Handaya Rusli
Leopold Maria
Baritone Handaya Rusli has been heard as Giorgio Germont in Verdi’s La Traviata with Toronto City Opera as well as Jimmy in Kurt Weill's Little Mahagonny, Dikoj in Janacek’s Katya Kabanova, Tesorero in Verdi’s Un Giorno di Regno, Barbarosa in Verdi’s La Battaglia di Legnano with Opera in Concert. He sang with Toronto Operetta Theatre as Cerberus in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, Frank in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Von Asterberg in Romberg’s The Student Prince and Tschekko in Kalman’s Countess Maritza. He also sang with Opera York as Marchese d’Obigny in Verdi’s La Traviata, where Michael Jones of Canada Opera lauded “….. the resonant voice and commanding performance of Handaya Rusli as the Marchese d’Obigny.”
