored by:
Meet Our Wrestlers and Singers
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Freedom Wallace
Junction City Wrestling Founder
Junction City Wrestling produces live, family-friendly pro wrestling events and offers training classes in Toronto and beyond. Founded in 2017 by Andrew McRae, a lifelong wrestling fan turned pro, the promotion has entertained audiences in some of Ontario’s most unique and historic venues while establishing partnerships with local businesses, organizations, and charities to create a lasting community impact.
As the producer of Junction City Wrestling, Andrew brings storytelling to the forefront, weaving compelling narratives that connect the extraordinarily athletic characters with fans of all ages. His creative style makes every show an entertaining experience for both long-time enthusiasts and first-time guests alike.
With over a decade of in-ring experience, Andrew also serves as a coach at New Wave Wrestling Toronto, a full-service pro wrestling school inside Budo Canada, helping students pursue their dream of becoming wrestlers.
Visit junctioncitywrestling.com and follow Junction City Wrestling (@junctioncitywrestling) and Andrew McRae (@freedomismcrae) on social media for more information.
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Kingsley
Pro Wrestler
Feisty and in-charge behind the microphone, Kingsley brings a certain sass into the pro-wrestling scene. After successfully making her mark in the Australian scene with multiple championships under her belt and rising in popularity, she is now pursuing her solo career as the ‘Style Siren’ in the North American wrestling scene. Kingsley has an earworm of a theme song that makes you "say her name about 20 times" however, opponents are quick to learn that her spritely persona quickly turns vicious, proving that this VIP party only has room for one superstar to be on top.
IG: @kingsley_pw
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The Mighty Cadman
Pro Wrestler
Born in Bendigo, Australia, The Mighty Cadman has spent the last 13 years in the ring, wrestling across Australia, Canada, the US, and the UK.
Since moving to Toronto in 2017, they’ve continued to compete and expand into acting, appearing on several TV wrestling productions. Whether it’s in front of a crowd or a camera, they bring the same intensity and passion to every performance.
IG: @themightycadman
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Wanda Delrey
Pro Wrestler
Wanda Delrey has been wrestling for the past 5 years. She started training in Toronto after learning that a local wrestling show also runs a school to train the next generation of pro wrestlers.
Wanda has worked coast to coast in Canada and wants to travel the world wrestling and learning from the best.
IG: @wanda_wrestling
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Gregory Finney
Baritone
Although not a doctor, but plays one in many 200 year old operas, Cape Breton baritone Gregory Finney has been harassing the Toronto Opera scene since about 2007. Hailed as “Not the strongest singer onstage” by Opera Canada, his ability to make people laugh and being born/identifying as a cis-male has made him a regular feature on Toronto stages, desired or not. Foisted on audiences in such shows as Pirates of Penzance (Maj. Gen. Stanley), Nozze di Figaro (Conte), Figaro’s Wedding (Bartolo/Antonio) & La bohème (Benoit/Alcindoro) - the Against the Grain Theatre ones, Die Zauberflöte (Papageno), Falstaff (Bardolfo), La Tragédie de Carmen (Escamillo), and Die Fledermaus (Orlofsky) for which an official apology to all Mezzos has been issued. Greg has also begun his second series of assaults on Opera as a director with productions of Bluebeard’s Castle, Nozze, and Carmen with more to come.
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Queen Hezumuryango
Mezzo Soprano
Originally from Burundi, Queen Hezumuryango holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Montreal. She is currently a resident artist with Opera on the Avalon and a laureate of Théâtre Lyrichorégra’s Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques. A Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio alumna, her recent roles include Carmen (Carmen, BrottOpera), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana, COC), Ebba Sparre (La reine-garçon, COC), and Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Highlands Opera Studio). A finalist of the 2025 Rumbold Vocal Prize, she was a semifinalist in the 2021 OSM Competition, received an Encouragement Award at the 2023 Laffont Competition (Eastern Region), and won the Kurt Weill Award at the 2025 Lotte Lenya Competition. In 2024, she was named one of CBC’s “30 Hot Classical Musicians Under 30” and nominated for a Dora Award for Treemonisha. This season, she covers Erda (Siegfried, Edmonton Opera) and appears as the alto soloist in Händel’s Messiah (Brott Music Festival) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Cathedral Bluffs Symphony).
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Ryan Downey
Tenor
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN’, BROTHER…
From the rugged coasts of Newfoundland to the grandest stages in the nation, a storm’s been brewin’, dude — and its name is RYAN DOWNEY! That’s right! A PROUD Newfoundlander and a tenor on the rise, brother, and the whole country's takin’ notice! The critics? They can’t hold back — they’re talkin’ “nimbleness of voice” from Bachtrack, and “attractive lyric tenor colour” from the Edmonton Journal, JACK!
This ain’t just hype — this is DESTINY.
You’ve seen Ryan light up the opera stage with the Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Toronto Operetta Theatre, and Tapestry Opera, brother! And every time he steps under those lights — BAM — it’s like a superkick to your soul, dude!
We’re talkin’ Candide, the golden warrior of optimism himself! We’re talkin’ Tamino, blastin’ the Queen of the Night back into the shadows in Die Zauberflöte, Rodolfo in La Bohème, and Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore, brother! He’s stepped into roles like Rinuccio, Goro, the Gingerbread Witch (and you know he devoured that role whole, brother!) and even tag-teamed Basilio and Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro!
But this past season? OH YEAH — he LEVELS UP, BROTHER!
Solo debut with the Canadian Opera Company as the Peasant Leader in Eugene Onegin and throwin’ vocal lariats as A Townsman in Wozzeck, brother! And when he’s not takin’ the spotlight? He’s COVERING ROLES like a legend, preppin’ for battle, always ready to step in the ring and steal the show!
And when Ryan hits the concert stage? IT’S A SYMPHONIC SUPLEX, BROTHER!
Handel’s Messiah with the Edmonton Symphony and the Newfoundland Symphony — DONE! Beethoven’s Ninth and Mozart’s Requiem with the Windsor Symphony — DONE! Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Guelph Symphony — DONE! And he made his KENNEDY CENTER DEBUT in Washington, D.C., bringin’ the fire with Adolphus Hailstork’s I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, brother!
So now the question is this…
WHATCHA GONNA DO — when RYAN DOWNEY… the EAST COAST TENOR… the HIGH NOTE HERO… and the POWER OF PING… runs wild on YOU, BROTHERRRR?!