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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“… an absolute delight for opera aficionados and the perfect opportunity for timid newbies to be surprised at just how much fun opera can be.”

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"Bel Cantanti Opera has emerged as a great showcase for area talent."

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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:

World Premiere

Briscula the Magician

Opera in two acts

Music by Frances Pollock

Libretto by Bob Misbin

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A story of love and hate in Mussolini's Italy. Inspired by Thomas Mann's Mario and the Magician.
In English, fully staged, in costume. Accompanied by a chamber orchestra

Briscula: Peter Burroughs; Claudio: Michael Butler; Giovanni: John Harrison; Silvestra: Leah Brzyski;
Man From the City: John Scherch; His Wife: Gretchen Krupp; Edward Buchleiter: Christian Simmons;
Soffronia Veronesi Rachel Sigman; Michele Veronesi: Matthey Lulofs, Georgio: Daniel Edward Sampson.
Cecilia: Melissa Chavez; Thugs: Carlos Rodriguez, Gregory Stuart, Bill Pastor.

Stage Director: Jennifer Blades
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Artistic Director, Producer Katerina Souvorova

Saturdays, March 7 & 14, at 7:30pm
Sundays, March 8, 15, at 3:00pm
Randolph Rd Theater
4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD

Tickets: Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15.
Group of ten and more: $30, available online and at the door.

Ticket information: tickets:belcantanti.com or (240) 230-7372
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Kashchey the Deathless

One-act opera fantasy by N. Rimsky Korsakov

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A fairy tale opera about triumph of Love and Light over Evil and Tyranny. Performed in Russian with English supertitles. In costume, fully staged. In collaboration with The Olney Ballet.

Princess: Shafali Jalota; Kashcheevna: Evgenia Pirshina;
Kashey the Deathless: Chad Kranak; Prince: Robert Heepyoung; Storm Christian Isaiah Simmons

Stage Director: Jennifer Blades
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Choreographer: Erica Molina Hudak
Artistic Director, Producer Katerina Souvorova

Saturday, May 9, at 7:30pm
Sundays, May 10 & 17 at 3:00pm
Randolph Rd Theater
4010 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD

Tickets: Adult: $40, Senior: $35, Student: $15.
Group of ten and more: $30, available online and at the door.

Ticket information: tickets:belcantanti.com or (240) 230-7372
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Past Performances:

Champagne Toast!

A holiday concert of opera, operetta and jazz favorites.

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Gustavo Ahualli (baritone), Emily Casey (soprano), Katie Manukyan (soprano), Allan Palacios Chan (tenor), Evgenia Pirshina (mezzo soprano), Alex Alburqueque (baritone), Eric Gramatges (baritone).

Marie Harrison, script writer
Ksenya Litvak, designer
Katerina Souvorova, pianist.

BlackRock Center for the Arts
12901 Town Commons Dr, Germantown, MD 20874

Rigoletto

An opera in three acts by G. Verdi

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Rigoletto: Gustavo Feulien; Gilda: Chelsea Lehnea; Duke of Mantua: Jeoung Wook Han
Sparafucile: Christian Isaiah Simmons; Maddalena: Laura Zahn;
Borsa: Michael Butler; Marullo: Justin Harrison; Count Ceprano: Eric Gramatges;
Monterone: Elliot Matheny; Giovanna: Jazmine Olwalia;
Countess Ceprano, Page: Amanda Staub; Usher: Joseph Kaz, Ted Kerrick

Stage Director: Catrin Davies
Stage Designer: Ksenia Litvak
Stage Designer: Robert Salm
Artistic Director, Producer Dr. Katerina Souvorova

Muses Sing!

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A concert of the art songs by four women composers: Alma Mahler, Clara Schumann (Wieck), Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Fanny Mendelssohn. In collaboration with the Olney Ballet theatre.

Jessica Adkins Acosta: soprano; Marie Marquis: soprano;
Victoria Koreneva: mezzo soprano; Allan Chan: tenor.

Igor Zubkovsky: cello; Eugeny Sidorov: oboe; Katerina Souvorova: keyboard.
John Scherch: narration, poetry reading.
Choreographer: Erica Molina Hudak.