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Vox Luminis, Barcelona Bruckner Choir, O Vos Omnes Perform in Easter Edition of Festival Perelada 2026

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The Festival Perelada is set to present its 4th Easter Edition. The Festival opens with the revival of “Cristo condannato” by Antonio Caldara and Pietro Pariati. The cast includes Ana Quintans, Maite Beaumont, Nicolas Brooymans, Montserrat Seró, and Josep Ramon Olivé, accompanied by the Francesc Valls Choir, under the direction of Pere Lluís Biosca, who debuts at the festival as {…}

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Festival Perelada Cancels Performance Due to Weather Conditions

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(Credit: Vincent Pontet) The Festival Perelada was forced to cancel its performance on July 12, 2025 at the Església del Carme. The showcase features Händel’s “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” performed by Les Arts Florissants under William Christie. Per an official press release, the event was canceled due to concerns over the weather. There was a maximum risk {…}

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Joyce DiDonato, Sonya Yoncheva, Angel Blue & Julian Prégardien Lead Festival Perelada’s 2025 Season

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The Festival Perelada has announced its 2025 season. Joyce DiDonato and Craig Terry will perform in recital. Performance Date: July 3, 2025 Genius Loci is a unique stage performance directed by Rafael R. Villalobos. The production star countertenor Xavier Sabata and will feature music from Purcell to contemporary. Performance Date: July 5, 2025 Julian and Christoph Prégardien will perform “In {…}

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Festival Perelada Announces 2024 Easter Festival

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The Festival Perelada has announced its 2024 Easter Festival. The festival will take place between March 28 and 30. For this article, we will highlight the vocal performances. The oratorio “San Giovanni Battista” by Stradella will be conducted by Dani Espasa. Xavier Sabata, Giulia Semenzato, Luigi De Donato, Juan  Sancho and Marta Almajano star. Performance Date: March 28, 2024 Maëlys {…}

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Diana Damrau, Xabier Anduaga & Jonathan Tetelman Lead Festival Castell de Perelada’s 2023 Season

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The Festival Castell de Perelada has announced its 2023 summer festival. The season opens with Freddie De Tommaso performing Verdi alongside Audrey Sain-Gil. Performance Date: July 28, 2023 Diana Damrau and Nicola Teste perform music by Ponchielli, Chopin, Bellini, Thomas, Strauss, Donizetti, and more. Helmut Deutsch accompanies on piano. Performance Date: July 29, 2023 Nuria Rial pays tribute to Victoria {…}

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Pablo Heras-Casado to Lead Bayreuth Festival Orchestra’s Spain Tour in 2026

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(Photo Credit: Jordi Renart) The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra has announced a tour through Spain as part of the festival’s 150th anniversary celebrations. The announcement was made on Oct. 13, 2025 sees the ensemble perform at the Palau de la Música Catalana on August 29, 2026 as part of the 40th anniversary of the Festival Perelada; Festival Internacional de Santander on {…}

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Laurène Paternò, Sabine Devieilhe, Julien Henric, & Mathias Vidal Star in the 2025 Festival Pulsations

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Festival Pulsations releases its 2025 programming. Opening the festival is “Les Indes Galantes – De la voix des âmes,” an fusion of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque opera and of hip-hop and krump. Laurène Paternò, Mathias Vidal, Ana Quitans, and Andreas Wolf, along with Rualité Structure, the Namur Chamber Choir, and Cappella Mediterranea perform under the baton of Leonardo García-Alarcón. Bintou Dembélé {…}

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Marie Lys, Benjamin Appl, Inés Alonso & Mélissa Petit Lead Festival de Peralada’s 2025 Season

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The Festival de Perelada has announced its 2025 Easter Festival. Here are the vocal performances. Johann Adolf Hasse’s “Oratorio in F major” is set to be performed for the first time in Spain. Valer Sabadus, Marie Lys, Rafael Quirant, Maria Espada, and Anna Alàs i Jové. Dani Espasa conducts the Vespres d’Arnadi.  Performance Date: April 17, 2025 Benjamin Appl and Dani Espada {…}

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Obituary: Festival Castell de Peralada Co-Founder Luis López de Lamadrid Dies at 86

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Luis López de Lamadrid has died at the age of 86. The Festival Castell de Peralada, which was founded by López Lamadrid, confirmed the news in a statement that said, “The Perelada Festival deeply regrets the death of Luis Lopez de Lamadrid, who was founder-director of our Festival. For more than two decades, until 2006, it grew the festival, consolidating {…}