Ermonela Jaho has canceled two concerts in Spain due to COVID-19. The soprano canceled a concert in Oviedo at the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe on Oct. 22 and in Bilbao at the Teatro Arriaga on Oct. 27 due to a recent infection of COVID-19. Jaho was set to perform a concert alongside Riccardo Massi and Lucas Macías in Oviedo while in {…}
The Bilbao Opera in Spain has confirmed that it will open its 2021-22 in October. The season will open following health regulations, which will limit the seating capacity to 800 in Euskalduna Bilbao and 600 in the Teatro Arriaga. Social distancing will be in effect and all ticket holders will be forced to wear a mask at all times. Guidelines {…}
(Credit: © Juan Miguel Morales) ABAO Bilbao Ópera has announced that tenor David Alegret will take over the role of Don Narciso in all the performances of Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” at the Bilbao Ópera. Alegret wil replace tenor Juan José de León. Alegret will join a cast that includes Paolo Bordogna in the role of Selim, Sabina Puértolas {…}
The Bilbao Opera has announced changes to its board of directors. The board of directors elected a new vice president and secretary on July 23. Former secretary José Antonio Isusi Ezcurdia will now become the vice president of the board substituting Txema Vázquez Eguskiza, who is leaving due to professional reasons. Meanwhile, Guillermo Ibáñez Calle has been elected the secretary of {…}
The Bilbao Opera has announced its 2021-22 season. In a press release, the company noted that during the 2021-22 season it will present Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann, “Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito, ” the famed double bill of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” as well as another opera pairing featuring Poulenc’s “La voix humaine” and Zemlinsky’s {…}
The Bilbao Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five productions with four Italian works and one French opera. Here is a look at what the Spanish season will offer. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” with Paolo Bordogna, Sabina Puértolas, Renato Girolami, Juan José de León, Pietro Spagnoli, and Marina Viotti. Christophe Rousset conducts the production {…}
(Credit: Fay Fox) Bilbao Opera has announced new dates for Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena.” The opera, which was originally set to close the 2019-20 season for the Spanish theater in May, will now be presented in 2022 on Nov. 19, 22, 25, and 28. Joyce El-Khoury will replace Angela Meade in the title role while the remainder of the cast will {…}
The Bilbao Opera has announced its will begin streaming operas. The new streamer #ABAOenCasa will be launched on the company’s official webpage, www.abao.org, and will showcase complete operas, conferences, and opera for kids. In the Óperas para el recuerdo section the company will showcase concerts and operas from past seasons including Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem,” Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene,” Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” Dvořák “Rusalka,” {…}
Sir. Bryn Tefrel has canceled his final performance on Jan. 27, 2020 of “The Flying Dutchman” at the Bilbao Opera. The company announced that Terfel fell and fractured his right foot. As a result, Roman Ialcic will replace Terfel joining a cast that includes Manuela Uhl, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, and Kristian Benedikt. Ialcic has performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, {…}
(Credit: E. Moreno Esquibel/ABO) On Oct. 19, 2020, the Bilbao Opera opened its 2019-20 season with Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lamermoor” in what was a complete success. With a strong cast, a simple but effective production, and the expertise of conductor Riccardo Frizza, the ABAO reminded audience members of the high standards and quality that the company can offer. “Lucia di {…}
Lucas Meachem is set to replace Mariusz Kwiecien in “The Pearl Fishers” at the Bilbao Opera. Platea Magazine broke the news noting that Meachem would be stepping in for Kwiecien, who was last seen at the Metropolitan Opera in the role of Zurga in the same opera. However, during that fall run, the Polish baritone canceled midway. He was also slated {…}