Sondra Radvanovsky, Cecilia Bartoli, Piotr Beczała, Elina Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim & Sabine Devieilhe Headline Palau de la Música Catalana’s 2025-26 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Palau de la Música Catalana has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances.
Adolf Gassol conducts Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.”
Performance Dates: Sept. 6 & Dec. 6, 2025
Puccini’s “Tosca” will be performed.
Performance Date: Sept. 11, 2025
Julia Kleiter joins the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès and Andrés Salado for G. Ortiz and Tchaikovsky.
Performance Date: Sept. 20, 2025
Joan Seguí, Anaïs Oliveras, Aleix Viadé, Marco Timón, and Anna Romaní perform in concert.
Performance Dates: Sept. 28, 2025 & Feb. 28, 2025
The Veus – Amics de la Unió and Coros Infantil y Juvenil Palau Vincles under Josep Vila i Jover perform works by Campmany, Gilpin, LaBarr, Tin, Chihara, Sato, Lindmark, Ruera, López-Chávarri, Orbán, and Vila i Casañas.
Performance Date: Sept. 28, 2025
Andrea Martí joins Sergi Raya, Salvador Vidal, Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, and Noemí Pasquina for an hommage to Morricone and Rota.
Performance Date: Sept. 29, 2025
Scarlatti’s “Il Mitridate Eupatore” will star Marie Lys, Anna Devin, Ann Hallenberg, Sonja Runje, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, and Josep-Ramon Olivé. The Vespres d’Arnadí will be conducted by Dani Espasa.
Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2025
Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” will star María Hinojosa, Ferran Albrich, Pau Armengol, Rosa Maria Abella, and Mar Esteve. Daniel Gil de Tejada conducts.
Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2025
Mireia Tarragó, Tànit Bono, Roger Padullés, and Gerard Farreras perform Mozart’s Requiem. Dani Espasa conducts the Cor Madrigal and Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès.
Performance Dates: Oct. 26, 2025 & March 29, 2026
The Cor Jove del Orfeó Català will perform works by Wesley, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Casals, and Ferrer. Joan Seguí and Pablo Larraz accompany.
Performance Date: Nov. 2, 2025
David Alegret and Maria Canyigueral perform a recital featuring music by E. Toldrà, A. Ros Marbà, S. Brotons, A. García Demestres, and J. Magrané.
Performance Date: Nov. 3, 2025
Arabella Steinbacher and Montserrat Seró join the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès and conductor Néstor Bayona in a program featuring music by G. Bacewics, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, and De Falla.
Performance Date: Nov. 8, 2025
Händel’s “Alcina” will be performed by Kathryn Lewek, Lauranne Oliva, Carlo Vistoli, Zachary Wilder, and Nicolas Brooymans. The Ensemble Artaserse will be conducted by Philippe Jaroussky.
Performance Date: Nov. 9, 2025
The Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana will perform works by C. Prat, B. Vivancos, A. Campmany, J. Magrané, and J. Ollé. The concert also includes Marta Cardona, Maria Camahort, Pere Olivé, and Xavier Puig.
Performance Date: Nov. 9, 2025
The Franz Schubert Filharmonia and Tomàs Grau lead Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Katja Maderer and Martina Baroni.
Performance Date: Nov. 12, 2025
Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu lead a recital of Bach, Borodín, Brahms, Debussy, Mozart, Reimann, Schubert, Chaikovski, Verdi, Wagner, and Wolf.
Performance Date: Nov. 13, 2025
The Cor de Noies del Orfeó Català, alongside Maria Mauri, Esther Pinyol, and Montserrat Meneses, perform M. Vila’s Clam de la Terra.
Performance Date: Nov. 16, 2025
Xavier Puig conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Marta Mathéu, Mireia Pintó, Roger Padullés, and Joan Martín-Royo.
Performance Date: Nov. 22, 2025
José Antonio Domené will be joined by Fleur Barron, Vlad Stanculeasa, Aine Suzuki, Charles-Antoine Archambault, and Francisco López in music by Debussy, De Falla, and Ravel.
Performance Date: Nov. 25, 2025
Performance Date: Nov. 25, 2025
Performance Date: Nov. 27, 2025
Alex Potter joins the Solistas de la Salvat Beca Bach 2025, Bach Collegium Barcelona, and Pau Jorquera for a concert.
Performance Date: Dec. 2, 2025
Maribel Ortega, José Antonio López, Carlo Colombara, and José Ansaldi star in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Hollander” with Emilio López directing and Josep Planells Schiaffino conducting.
Performance Date: Dec. 7, 2025
Performance Dates: Dec. 14, 2025 & Jan. 11, 2026
The Cor Pedrell will be conducted by Esteve Costa in music by E. Ribó, M. Salvador, M. Cabero, M. Oltra, J. Castellà, J. Ollé, J. Alarcón, X. Garcia Cardona, X. Puig, B. Vivancos, C. Baldrís, J. Domènech, and I. Plass.
Performance Date: Dec. 15, 2025
Núria Rial and Café Zimmermann perform Christmas Cantatas by Telemann and Bach.
Andrea Martí leads an homage to Morricone. The concert also includes Sergi Raya, Salvador Vidal, Jordi Cos, Coral Cantiga, Coral Sinera, the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès, and conductor Noemí Pasquina.
Performance Dates: Dec. 16, 2025 & Jan. 9, 2026
Deborah Cachet, Martina Baroni, David Fischer, and Micha Mattheus star i Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Christoph Prégardien conducts.
Xavier Puig and Laura del Río join forces with the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès for Waltzes.
Elionor Martínez and Ferran Albrich perform J. Lamote de Grignon’s “La Nit de Nadal.” Salvador Brotons conducts the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès.
The Concierto de San Esteban will feature Coros del Orfeó Català and Cor de Cambra del Palau in a program featuring music by Anna Campmany and Josep Ollé.
Voces8 will feature works by Gibbons, Runestad, Rahkmàninov, King Cole, Blackwell, Ollé, Shaw, Elgar, Rusby, Folds, Weelkes, Lasso, Simon and Garfunkel, McLean, Hamlisch/Bayer-Sager, and Gershwin.
The Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana and Vespres d’Arnadí under Xavier Puig perform Bach’s Mass in B Minor.
The Cor Madrigal and Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès under Xavier Puig perform music by Martínez Valls and Arrieta.
Performance Date: Feb. 14, 2026
Sabine Devieilhe, Sophie Rennert, Beth Taylor, Jakub Józef Orliński, Yuri Minenko, Rémy Brès-Feuillet, Marco Saccardin, and Alex Rosen star in Handel’s “Giulio Cesare.” Il Pomo d’Oro is conducted by Francesco Corti.
Performance Date: Feb. 15, 2026
Josep-Ramon Olivé, Ana San Martín, Lluís Calvet, Belén García, Clara Renom, Héctor Ruiz, Xavier Casademont and Lluís Arratia lead a performance of cantantes A. Guinovart’s “Gaudí.” The Cor Jove del Orfeó Català and Original SoundTrack Orchestra under Belén Clemente i Albert Torrebella conducting.
Performance Date: Feb. 25, 2026
The Fiesta de la Música Coral will feature Cor Vivaldi, Cor de Cambra Femení Scherzo, Cor de Cambra de Granollers, and Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana.
Performance Date: March 1, 2026
The Coros Infantil y Juvenil de Palau Vincles, Coros de centros educativos y entitades sociales de Palau Vincles, and Coros invitados de Palau Vincles will perform M. Timón’s cantata.
Gerrit Illenberg and Rebeka Stojkoska perform a program of music by A. Berg, E. W. Konrgold, A. Zemlinsky, A. Schönberg, and G. Mahler
Performance Date: March 3, 2026
Performance Date: March 6, 2026
Maribel Ortega headlines Bellini’s “Norma” with Anna Tobella and Kenneth Tarver. Carles Ortiz directs and Julio García Vico conducts.
Performance Date: March 7, 2026
Julia Lezhneva leads a concert with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini.
Performance Date: March 10, 2026
Palestrina, Donati, and Bruckner will be performed by the Coro y Orquesta Baltasar Neumann conducted by Lionel Sow.
Performance Date: March 11, 2026
Performance Date: March 21, 2026
Orfeó Català, Cor de de Cambra del Auditori Enric Granados de Lleida, and Cor Renaixença perform in concert.
Performance Date: March 22, 2026
Marta Mathéu, Mireia Pintó, Roger Padullés, Joan Martín-Royo, and Stanislav Angelov perform Schubert, Brahms, Toldrà, and Guastavino.
Performance Date: March 25, 2026
Nick Pritchard, Alex Rosen, Lucy Crowe, Hugh Cutting, and Hugo Hymas star in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. The Arcangelo is conducted by Jonathan Cohen.
Performance Date: March 27, 2026
Isabel Rubio conducts cinematic works with the Cor Ciutat de Tarragona, Cor de la URV, Coral Escriny, Cor de Cambra del Auditori Enric Granados, and Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès.
Performance Date: March 28, 2026
The Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana and Cor de Noies de l’Orfeó Català will perform alongside Jordi Armengol and Martina Batič.
Performance Date: April 12, 2026
Piotr Beczała and Sarah Tysman perform in recital.
Performance Date: April 13, 2026
Haydn’s “The Creation” will star María Hinojosa, Albert Casals, and Ferran Albrich. The Vespres d’Arnadí will be led by Edmon Colomer.
Performance Date: April 19, 2026
Performance Date: April 20, 2026
Sondra Radvanovsky and Anthony Manoli perform songs and arias.
Performance Date: April 21, 2026
Lianna Haroutounian stars as Puccini’s “Turandot” alongside Xavier Moreno, Carolina López Moreno, and Gerard Farreras. Tomàs Grau conducts.
Performance Date: April 25 & 27, 2026
Xavier Sabata performs Vivaldi, Steffani, Porpora, and Händel with Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu and Franck-Emmanuel Comte.
Elionor Martínez and Victoria Guerrero perform a recital of music buy Mozart, Mahler, Schreker, Zemlinsky, and Wolf.
Performance Date: May 13, 2026
Andrés Salado conducts Verdi’s “La Traviata” with Maria Miró, Antoni Lliteres, and Luis Cansino.
Performance Date: May 16, 2026
Daniele Gatti conducts Verdi’s Requiem with Eleonora Buratto, Elina Garanča, Benjamin Bernheim, and Michele Pertusi.
Performance Date: May 19, 2026
Alberto Roque, José Lopes, Pedro Santos, Isabel Catarino, Inesa Markava, and Pep Moliner lead a children’s concert.
Performance Date: May 24, 2026
Daniel Montané conducts the Orquestra Simfònica Camerata XXI in music by Toldrà, Manén, Lamote de Grignon, Magrané, and Oltra. Soloists include Daniel Blanch, Marta Valero, and Lluís Calvet.
Performance Date: May 26, 2026
The third act of Wagner’s “Die Walkure” will be performed by Ingela Brimberg and Hanno Müller-Brachmann. The Budapest Festival Orchestra will be performed by Iván Fischer.
Performance Date: May 27, 2026
The Planets will be performed alongside Marigó’s Piano Concerto. The concert will include include pianist Carles Marigó performing his concerto, the Cor de Noies del Orfeó Català and Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès. Xavier Puig conducts.
Performance Date: May 30, 2026
Juan de la Rubia leads Mozart’s Requiem with Mireia Tarragó, Mercè Bruguera, Joan Francesc Folqué, and Pau Armengol.
Performance Date: May 31, 2026
Julia Kleiter and Julius Drake lead a recital of works by Schumann, Korngold, and Wagner.
Performance Date: June 1, 2026
The Coros Infantil y Juvenil de Palau Vincles, Coros de centros educativos y entidades sociales de Palau Vincles, and Coros invitados de Palau Vincles perform pieces from the V Concurso de Composición de la Canción del Verano de Palau Vincles.Performance Date: June 3, 2026
The Cor Mitjans del Orfeó Català, Cor Petits del Orfeó Català, and Coral Xiquets del Orfeó Lleidatà will take on A. Grau’s “Opereta ecológica.”
Performance Date: June 6, 2026
Marin Alsop leads O. Pérez-Collellmir’s “Els set somnis de Gaudí” featuring Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana, Cor Jove del Orfeó Català, Cor de Noies del Orfeó Català, and Philharmonia Orchestra.
Performance Date: June 10, 2026
Sabrina Gárdez and Bernardo Rambeau lead a program of music by Mozart, Martín y Soler, Cánovas Parés, Sor, Aguado, Viardot, Giuliani, Malibran, and Rossini.
Performance Date: June 12, 2026
Jaume Villanueva directs Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore” with Josep Miquel Mindàn conducts.
Performance Date: June 13, 2026
Josep Miquel Mindàn conducts Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in a production by Jaume Villanueva. Laura Gibert, Adrià Mas, Xavier Casademont, Inma Masramon, Alba Martínez Nieto, and Danil Sayfullin star.
Performance Date: June 27, 2026
C. Aguilar’s Requiem will be performed by Cor de Cambra del Palau and Frames Percussion. Performance Date: June 30, 2026
Cor Infantil de l’Orfeó Català and Cor Piccoli Cantori di Torino perform in concert.
Performance Date: July 9, 2026
