The Festival Internacional de Santander has announced its 2026 season. Here are the vocal performances.

Palacio de Festival 

David Afkham conducts Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” with Rolando Villazón directing. Javier Camarena, Theodore Platt, Emily Pogorelc, Kathryn Lewek, and Franz-Josef Selig.

Performance Dates: August 3 & 5, 2026

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Anaïs Bertrand, Paco García, Marcial Pauliat, and Igor Bouin star in “Carnaval Barroco: Le Poème Harmonique.” Vincent Dumestre conducts the production by Cécile Roussat.

Performance Date: August 10, 2026

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The Constellation Choir & Orchestra under Sir John Eliot Gardiner will perform Brahms and Mendelssohn. The concert will also feature Hilary Cronin, Sam Cobb, and Jonathan Hanley.

Performance Date: August 21, 2026

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Kathryn Lewek and Piotr Beczała perform music by Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini and Bizet. The Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao will be conducted by José Miguel Pérez-Sierra.

Performance Date: August 22, 2026

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Blanca Li conducts Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.”

Performance Date: August 24, 2026

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Cuarteto Quiroga will join José Antonio López for music by Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga and Israel López Estelche.

Performance Date: August 26, 2026

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The Bayreuth Festival will perform selections from “The Ring Cycle” with Catherine Foster, Klaus Florian Vogt, and Nicholas Brownlee. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts.

Performance Date: August 31, 2026

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Marcos Históricos

Manuela Velasco, Beatriz Oleaga, Daniel Oyarzabal, and Josetxu Obregón perform music by Giovanni Felice Sances, Juan Cabanilles, Juan Hidalgo, Francisco Hernández Yllana, Sebastián Durón, Juan Manuel de la Puente, and Antonio Caldara.

Performance Dates: August 6 & 7, 2026

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Trío Preseli made up of María Hinojosa Montenegro, Simon Lewis, and Daniel Pereira will perform Juan Durán, Victorino D’Almeida, Franz Schubert, Anthony Randall, Richard Strauss, and Havelock Nelson.

Performance Date: August 10, 2026

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Èlia Casanova, Carles Magraner, Robert Cases, and Eduard Navarro perform Loor de Santa María, Llibre Vermell (S.XIII/XIV) and Canto de la Sibila (S.XIV/XV).

Performance Dates: August 14 & 15, 2026

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Vincenzo Capezzuto and Giancarlo Bianchetti perform music by Bach and Vivaldi.

Performance Dates: August 19 & 20, 2026

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Ariel Abramovich and Jonatan Alvarado perform Huehuetenango’s “Músicas de un cancionero interrumpido.”

Performance Date: August 21, 2026

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Música Ficta will be conducted by Raúl Mallavibarrena in music from Puebla, México, Guatemala, Sucre, and Lima.

Performance Date: August 23, 2026