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Follow us on Facebook" Bel Cantanti reminds us that our region's smaller companies are arguably smarter, better stewards of the art form, spending more wisely than the big-budget houses, presenting sturdy, smaller-scaled evenings of opera..."
Tom Huizenga. Washington Post, September 27, 2010Upcoming Performances of the Season:
Les Pecheurs de Perles (Pearl Fishers)
An opera in three acts by G. Bizet
A story about love, passion, jealousy and friendship. Opera is fully staged, performed in French with English supertitles. In costume.
Accompanied by orchestra. In collaboration with The Olney Ballet theatre.
Nadir : James Kil; Leila : Katherine Boyce; Zurga : Kyle Oliver; Nourabad : Antoine Hodge.
Friday, November 9, at 7:30pm
Sunday, November 11, at 3:00pm
Saturday, November 17, at 7:30pm
Sunday, November 18, at 3:00pm
Silver Spring Black Box Theater (8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910)
Stage Director: Phillip Collister
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Choreographers: Patricia Berrend and Runqiao Du
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com and at the door.
Information: (240)230-7372 or tickets@belcantanti.com
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Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.
My Beautiful Galatea
An operetta by F. Suppe
A famous story of Pygmalion and Galatea. Love, which transformed a marble statue into a beautiful woman.
Fully staged. Performed in English with English spoken dialogues. In collaboration with The Olney Ballet.
Pygmalion : Max Zander; Galatea : Kelly Curtin; Ganymede : Joseph Baker; Midas: Alex Alburqueque.
Saturday, December 29, at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 30, at 3:00pm
Saturday, January 4, at 7:30pm
Sunday, January 5, at 3:00pm
Randolph Road Theater (4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD)
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Choreographers: Patricia Berrend and Runqiao Du
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com and at the door.
Information: (240)230-7372 or tickets@belcantanti.com
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Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
An opera by W. Mozart
Opera is fully staged, performed in Italian with English supertitles. In costume. Accompanied by orchestra.
Figaro : Alex Alburqueque; Susanna : Emily Tweedy; Count Almaviva : Erik Grendahl;
Countess Almaviva: Claire Kuttler; Cherubino : Francesca Aguado; Marcellina : Melissa Kornacki, Megan Heavner;
Don Bartolo : Alex Adam Leytes; Don Basilio : Peter Bourough; Don Kurzio : Peter Bourough;
Barbarina : Marie Marquis; Antonio : Matthew Elliot.
Saturday, March 9, at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 10, at 3:00pm
Friday, March 15, at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 17, at 3:00pm
Randolph Road Theater (4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD)
Stage Director: Jennifer Blade
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com and at the door.
Information: (240)230-7372 or tickets@belcantanti.com
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Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.
Orfee ed Euridice
An opera by W. Gluck
Opera is fully staged, performed in Italian with English supertitles. In costume. Accompanied by orchestra. In collaboration with Olney Ballet.
Orfee : Francesca Aguado; Euridice : TBD; Amour : Robyn Steitz.
Friday, April 12, at 7:30pm
Saturday, April 13, at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 14, at 3:00pm
Silver Spring Black Box Theater (8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910)
Stage Director: Justin Moniz
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Choreographers: Patricia Berrend and Runqiao Du
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com and at the door.
Information: (240)230-7372 or tickets@belcantanti.com
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Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.
The Tsar's Bride
An opera by N. Rimsky Korsakov
Opera is fully staged, performed in Russian with English supertitles. In costume. Accompanied by orchestra.
Marfa: TBD; Gryaznoj: TBD; Lyubasha: Viktoriya Koreneva;
Vasily Sobakin: John Scherch; Lykov: Max Zander; Bomelius: Peter Bourough;
Domna Saburova: Alyssa Cox; Dunyasha: Marie Herrington; Malyuta: TBD
Saturday, May 11, at 7:30pmNovember 9, at 3:00pm
Sunday, May 12, at 3:00pm
Saturday, May 18, at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 19, at 3:00pm
Randolph Road Theater (4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD)
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova
Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com and at the door.
Information: (240)230-7372 or tickets@belcantanti.com
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Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.
Past Performances:
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.
Ballet excerpts of the shows will be presented by The Olney Ballet Theatre. Choreography by Runqiao Du.