Bilbao Opera Announces Cast Change for ‘Tristan und Isolde’

By Francisco Salazar

Bilbao Opera has announced a cast change for its opening “Tristan und Isolde” performance on Jan. 18, 2025.

The company said that Rachel Nicholls will sing the role of Isolde replacing the originally scheduled Oksana Dyka.

Nicholls has performed Isolde to great success at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Teatro Regio di Torino, the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Grange Park Opera, and Oper Stuttgart. She is well known for performing the works of Wagner, Strauss, and Mozart.

Nicholls will join a cast that includes Gwyn Hughes Jones, Marko Mimica, Egils Silins, Carlos Daza, and Daniela Barcellona. Erik Nielsen conducts the production Allex Agulera.

Dyka returns to the production on Jan. 21, 2025.

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