Welcome to Bel Cantanti, an opera company within the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area devoted to giving performance experience to both seasoned and aspiring professionals. Between the beautiful singing and glorious music, you will find yourself thoroughly captivated.

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"Bel Cantanti… reaffirmed the belief that we are living in a golden age of opera and the hope that opera in America has a promising feature. Bel Cantanti … makes the special magic of opera happen.”
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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..."

Tom Huizenga. Washington Post, September 27, 2010

Upcoming Performances of the Season:

AUDITIONS 2018-2019. April 14th, 2018

R. Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos" , November 9-11, 16-18, 2018

F. Suppe's "Die Schone Galathee" (My beautiful Galathea), operetta, January 11,12,13, 2019

W. Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro March 9,10,15,17, 2019

W. Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice" , April 12,13,14, 2019

N. Rimsky-Korsakov's Tsar's Bride May 11-19, 2019.

N. Rimsky-Korsakov's Tsar's Bride May 11-19, 2019

More information on audition page.

Lucia di Lammermoor

An opera by G. Donizetti

lucia (Lucia: Meghan McCall. BCO production of 2007)

A hunting story about love, passion and jealousy. Famous melodies, brilliant bel canto singing. Opera is fully staged, performed in Italian with English supertitles. In costume. Accompanied by orchestra.

Lucia : Mizuho Takeshita; Edgardo : James Kil; Enrico : Rob McGinness; Raimondo : Kwang Kyu Lee;
Arturo : Andrew Ellis; Normanno : Rafealito Ross; Alice : Elise Christina Jenkins.

Sunday, May 20, at 3:00pm
Saturday, May 26, at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 27, at 3:00pm
Randolph Rd. Theater (4010 Randolph Rd. Sinlver Spring, MD)

Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Lighting Designer: Marianne Meadows
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
Go to Eventbrite Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15. Groups of 10 and more: $30.

Past Performances:

Sadko

A fairytale opera by N. Rimsky Korsakov

sadko

First performance in Russian in US. In collaboration with The Four Seasons Dancers (director Elena Indrokova-Jones) and The Olney Ballet (director Patricia Berrend).

Sadko (gusli player): Patrick Cook; Lyubava (his wife): Viktoria Vita Koreneva; Volkhova (sea princess): Katie Manukyan; Nezhata (young singer): Anna Yelizarova;
Duda(minstrel): Elliot Matheny; Sopel (minstrel): Andrew Ellis;
The Varangian guest: Kwang Kyu Lee; Indian Guest: Allan Chan; Venetian Guest : Robin McGinness;
The Sea King : Kwang Kyu Lee; The Apparition : Robin McGinness;
Elder I : James Kil; Elder II : John Scherch.

Choreographers: Patricia Berrend, Elena Indrokova Jones
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova

What is this thing called LOVE?

Valentine's Concert

love

She : Anastasiya Roytman (soprano); He : James Kil (tenor)
At the piano: BCO Artistic Director, Dr. Katerina Souvorova

Cendrillon (Cinderella)

An operetta-ballet by P. Viardot and F. Chopin

cendrillon

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Marie (Cinderella): Melissa Chavez; Le Baron de Pictordu (her father): Eric Gramatges; Armelinde (another daughter of Pictordu): Amanda Staub; Maguelonne (another daughter of Pictordu): Evelyn Tsen; La Fée (Fairy Godmother): Joanna Jones; Le Prince Charmant: Joseph Kaz; Le Comte Barigoule (Prince's Valet): Aurelio Dominguez.

Stage Director: Corinne Hayes, Helen Aberger
Choreographer: Runqiao Du
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Lighting Designer: Marianne Meadows
Producer and Artistic Director: Katerina Souvorova

Puerto Rico. Benefit Concert

puerto

Bel Cantanti Opera company in collaboration with The Olney Ballet Theater and Four Seasons Dancers in an evening of the operatic favorites, excerpts from Tchaikovsky's ballet "Nutcracker" and "Dances around the world"

Soprano Anastasiya Roytman, baritone Gustavo Ahualli, tenor James Kil
mezzo-soprano Anamer Castrello, soprano Gyuyeon Shanel Shim.

Olney Ballet Theater (director Patricia Berrend)
Four Seasons Dancers (director Elena Indrokova-Jones)
Bel Cantanti Opera (director Katerina Souvorova)