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Tom Huizenga. Washington Post, September 27, 2010Upcoming Performances of the Season:
AUDITIONS 2019-2020
Auditions for Bel Cantanti Opera's season 2019-2020 on Saturdays, May 25 and June 1, 2019 at the Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, MD.
Verdi's Rigoletto (October 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, 2019)
Donizetti's Don Pasquale (December 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 2019)
Frances Pollock's Mario and the Magician (March 7, 8, 14, 15, 2020, world premiere)
Rimsky Korsakov's May Night (May 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 2020)
Audition Information
Evolution of Song. The Renaissance to Romantic Eras
Soprano Meghan McCall and Dr. Katerina Souvorova will take you through time with pieces from composers such as Arne, Campian, Dowland, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Mahler and more.
Poetry reading by Daryl Yoder, choreography-balet compositions by Valentina Simon.
The concert is accompanied by piano and harpsichord. Mixed media fine art projections througout the recital.
Sunday, May 26, at 2:00pm
Rosborough Center at Asbury Methodist Village
(301 Odenhal Ave, Gaithersburg, MD)
Tickets: $25. Available only online through Eventbrite.com.
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Past Performances:
The Tsar's Bride
An opera by N. Rimsky Korsakov
Second fully staged performance in US, in Russian with English supertitles. In costume. Accompanied by orchestra.
Marfa Sobakina: Asmik Arutiuniants; Grigory Gryaznoj: Rob McGinness; Lyubasha: Viktoriya Koreneva;
Vasily Sobakin: John Scherch; Ivan Lykov: Michael Butler; Bomelius: Peter Burroughs;
Domna Saburova: Katie Manukyan; Dunyasha: Sofiya Schug, Marie Herrington; Malyuta: Kofi Hayford.
Orfeo ed Euridice
An opera-ballet by C. W. Gluck
Orfee : Francesca Aguado; Euridice : Chelsea Lehnea; Amour : Robin Steitz;
Furies, blessed spirits : The Olney Ballet.
Stage Director: Elizabeth Dinkova, Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak, Choreographer: Runqiao Du, Lighting Designer: Brydon Geisler, Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
An opera by W. Mozart
Figaro: Robert Mellon, Susanna: Emily Tweedy,Count Almaviva: Erik Grendahl,
Countess Almaviva: Claire Kuttler, Cherubino: Francesca Aguado; Marcellina: Laura Zahn, Megan Heavner, Don Bartolo: Alex Adam Leytes,
Don Basilio, Don Kurzio: Peter Burroughs; Barbarina: Marie Marquis: Antonio: Elliot Matheny.
Stage Director: Jennifer Blades, Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak,Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
My Beautiful Galatea
An operetta by F. Suppe
Pygmalion : Max Zander; Galatea : Kelly Curtin; Ganymede : Joseph Baker; Midas: Alex Alburqueque.
Stage Director: Jennifer Blades, Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak, Choreographers: Runqiao Du, Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Les Pecheurs de Perles (Pearl Fishers)
An opera in three acts by G. Bizet
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Nadir : Tom Mulder; Leila : Katherine Boyce; Zurga : Kyle Oliver; Nourabad : Antoine Hodge.
The Olney Ballet Theatre. Choreography by Runqiao Du.
Stage Director: Phillip Collister, Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak, Lighting Designer: Brydon Geisler, Choreographers: Runqiao Du, Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Taste of Tomorrow. Opera a la Carte
Concert-preview of Bel Cantanti's 15th season will include the snippets of the future performances of 2018-2019:
C. Bizet's opera Les Pecheurs de Perles (Pearl Fishers), operetta by Franz von Suppe My Beautiful Galatea ,W. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro , W. Gluck' Orfeo ed Euridice
N. Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar's Bride .
Singers: Katherine Boyce, James C Kil, Rob McGinness, Sarah Hayashi, Erik Grendahl, Francesca Aguado, Katie Manukyan, Laura Zahn, John TK Scherch. The Olney Ballet Theatre. Choreography by Runqiao Du.