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ABAO Bilbao Opera Announces Financial Updates for 2023-24 & 2024-25 Seasons

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ABAO Bilbao Opera has announced the approval of its budget for the 2024-25 season and the results of the 2023-24 season. Per an official press release, the General Assembly of the ABAO Bilbao Opera approved, with 99 percent of the votes, the results presented regarding the 2023-24 season. Per the information presented, the company had approximately 7.7 million euros of {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Opera Receives Ópera XXI Award

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ABAO Bilbao Opera received the Honorary Cultural Institution award at the Ópera XXI Awards ceremony. The company as well as the Bilbao Association was recognized for utilizing an “efficient and sustainable management model.” This model has become a characteristic of the Basque and Spanish cultural sector. The general director of INAEM, Paz Santa Cecilia, presented the award to Juan Carlos {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Opera Announces New Agreement with Musikene

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The ABAO Bilbao Opera is joining forces with Musikene, with the hopes of expanding the reach of opera, music, and culture. Per the agreement, Musikene, or Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco, will provide opportunities and spaces to create activities, such as talks and panels, that dovetail with the operatic offerings at the Bilbao Opera. The institution will also {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Opera Signs Collaboration Agreement With Kutxabank

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ABAO Bilbao Opera president, Juan Carlos Matellanes and the president of Kutxabank, Anton Arriola have signed a collaboration agreement to strengthen the alliance between the two institutions. Kutxabank joins the group of collaborating companies and institutions of ABAO Bilbao Opera as a sponsor of the opera company. The two institutions also the objective of supporting and promoting the implementation of {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Opera & BBK to Present Second Edition of Sociocultural Senior Program

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ABAO Bilbao Opera and BBK have announced the second edition of the Sociocultural Senior program. The program aims at interacting with older members of the Bizkaia community to help them overcome barriers that don’t allow them access to culture and opera at large. Among the activities on offer are the program “Encuentros BBK-ABAO,” which features workshops and conferences to allow {…}

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Juan Pons & ABAO Bilbao Ópera Among This Year’s Honorees of Ópera XXI

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(Credit: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) The assembly of Ópera XXI announced that baritone Juan Pons, ABAO Bilbao Ópera, and the company Idealista will receive a special honor. The announcement was made during a meeting on Oct. 26, 2023, at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Pons was honored for his career trajectory. The baritone, who retired from the stage in 2012, {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Ópera Closes Season with ‘Il Trovatore’

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ABAO Bilbao Ópera closes its seventy-first season with Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” The show will run May 20, 23, 26, and 29, 2023 at the Euskalduna Bilbao. Soprano Anna Pirozzi stars. Joining her will be mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, tenor Celso Albelo and baritone Juan Jesús Rodríguez. Maestro Francesco Iván Ciampa will be on the podium. The production will be directed by {…}