Lise Davidsen, Sondra Radvanovsky, Saioa Hernández & Xabier Anduaga Lead Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2022-23 Season

The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2022-23 season featuring two world premieres and classic works with international stars. Here is a look at the new season. Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will star Carlos Chausson, Alessandro Corbelli, Andrzej Filonczyk, Carles Pachón, Xabier Anduaga, Iván Ayón-Rivas, Sara Blanch, and Serena Sáenz. Josep Pons conducts. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 9, 2022 “La {…}

Mar 14, 2022

Lucas Meachem, Valeriano Lanchas, Wallis Giunta Headline The Dallas Opera’s ‘The Barber of Seville’

The Dallas Opera is set to present Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” starting on March 19, 2022. The opera will be headlined by Lucas Meachem, Alasdair Kent, Wallis Giunta, Valeriano Lanchas, Adam Lau, Courtney Maina and Prosper Makhanya. Conductor Lina González-Granados, a TDO Hart Institute for Women Directors alumna, will make her debut in the pit. Tara Faircloth directs. The {…}

Dec 15, 2021

Martina Serafín, Daniela Tabernig, Valeriano Lanchas Headline Teatro Julio Mario Santo Domingo’s ‘Tosca’

The Teatro Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia is set to present Puccini’s “Tosca” on Dec. 17-19, 2021. The showcase represents the first time in 24 years that the famed Italian work is performed in Colombia. The co-production withLa Compañía Estable will be conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Principal Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and directed by Pedro Salazar. {…}

Nov 5, 2020

Ópera de Colombia & Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo Stream ‘Gianni Schicchi’ Starting Nov. 5

The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo and Ópera de Colombia will be releasing a video production of “Gianni Schicchi” on Nov. 5, 2020. The production, which will be streamed until Nov. 12 via the Bancolombia and Teatro Mayor online platform, will feature performances from the Orquesta Filarmónica Juvenil de la Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, as well as 15 vocal {…}

Oct 7, 2020

Teatro Mayor & Ópera de Colombia Team up for ‘Gianni Schicchi’

The Ópera de Colombia and the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo have teamed up for Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi,” the first operatic production in Colombia since the pandemic struck. The production was filmed on Oct. 3 at the Teatro Mayor following all health regulations and will be streamed in November on the company’s Teatro Digital. The production is directed by {…}

Apr 17, 2020

Teatro Digital to Stream Valeriano Lanchas’ Historic ‘Barbiere di Siviglia’

(Photo provided by Teatro Mayor) The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Colombia will transmit a performance of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” via its Teatro Digital platform starting on April 16, 2020. The showcase, which took place this past season, stars Colombian bass-baritone Valeriano Lanchas, who celebrated the 25th anniversary of his professional debut during this run of {…}

Dec 13, 2019

Teatro Mayor In Bogota To Present Beethoven’s Ninth

The Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Fundación Rogelio Salmona. The orchestra will perform Beethoven’s ninth symphony under the direction of Andrés Felipe Jaime with soprano Gloria Londoño, mezzo-soprano Jenny Andrea Orjuela Niño, tenor Pablo Martínez, and bass Valeriano Lanchas. They will be joined by la Sociedad Coral Santa Cecilia and el Coro Filarmónico Juvenil {…}

Oct 2, 2019

Palau de Les Arts 2019-20 Review: Le Nozze di Figaro

(Credit: Mikel Ponce) The Teatre de Les Arts opened his season on the 27th of September with “Le Nozze di Figaro” by Mozart. The famed composer’s music is performed quite often at all levels of the opera world, but it does not by any means make it easy to sing. The Mozartian style demands purity of the line, clean attack {…}

Aug 28, 2019

Teatro Digital To Stream ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ With Valeriano Lanchas

On Sept. 5, 2019, the Teatro Mayor in Bogotá, Colombia is set to stream Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on its Teatro Digital service. The stream comes from an earlier performance during the company’s August run of the opera. The stream is set to star Valeriano Lanchas as Don Bartolo, Pablo Martinez as the Count Almaviva, Paoloa Leguizamon as Rosina, Borja {…}

Aug 23, 2019

Marina Rebeka & Piotr Beczala Lead Top 6 Operas To See This Weekend Internationally (8/23-25)

(Credit: SF/Ruth Walz /Metropolitan Opera / Rossini Opera Festival) Stars, season finales, and some of the greatest operas in the standard repertoire are set to take over your weekend. Here are our picks for the operas to see this weekend. Luisa Miller – Salzburg Festival, Austria Plácido Domingo returns to the Salzburg stage in a concert performance of one of his {…}

Aug 19, 2019

Artist Of The Week: Valeriano Lanchas

(Credit: Juan Diego Castillo) Few Colombian singers have reached the heights of bass-baritone Valeriano Lanchas. The Bogotá-born singer competed and won four international competitions including the Pavarotti International Voice Competition in 1995, Operalia in 2001, Licia Albanese-Puccini Fundation of New York 2001, and the Toto Dal Monte in Treviso, Italy in 2004. Since then his career grew and he has become {…}

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