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:
Hansel and Gretel (opera) to her to be careful. Gretel pretends that she does not know what the witch means. The witch tells her to lift herself a little bit and bend her head forward. Gretel says that she is "a goose" and doesn't understand, then asks the witch to demonstrate. The witch, frustrated, opens the oven and leans forward. Hansel springs out of the cage, and he and Gretel shove the witch into the oven. They dance. The oven begins to crackle and the flames burn fiercely, and with a loud crash it explodes. "Scene 4" Around Hansel and Gretel, the gingerbread children