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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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Pablo Heras-Casado to Lead Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in Concert in Honor of Victims of Regional Floods

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(Photo Credit: Miguel Lorenzo) Pablo Heras-Casado will lead the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in a concert in honor of the victims of the floods earlier this year. The program, which takes place on Dec. 10, 2024, will feature Beethoven’s Third Symphony and “Egmont Overture,” as well as the participation of the Schola Cantorum d’Algemesí, which opens the program with {…}

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Pablo Heras-Casado Tapped for Bayreuth Festival’s New Ring Cycle

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The Bayreuth Festival has announced that Pablo Heras-Casado will conduct the new Ring Cycle in 2028. The festival did not confirm who was directing the production but did note that the Heras-Casado is returning to the podium this season for a production of “Parsifal.” Heras-Casado’s relationship with Richard Wagner began in 2016 with “Der Fliegende Holländer” at the Teatro Real and {…}

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Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in Tokyo

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(Credit: Fernando Sancho) Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado will conduct the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo for the performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Dec. 23, 25 & 26, 2020. The famed “Choral” symphony will showcase soprano Eri Takahashi, mezzo-soprano Etsuko Kanoh, tenor Naoki Miyasato, and baritone Shin Taniguchi. The presentation will also feature New National Theatre Chorus. Heras-Casado recently {…}

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Pablo Heras-Casado Named Chevalier De L’Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres

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Pablo Heras-Casado has been awarded the title Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. The title was presented to him by the French Ambassador to Spain, Yves Saint-Geours, in a ceremony that took place at his official residence in Madrid on Dec. 3, 2018. The prestigious award was presented to Heras-Casado in recognition of “a {…}

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Q&A: Pablo Heras-Casado On The Spanish Premiere Of ‘Die Soldaten’

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Madrid’s Teatro Real is set to present the first-ever performances of Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s “Die Soldaten” in Spain. The occasion will see Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, the theater’s Principal Guest Conductor, in the pit with a distinguished cast and Calixto Bieto directing. Zimmermann’s only opera is one of the most challenging and extraordinary pieces in the 20th-century and when  Oper {…}

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Pablo Heras-Casado and Alex Olle Host Facebook Live for Wagner’s ‘Der Fliegende Hollander’ at the Teatro Real

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On Dec. 7 Pablo Heras-Casado and Alex Olle will be live on Facebook to answer questions about the upcoming production of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Hollander” at the Teatro Real de Madrid. Heras-Casado and Olle will talk about Wagner’s early work and what audiences should expect from the new production. They will also answer questions from audience members asked on Facebook, {…}

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Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Benjamin Bernheim, Nadine Sierra & Malin Byström Lead Wiener Staatsoper’s Streaming Lineup

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The Wiener Staatsoper has announced opera that will stream on its platform. The first stream will be Janacek’s “Vec Makropulos” with a cast that includes Marlis Petersen, Pavel Černoch, Lukas Schmidt, Alma Neuhaus, Bo Skovhus, Carlos Osuna, and Wolfgang Bankl. Tomáš Hanus conducts. Streaming Date: Dec. 6, 2025 Franz Welser-Möst conducts Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Malin Byström, David Butt Philip, Christopher {…}

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Cast Change: Christopher Maltman Steps into Paris Opera’s ‘Die Walküre’

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The Opéra de Paris has announced a cast change for its production of “Die Walküre.” The company said that Iain Paterson, who is ill, has cancelled the dress rehearsal, preview, and premiere of “Die Walküre.” As a result, the role of Wotan will be performed by Christopher Maltman on 8 and 11 November 2025.” Maltman is a well-known singer who has {…}