Upcoming Performances of the Season:

Tribute to G. Puccini

Suor Angelica

Puccini's Heroines from Le Villi to Turandot

Angelica: Jennifer Lynn Waters, Lea Stewart - Hill; Principessa: Megan Heavner;
Sisters: Cheryl Kerrick, Kate Evans Pollin, Denise Young, Maureen Brabec, Shaina Kuhn, Emily Risley, Laura Snyderman.

Saturday, December 3,10 and 17 at 7:30pm
Theater of Concor5d - St. Andrews United Methodist Church
(5910 Goldsboro Rd, Bethesda , MD)

Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova

Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com and at the door.
Go to Eventbrite Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.

Mozart and Salieri

La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice)

A double bill of one-acts: N. Rimsky - Korsakopv's Mozart and Salieri based one a drama by A. Pushkin and a one woman opera by F. Polenc The Human Voice, based on a play of Jean Cocteau.
Two different stories about Love and Friendship, Jealousy and Betrayal.
Two rarely performed operas, fully staged, in costume.
Sung in Russian and French with projected English supertitles.

Elle: Erika Rodden; Mozart: Youngchul Park; Salieri: Rob McGinness

Sunday, January 29, at 3.00pm
Saturday, February 4, at 7:30pm
Sunday. February 5, at 3:00pm
Randolph Rd. Theater (4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD.)

Stage Director: Corinne Hayes
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova

Tickets are sold online through www.eventbrite.com and at the door.
Go to Eventbrite Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.

AUDITIONS!

(for more details visit the Auditions page).

BCO auditions have passed. But we always welcome singers to audition during the season.

Past Performances:

Medium

The Unicorn, the Gordon, and the Manticore

An Evening with G. C. Menotti. Menotti's one-act opera Medium and a "madrigal fable" for chorus and dancers The Unicorn, the Gordon, and the Manticore (The Three Sundays of a Poet) . In collaboration with The Olney Ballet Theatre. Director: Patricia Berrend. Choreographers: Erin and Runjiao Du. Accompanied by BCO chamber orchestra.

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Madame Flora: Megan Heavner; Monica: Jennifer Lynn Waters, Katie Manukyan; Toby: Michael Dodge; Mrs. Gobineau: Cheryl Kerrick; Mrs. Nolan: Erika Rodden, Mr. Gobineau: Eric Gramatges. Stage Director: Corinne Hayes.
Unicorn Ensemble: Cheryll Kerrick, Evelyn Tsen, Jennifer Lynn Waters, Melissa Chavez, Erika Rodden, Louisa Waycott, Anamer Castello, Michael Dodge, Mark Bublitz, Ted Kerrick, Eric Gramatges, Chris Edwards,Ethan Lee Greene.
Unicorn Dancers: Max Maisey, Daniel Cooke, Therese Gahl, Leo Hishikawa, Mackenzie Rawls, Quaba Ernest, Gianna Bartolini, Maya Illanes, Katish Sussman, Rachel Switzer.

Medium

An opera in one act by G. C. Menotti.

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Madame Flora: Megan Heavner; Monica: Jennifer Lynn Waters, Simone Brown; Toby: Michael Dodge; Mrs. Gobineau: Cheryl Kerrick; Mrs. Nolan: Erika Rodden, Katy Leon; Mr. Gobineau: Eric Gramatges.

Stage Director: Corinne Hayes
Production Designer: Olga Shpitalna
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova

Ruslan and Ludmila

Magic Russian opera by Michail Glinka.
In collaboration with The Four Seasons Dancers and The Olney Ballet.


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Ludmila: Mizuho Takeshita, Meagan Sill; Ruslan: Joshua Hong;
Ratmir: Alecia DuPont, Megan Heavner; Farlaf: Alex Alburqueque; Gorislava: Katie Manukyan;
Finn: Dane Suarez; Bayan: Mike Dodge; Prince Svetozar Raymont Ghattas;
Naina: Ashlyn Mazone; Chernomore: Robert Feng.

Stage Director : Joshua Hong
Stage Designer : Olga Shpitalna
Choreographers: Patricia Berrend and Elena Inbrokova-Jones
Lighting Designer: Marianne Meadows.
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova

L'Elisir d'Amore

Melodramma giocoso, a comic opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti.

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Nemorino: Youngchul Park; Adina: Meagan Sill; Dr. Dulcamara: Kwang Kyu Lee;
Belcore: Alex Alburqueque; Gianetta: Aani Bourassa

Ensemble: Evelyn Tsen, Seana Grace, Reba Smith Winstead, Elliot Matheny.

Stage Director: Julia Mintzer
Production Designer: Charlies Ogilvie
Costume Designer: Kristina Marie Martin
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova

Amahl and the Night Visitors

A Christmas opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti.

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Amahl: Hannah Slayton, Daniel Goldscmidt-Hopkinson, Mother: Jennifer Lynn Waters, Anamer Castrello, King Kaspar: Peter Joshua Burroughs, King Melchior: Alex Alburqueque, Mark Wanich, King Balthazar: Ethan Lee Greene, Page: Kevin Nejad

Chorus of the schepeherds, Dancers: Reba Winstead, Joseph Kaz, Cara Jestes, Sandra Gust, Katherine Winstead, Mary Frances Dini, Kelly Dobbs, Valentina Simon, children of the Bethesda Youth Choir.

Mozart's Don Giovanni

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Don Giovanni: Rob McGinness; Donna Anna: Merideth Marano, Jennifer Lynn Waters; Leporello: Kwang Kyu Lee; Don Ottavio: Youngchul Park; Donna Elvira: Claire Galloway; Zerlina: Meghan McCall; Mazetto: Joshua Hong; Il Commendatore: Ethan Green.

Stage Director : Eve Summer
Stage Designers: Olga Shpitalna, Murat Tasar
Costume Designer: Linda Jenks
Fight Choreographer: Eric Gramatges
Choreographer: Leonid Frolov
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova