The Teatro Cervantes in Malaga has announced its 2023-24 season featuring four operatic performances. Vives’ “Doña Francisquita“ will star María José Moreno, Mónica Redondo, Milagros Martín, Lucía Millán, Ismael Jordi, Santos Ariño, Jesús Álvarez, and Antonio Torres. Francisco López directs and José María Moreno conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 29 & Oct. 1, 2023 Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro“ will star Pablo {…}
Spain’s Fundación Baluarte Fundazioa in Navarra has announced its 2023-24 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Perry So conducts the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The soloists will be Louise Kemény, Raffaele Pé, Patrick Grahl, and André Morsch. Performance Date: Dec. 22, 2023 Sondra Radvanosky and Anthony Manoli perform lied and arias by H. {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera Henrik Nánási conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” by Allex Aguilera. Stuart Skelton, Elisabet Strid, Agnieszka Rehlis, Markus Eiche, Albert Pesendorfer, Jorge Rodríguez-Norton, Fernando Campero, and Juan Antonio Sanabria star. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2023 Yolanda Auyanet and Berna Perles share the title role {…}
Spain’s Teatro Villamarta de Jerez has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. The season opens with “La Tabernera del Puerto” by Sorozabel in a production by the Universidad de Cádiz. Juan Manuel Perez Madueno conducts the production by Miguel Cubero. Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2022 Ruth Rosique and Juan Carlos Garbayo {…}
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. José María Moreno conducts a program of music by Roldan, Strauss, and Mussorgsky with soloist Vanessa Goikoetxea. Performance Dates: Sept. 15 & 16, 2022 José María Moreno conducts an opera gala with music by Verdi, Rossini, Offenbach, Dvorak, Mozart, Barbieri, Sorozábal, Moreno Torroba, {…}
The Orquesta y el Coro de RTVE in Spain has announced its 2022-23 season. The season will be themed “Raices” and will feature a number of vocal performances highlighted here: Pablo González conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Stefanie Irany. Performance Dates: Oct. 6 & 7, 2022 Pablo González conducts Nuria Núñez Hierro’s ‘Enjambres’ and Leos Janácek’s “Mass” with Gun-Brit {…}
Spain’s Ópera de Oviedo has announced its 2022-23 season celebrating its 75th anniversary The season opens with the world premiere of “La dama del alba” by Luis Vázquez del Fresno. Rubén Díaz conducts a production by Emilio Sagi. The work stars Beatriz Díaz, Berna Perles, Sandra Ferrández, Maite Alberola, Carmen Solís, María Zapata, Luis López Navarro, David Lagares, Alessandra Volpe, {…}
Spain’s Orquesta Ciudad de Granada has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Lucas Macias conducts Berlioz’s “Les nuits d’été” with Catriona Morison. The program also includes music by Takemitsu. Performance Dates: Oct. 1 & 2, 2021 Joseph Swensen conducts a program of Bizet, Debussy, and Faure. Kathleen Balfe and the Coro {…}
(Credit: Opera Australia official website) The Baluarte auditorium in Pamplona has announced a second cast change for its upcoming semi-staged performances of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” The Spanish opera house announced that tenor Walter Fraccaro will take over the role of Des Grieux, replacing Roberto Aronica. This marks the second high-profile replacement after soprano Ainhoa Arteta was forced to cancel due {…}
The Baluarte auditorium in Pamplona has announced a cast change for its upcoming performances of “Manon Lescaut.” The Spanish theater announced that Berna Perles will replace Ainhoa Arteta in the title role of Puccini’s work. According to Platea Magazine, Arteta was forced to cancel after testing positive for COVID-19. Perles is a renowned Spanish soprano who has performed at the {…}
(Credit: Lorena Chirino) The government of Aragón, Spain has authorized a concert series entitled “Música para Noches de Verano.” The concerts will be held at the Museo de Zaragoza following all security guidelines. The lyric cycle will begin with a recital by soprano Berna Perles on August 8, followed by a recital by lyric soprano Sabina Puértolas on August 12. {…}