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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 {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Opera Announces Participation in Laborlan Specialized Training for the Cultural and Creative Sector

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Photo: ABAO Bilbao Opera/E. Moreno Esquibel ABAO Bilbao Opera has announced its participation in the fourth edition of Laborlan as a demonstration of its service to the public. The program promoted by DEMA, the Regional Employment and Entrepreneurship Agency, provides personalized guidance and training. For the first time, it will offer specialized training in stage and stage technique for cultural {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Ópera Gains New Partnership for Continued Growth

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ABAO Bilbao Ópera and Banca March have announced a partnership aimed at promoting and developing all the operatic and cultural activities of the Bilbao institution. The territorial director of Banca March’s Assets Bank in Euskadi and La Rioja, Daniel Irezábal del Busto, has emphasized when signing the collaboration agreement that the objective is to strengthen relations with Bilbao society and {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Ópera & IMQ Sign Major Agreement for 2022-23 Season

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The IMQ insurance has announced that it will be a major supporter and collaborator of the  ABAO Bilbao Ópera’s 2022-23 season. Per an agreement between the two organizations, IMQ, a major health insurance organization, will provide private insurance for health services to ABAO during its 71st season. The agreement was reached and signed by Beatriz Astigarraga and Juan Carlos Matellanes, presidents {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Opera Announces Cast Change for Eine Florentinische Tragödie

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The ABAO Bilbao Opera has announced a major cast change for its upcoming production of “Eine Florentinische Tragödie.” The company revealed that German bass-baritone Carsten Wittmoser will be making his company debut, taking over the role of Simone for Eglis Silins who had to withdraw due to health reasons. Wittmoser has sung at the most prestigious opera houses in Europe {…}

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Paolo Fanale, Daniela Mack to Headline ABAO Bilbao Opera’s ‘La Clemenza di Tito’

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The ABAO Bilbao Opera is set to present the Bilbao premiere of Fabio Ceresa’s production of “La Clemenza di Tito” starting on Jan. 22, 2022. The opera will be presented at the Euskealduna Bilbao with conductor Riccardo Frizza leading the Euskadiko Orkestra. The work will star Paolo Fanale in the title role with Daniela Mack as Sesto. In the role {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Opera Limits Seating Capacity & Adds One Performance of ‘La Clemenza di Tito’

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The ABAO Bilbao Opera has announced that it has ceased ticket sales its performances of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito.” Per the opera house’s official statement, the Basque Government ordered the venue to limit its seating capacity to a maximum of 800 spectators, within other measures to stem the exponential spread of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus. {…}

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ABAO Bilbao Ópera Approves 2021-22 Budget & New Leadership

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The general assembly of members of ABAO Bilbao Ópera approved the budget and management for the next season. In sum, a budget of 8.4 million euros was also approved for the 2021-2022 season. Additionally, the organization also elected a new board of directors, with the purpose of consolidating the complete cultural project so that opera is disseminated with a focus, {…}