Romeo et Juliette

An opera by G. Gounod.
Romeo, Nicholas Hudak, Juliette: Esther Tonea, Emily Casey.
Mercutio, Max van Wyck, Stephano: Anastasia Sidorova, Alla Salakhova, Frere Laurent, Noah Mond,
Tybalt: Dashiell Waterbury, Gertrude: Madeline Manaker, Narrator: Justin Meyer.

Stage Director, David Toulson, Producer: Katerina Souvorova.

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STRAUSS 200. Happy Birthday The Waltz King!

An evening dedicated to Viennese Waltz and Operetta.
Bel Cantanti opera singers and Four Season dancers celebrate the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss Jr.
Operetta-Gala.
Hayley Abramowitz, Emily Casey, Zoya Gramagin, Laura Zahn, Jonny Kaufman, Jonathan Lawlor, Michael Nansel.
Accompanied on piano by BCO Artistic Director Dr. Katerina Souvorova.Choreographer: Elena Jones.

The Snow Queen

Fairy Tale Family Musical by H. C. Andersen.
Teaching children opera.
Bel Cantanti opera's collaboration with The Four Season Dancers and Romez3Arts.

Storyteller: Peter Burroughs,Grandmother: Ashlyn Rock, The Snow Queen: Elizebeth Barnes, Griselda: Jenna Grissom, The King: Benjamin Brady, The Arctic Bird: Leigh Wirth Dencker.
Villagers, Snowflakes, Flowers, Arctic Birds, Robbers , The Four Season Dancers.

Choreographer, Elena Indrokova Jones.
Play Writer: Jane Barbara,
Music and Artistic Director, pianist: Katerina Souvorova

An evening with Francis Poulenc. La Voix Humaine

Emily Casey: Elle, soprano, Rob McGinness, The Poet, baritone.
Phillip Fletcher and Maryam Najafzada: Dancers, Kathryn Farenish, flute.
Katerina Souvorova, piano.
Stage director: Dashiel Waterbury.
Sung in French with English supertitles.

La Fille du Regiment

An opera in II Acts by Gaetano Donizetti.
Fully staged, in costume, sung in French with English spoken dialogues. English supertitles.
Marie: Tess Ottinger, Tonio: Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Sulpice: Scott Clark,
Marquise of Berkenfield: Alexandria Zallo, Hortensius: Joshua Bates, Corporal: Daryl Yoder.
Bel Cantanti orchestra directed by BCO Artistic Director Dr. Katerina Souvorova.
Stage Director: Catrin Davies.
Assistant Director: Kimberly Christie.

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Summer Sings Again

A brilliant concert of beloved opera favorites. New names, new talents!
Soprano Esther Tonea, Hayley Abramowitz and Tess Ottinger.
Bass Baritone Benjamin Brady.
BCO Artistic director Katerina Souvorova at the piano.
This concert opened the 22nd season of the Bel Cantanti Opera with music by Verdi, Leoncavallo, Rossini, Strauss II, Tchaikovsky, Bellini, Donizetti and others.

Sunday, August 25th, at 5:00pm
St. Dunstan's Episcopal church in Bethesda
5450 Massachusetts Ave, Bethesda, MD