Bel Cantanti Opera 2007 Bel Cantanti is performing a concert version of Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel". Bel Cantanti and its young performers, coached by Katerina Souvorova, have garnered excellent reviews over the years in "The Washington Post", "The Washington Times", Ionarts.blogspot.com, and other local papers. Bel Cantanti Opera Bel Cantanti is an American opera company under the direction of Dr. Katerina Souvorova. It was formed in 2003 to give performance opportunities to operatic talent in the Washington, D.C. area. It has produced fully staged operas and gala events with young professionals since 2003. The productions has been in a variety of venues including:
Croesus (opera) Croesus (opera) Der hochmütige, gestürzte und wieder erhabene Croesus ("The Proud, Overthrown and Again Exalted Croesus") is a three-act opera (described as a "Singe-Spiel") composed by Reinhard Keiser. The German language libretto by Lucas von Bostel was based on Nicolò Minato's 1678 dramma per musica "Creso", the music for which was composed by the Emperor Leopold I. Keiser's "Croesus" received its first performance at the Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg, in 1711 (exact date unknown). Later, the composer extensively revised the opera for a new version, which premièred at the same theatre on 6 December 1730. In the process, he discarded