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Dear friends and opera lovers,
We would like to apologize for a typo in our previous message ( a wrong phone number for the ticket - info). The number is fixed, it is 301-438-8682. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Dr. Katerina Souvorova, General and Artistic Director of BCO.
We wanted to tell you about the exciting season we have planned for this year in our new home at Olney Theatre Center. This wonderful theater, with a professional lighting system, beautiful stage, and spacious foyer, will enhance the quality of Bel Cantanti Opera’s productions. We are very excited about performing in this beautiful space and would like to invite you to our season opener: our 5th Anniversary Gala Concert The Past & the Future. The Gala will feature singers from the past five years performing some of Bel Cantanti Opera’s greatest hits and providing a glimpse into the feature. You will hear your favorite scenes and arias from L’Elisir d’Amoré, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Boheme, La Traviata, Hansel and Gretel, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Pasquale, Eugene Onegin and more. Following the Sunday performance, we will have a food and wine reception for Sponsors only to meet and greet with our singers.
Bel Cantanti's 5th Anniversary Concert. "The Past & The Future".
Saturday September 27 at 7:30 p.m. Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Historic Main Stage, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Sunday September 28 at 3:00 p.m.* Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Historic Main Stage, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions).* There will be a Post-Performance Donor reception following the concert.
Tickets: Adult:$35; Groups of 10 and more: $30; Student: $25. Ticket information line: 301-266-7546, 301-438-8682
with secure payment through PayPal.
Send checks to Bel Cantanti Opera, P.O.Box 3232, Silver Spring, MD,20918.
La Traviata
I feel extremely excited to announce our first opera of the season, La Traviata. I dreamed about presenting this ingenious Verdi drama for a long time. This heart - rending opera about a Parisian courtesan with a sordid past and no future features some of the composer's most ravishing and popular music. Our La Traviata will feature soprano Amy Call as Violetta, who you may remember as our incredible Konstanza of the last season’s Abduction from the Seraglio. Another Violetta and a new name in town, blind soprano Jessica Bachicha will “open your eyes” to the tragic soul of Verdi’s romantic heroine. Four concert performances of La Traviata are scheduled at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington and at the Embassy of Austria in the District of Colombia from December 6th through 13th.
Music By Giuseppe Verdi, Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. After La Dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. TA concert performance, in Italian, accompanied by the strings and piano.
Saturday, December 6, 7.30pm, Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
Tuesday, December 9, 7:30 pm, Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court, NW, Washington DC 20008-3035. (directions)
Wednesday, December 10, 7:30 pm, Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court, NW, Washington DC 20008-3035. (directions)
Saturday, December 13, 7.30pm, Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
Tickets: Adult:$35; Groups of 10 and more: $30; Student: $25. Ticket information line: 301-266-7546, 301-438-8682
with secure payment through PayPal. Send checks to Bel Cantanti Opera, P.O.Box 3232, Silver Spring, MD, 20918.
Little Red Riding Hood
We continue to develop our tradition of presenting an opera for children and families. This year it will be Seymour Barab’s Little Red Riding Hood. This delightful adaptation of the classic fairy tale by the brothers Grimm, is a great way to expose children to the magic of opera. Performances will be presented at the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, a smaller, 200-seat intimate black box at the Olney Theatre Center, January 3rd through 11th. Each performance will start with an interactive game-introduction between the audience, stage director Debbie Niezgoda and magic personages: your favorites from previous seasons, Meghan McCall, Bryan Jackson and Jessica Renfro. We encourage all children from the age of 6 to 99 to come and enjoy this wonderful production. Sung in English, in costume. Piano accompaniment.
Red Riding Hood: Meghan McCall, Mother / Grandmother: Jessica Renfro, Wolf / Woodsman: Bryan Jackson.
Saturday, January 3, 3:00pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Sunday, January 4, 3:00pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Saturday, January 10, 3:00pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Sunday, January 11, 3:00pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Tickets: Adult:$25; Groups of 10 and more: $20; Students, children: $15. Ticket information line: 301-266-7546, 301-438-8682
with secure payment through PayPal. Send checks to Bel Cantanti Opera, P.O.Box 3232, Silver Spring, MD, 20918.
Don Pasquale
Donizetti's wittiest opera tells of an old man who decides to cheat his nephew out of his inheritance by marrying a much younger girl. Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and Gaetano Donizetti, based on Angelo Anelli’s libretto for Pavesi’s opera Ser Marc’ Antonio. Fully staged, in costume, sung in Italian with English super-titles. Accompanied by the piano and string quartet. Famous Swiss bass Francois Loup will direct the Bel Cantanti's production as well as sing the title role. " Francois Loup made a splendid Don Pasquale, full of sound and blustering fury... " New York Times.
Friday, March 6,7:30pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Historic Main Stage, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Saturday, March 7, 7:30pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Historic Main Stage, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Sunday, March 8, 3:00pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Historic Main Stage, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Saturday, March 14, 7:30pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Historic Main Stage, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Sunday, March 15, 3:00pm, Olney Theater Center for the Arts, Historic Main Stage, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD, 20832. (click for directions)
Tickets: Adult:$35; Groups of 10 and more: $30; Student: $25. Ticket information line: 301-266-7546, 301-438-8682
with secure payment through PayPal. Send checks to Bel Cantanti Opera, P.O.Box 3232, Silver Spring, MD, 20918.
I am proud to announce the success of Bel Cantanti Summer Opera Theater, our new Young Artist program that piloted in California this August. We are hoping to launch the Washington area program next summer that will benefit many young artists in our region. I see this program as an extension of Bel Cantanti Opera’s mission to hire and train local area artists. The success of the program was due to the hard work of the organizers and the generous support of our donors.
Bel Cantanti Summer Opera Theater (BCSOT): July 18 through August, 3, 2008.
After the first five successful years in Washington D.C. Bel Cantanti Opera had its first summer program in San Jose and San Francisco, California. Two weeks of intensive vocal training, rehearsals and master classes resulted in two operatic productions: E. Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel and V. Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi.
BCSOT Faculty: Katerina Souvorova, Artistic Director/ Vocal Coach; Peter Kozma, Stage Director; Courtney Ross, Artistic Coordinator.
Make Your Gift to Opera. The growth of Bel Cantanti is due to the dedicated audience that comes to see our productions each year and donors like you. We have become more ambitious and are striving to present larger productions in better venues because we have your generous support. Bel Cantanti has made some wonderful partnerships, but we continue on because of your donations. Please consider making a charitable contribution to Bel Cantanti Opera this 2008-2009 season.
Our new address is: Bel Cantanti Opera, P.O.Box 3232, Silver Spring, MD, 20918.
Thank you for your generous support. See you at the Opera.
Dr. Katerina Souvorova, General and Artistic Director of Bel Cantanti Opera.
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