Adriana González, Isabel Leonard, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Sabine Devieilhe to Headline LIFE Victoria Cicle de Lied Victoria de los Ángeles’s 2026-27 Season
By David SalazarThe LIFE Victoria Cicle de Lied Victoria de los Ángeles has announced its 2026-27 season, titled “L’exili” (Exile), dedicated to the memory of soprano Felicity Lott and commemorating the 150th anniversary of the births of Manuel de Falla and Pau Casals.
Soprano Adriana González and conductor and composer Pedro Pardo serve as artists in residence, with visual artist Javier Pérez as the season’s plastic artist.
Guitarist Bernardo Rambeaud and mezzo-soprano Cristina Segura open the season with the children’s program “Victoria, Fígaro i la seva guitarra.”
Performance Dates: Sept. 26 & 27, 2026
Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard and pianist Malcolm Martineau present “1898: La pèrdua de les colònies,” featuring works by Manuel de Falla and Xavier Montsalvatge. LIFE New Artists Isaac Grau and Maria Patak also appear.
Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2026
Pianist Mar Compte and mezzo-soprano Helena Ressurreição present “Talent sorgit de la Fundació al Palau,” with works by Gounod, Ravel, Hahn, Viardot, Boulanger, Falla, and Casals.
Performance Date: Oct. 5, 2026
Soprano Núria Rial, guitarist and lutenist Carles Blanch, and cellist Oleguer Aymamí present “Viatjant per la cançó abans del Lied,” featuring Spanish and Flemish Renaissance and Baroque composers.
Performance Date: Oct. 10, 2026
Guitarist Bernardo Rambeaud and soprano Montserrat Seró perform in the LIFE Victoria Territori series.
Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2026
Pianist Llum Colomer and soprano Lucía Guerrero present “Romancero eterno,” with works by Falla, Granados, and Lorca.
Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2026
Cellist Ferran Bardolet, soprano Mercedes Gancedo, and pianist Pedro Pardo present “Conxita Badia, l’exili als llavis,” with works by Hahn, Canteloube, Saint-Saëns, Mompou, and Pardo.
Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2026
Rambeaud and Seró perform again in the Territori series.
Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2026
Violinist Federico Piccotti and pianist Marta Puig perform in the Territori series.
Performance Date: Oct. 31, 2026
Mezzo-soprano Véronique Gens and pianist Joseph Middleton present “A Felicity Lott,” a tribute to the late soprano, with works by Fauré, Debussy, Duparc, Hahn, and Poulenc. LIFE New Artists Miguel Domínguez and Rose Thomas also appear.
Performance Date: Nov. 2, 2026
Soprano Montserrat Seró, organist Joan Seguí, the Cor Victoria de los Ángeles, and conductor Pedro Pardo present “Cants d’àngels,” marking the centenary of Montserrat Torrent.
Performance Dates: Nov. 6 & 7, 2026
Pianist Jeff Cohen and countertenor Cameron Shahbazi present “Iran i Persia.” LIFE New Artists Idun Gabrielle Fougner-Oekland and Guro Thornaes-Sirvertsen also appear.
Performance Date: Nov. 16, 2026
The Fundació presents its annual benefit concert “Més que Lied” in support of the Hospital de campanya de Santa Anna.
Performance Date: Dec. 14, 2026
Pianist Iñaki Encina Oyón and soprano Adriana González present “Dalí: Freud fet pintura,” featuring works by Covatti, Caplet, Poulenc, Albéniz, Mompou, and Dussaut.
Performance Date: Dec. 19, 2026
Soprano Adriana González, pianist Emma Stratton, the Orquestra Simfònica Victoria de los Ángeles, and conductor Pedro Pardo present “Pau i Victòria,” marking the 150th anniversary of Pau Casals, with works by Mozart, Casals, and Beethoven.
Performance Date: Jan. 20, 2027
Adriana González leads masterclasses.
Masterclass Dates: Jan. 26-28, 2027
A recital by masterclass participants follows.
Performance Date: Jan. 29, 2027
Soprano Ellen Mawhinney and pianist Daniel Silcock present “Aires irlandesos i escocesos,” featuring Barber’s “Hermit Songs” alongside Irish and Scottish traditional works.
Performance Date: Feb. 2, 2027
Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch present Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin” under the title “Errar pel món.”
Performance Date: Feb. 2, 2027
Actress Núria Miret and dramaturg Jaime Abad present “Wanderer: el camí i l’ombra,” a staged exploration of exile.
Performance Date: Feb. 17, 2027
Pianist Rubén Fernández Aguirre and soprano Vanessa Goicoetxea present “Heine als marges,” centered on Andrés Isasi’s “Lieder Op. 16” and the poetry of Heinrich Heine. LIFE New Artist Javier Blanco also appears.
Performance Date: Feb. 17, 2027
Pianist Victoria Guerrero and soprano Mireia Tarragó present “Exili físic: Lotte Lenya, de Viena a Hollywood,” with works by Mahler, Alma Mahler, Pejačević, and Schoenberg.
Performance Date: March 2, 2027
Soprano Ingela Brimbgerg, pianist Julius Drake, and pianist António Areal present “Art total: Wagner i la pintura,” centered on Wagner’s “Wesendonck Lieder” and the “Liebestod” from “Tristan und Isolde.”
Performance Date: April 16, 2027
Pianist Dylan Pérez and tenor Nicky Spence present “El retir de Shakespeare,” featuring settings of Shakespeare by Quilter, Britten, Poulenc, Schubert, Tippett, Purcell, Haydn, Wolf, and Dankworth. LIFE New Artists Marta Esteban and Rose Thomas also appear.
Performance Date: April 24, 2027
Pianist Javier Arrebola and mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera close the Victoria de los Ángeles Legacy Mastercourse with a final recital.
Performance Date: April 28, 2027
Pianist Iñaki Encina Oyón and soprano Adriana González present “Les llengües del exili,” with works by Caplet, Debussy, Mompou, Falla, and Julio Gómez. LIFE New Artists Jana Corominas and Oriana Kemelmajer also appear.
Performance Date: April 29, 2027
Pianist Javier Arrebola and mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera present “El destí de la generació del 27,” featuring poets of the Generación del 27 including Rafael Alberti, Luis Cernuda, Pedro Salinas, and Jorge Guillén.
Performance Date: May 7, 2027
Arrebola and Herrera lead masterclasses centered on Federico García Lorca.
Masterclass Dates: May 8-10, 2027
A recital by masterclass participants follows.
Performance Date: May 11, 2027
Soprano Elisabet Strid and pianist John Sunderland present “Wesendonck: L’exili de Wagner.” LIFE New Artists Patricia Rijnhout and Paula Atanet also appear.
Performance Date: May 18, 2027
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Mathieu Pordoy present “Exiliades del repertori,” featuring works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Alma Mahler, Liszt, Mel Bonis, Marguerite Canal, and Debussy.
Performance Date: May 20, 2027
Singer Elena Gadel, the Orquestra Simfònica Victoria de los Ángeles, and conductor Pedro Pardo close the season with Falla’s original 1915 version of “El amor brujo,” marking the composer’s 150th anniversary.
Performance Date: June 19, 2027
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