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" 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..."
Season 2012 - 2013
Auditions!
F. Handel Serse (Xerxes). All roles are needed. March-April 2014. Sung in Italian. Rockville, MD.
P.Tchaikovsky Iolanta. Role of King Renee (bass) is needed. Sung is Russian. January 2014. Rockville, MD
Auditions are held on Saturdays: May 18 (3-7pm) and May 25 (12-6pm) at JPH Hall of Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20064.
To request an audition slot singers need to apply by sending an application package via email to auditions@belcantanti.com .
Application materials: current resume, current headshot, MP3 recording or link to the Yotube or personal website.
Application fee: $36.50 - paid online through PAYPAL. . Follow the link.
Bel Cantanti and Catholic University Joint Summer Opera Festival
This year our festival will present fourty two singers. Three weeks of intense coachings, vocal performance seminars, masterclasses, voice lessons and, of course, music and staging rehearsals will result in producing a weekend of French and Viennese Opera as well as a concert of Russian Art song. of 18th through 20th centuries.
Russian Art Song, 18th through 20 century.
A recital of Russian art songs of P. Bulakhov, M. Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, A. Rubinstein, A.Borodin, P.Tchaikovsky, M. Musorgky, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, S. Rachmaninoff and others. Accompanied by the projection of the paintings of Russian fine art. Accompanied by Nicholas Catravas, Nathan Blair, Katerina Souvorova.
Sunday, June 9, 3:00pm
John Paul Hall of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave, Washington D.C. N.E
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At the door: $15.
Ticket information: (240) 230-7372 or at tickets@belcantanti.com
J. Strauss Die Fledermaus (The Bat)
Sung in German with English spoken dialogs and projected English supertitles, accompanied by BCO chamber orchestra, conducted by Joel Bourelli-Boudreau.
Friday, June 21, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 23, 2:30pm
Ward Hall of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave, Washington D.C. N.E
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Online Adult: $27, Student: $15. At the door Adult: $25, Senior: $20, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $20.
Ticket information: (240) 230-7372 or at tickets@belcantanti.com
J. Offenbach Orphee aux Enfers (Orpheus in Underworld)
Sung in French with English spoken dialogs and projected English supertitles, accompanied by BCO chamber orchestra, conducted by BCO Artistic director, Katerina Souvorova.Saturday, June 22, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 23, 6:00pm
Ward Hall of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Catholic University, 620 Michigan Ave, Washington D.C. N.E
Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com Buy tickets
Online Adult: $27, Student: $15. At the door Adult: $25, Senior: $20, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $20.
Ticket information: (240) 230-7372 or at tickets@belcantanti.com
Past Performances
The Music of Russian Soul
A concert, dedicated to the music of P. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). Sung in Russian with projected English texts, supertitles and images of the Russian art of 19th century.
Featuring: Maryann Mootos, soprano; Yeji Yoon, soprano; Daniel Noone, tenor; Huanhuan Ma, soprano; Kevin Johnson, baritone; Liz Lalor, soprano, Michail Svetlov, bass.
Accompanied on piano by BCO Artistic Director Katerina Souvorova
G. Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Cio Cio San: Na Li Youm; Pinkerton: Aaron Halevy; Sharpless: Eric McKeever, Suzuki: Lindsey Paradise, Goro: David Wolff, Bonza: Newlon Connor, Yamadori: Jye-Sung Moon, Kate Pinkerton: Melissa Mino.
W. Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti
(Thus Do They All, or The School For Lovers)
Fiordilidgi: Sarah Heisler, Dorabella: Sarah Davis,
Guglielmo: Colin Levin, Ferrando: Rogelio B. Peñaverde Jr,
Despina: Melissa Mino, Don Alfonso: Andrew Adelsberger.
Gioachino Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia
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"The Maryland-based Bel Cantanti Opera Company began its ninth year with a winsome production of Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” — very well sung and often fun to look at...
With talented local singers, the company’s highly creditable showing owes much to the ambition and drive of its founder, director, and conductor, Katerina Souvorova.
...The cast was vocally strong from top to bottom. …Sarah Davis as Rosina was outstanding, tossing off coloratura with clarity and ease...
Costume and production design were remarkable, given the budget constraints…
For a fraction of what you’d pay at the Kennedy Center, this modest “Barber” offers a musically satisfying and vocally opulent evening."
Robert Battey, The Washington Post, October 7, 2012.
Rosina: Sarah Davis,
Figaro: Colin Levin,
Count Almaviva: Kyle Tomlin,
Doctor Bartolo: Kwang Kyu Lee,
Don Basilio: Andrew Adelsberger,
Berta: Sarah Heisler,
Fiorello: Connor Newlon