Boston Bel Canto Opera
P.O. Box 990023, Boston, MA  02199-0023  Tel: (617) 424-0900  Fax: (617) 247-3087
BBCO@comcast.net

Boston Bel Canto Opera is dedicated to presenting the masterworks of the operatic repertory.  It applies the economies and focus gained from dispensing with scenery and costumes to achieving high musical values and dramatic involvement.  The company's goal is to present exciting and charismatic singers in collaboration with imaginative conductors and excellent orchestral ensembles.

Boston Bel Canto Opera was founded by Bradley Pennington, an expert and well-known voice teacher, accompanist and vocal coach, to give concert presentations of the masterworks of 19th century opera composers.  Our focus is on musical and dramatic values as opposed to spectacle and costuming.  Our performance home is Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music.  Our strategic partner is with North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra whose music director is Thomas Carlo BС.

Recently we have presented:

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Gaetano Donizetti)

DON CARLO (Giuseppe Verdi)
VERDI CENTENNIAL GALA
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Pietro Mascagni)

AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (Gian Carlo Menotti)
IL TROVATORE (Giuseppe Verdi)
AIDA (Giuseppe Verdi)
ROBERTO DEVEREUX (Gaetano Donizetti)
NORMA (Vincenzo Bellini)

Our next performance will be:

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Gaetano Donizetti)

We will use this website to give visitors notice of planned performances and to inform them about the music, the plot, the literary source, and the artists participating in the performance.

Boston Bel Canto Opera Administration

Bradley Pennington, Artistic Director
Jean Pittenger, Administrative Assistant
Paul G. Ricchi, Production Manager
Kenneth Cordeiro, Publications