ABAO Bilbao Opera has announced the approval of its budget for the 2024-25 season and the results of the 2023-24 season. Per an official press release, the General Assembly of the ABAO Bilbao Opera approved, with 99 percent of the votes, the results presented regarding the 2023-24 season. Per the information presented, the company had approximately 7.7 million euros of {…}
Performances of “Pedro eta Otsoa” opened the ABAO TXIKI 2025 season. The imaginative “Pedro eta Otsoa” is a 50-minute work aiming to bring music closer to families with children four and up. The work is set to music by Sergei Prokofiev and to the magical story of a brave young boy at odds with a wolf. The Murtra Ensemble orchestra {…}
Lisette Oropesa is set to present a concert on Nov. 6 at the ABAO Bilbao Opera. The Soprano will perform at the Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao, in a recital alongside pianist Alessandro Praticò, who will debut at the ABAO Bilbao Opera. The soprano will perform music by Ravel, Delibes, Massenet, Bizet, Meyerbeer, Donizetti, Mercandante, and Verdi. In a statement on social {…}
ABAO Bilbao Opera received the Honorary Cultural Institution award at the Ópera XXI Awards ceremony. The company as well as the Bilbao Association was recognized for utilizing an “efficient and sustainable management model.” This model has become a characteristic of the Basque and Spanish cultural sector. The general director of INAEM, Paz Santa Cecilia, presented the award to Juan Carlos {…}
The ABAO Bilbao Opera is joining forces with Musikene, with the hopes of expanding the reach of opera, music, and culture. Per the agreement, Musikene, or Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco, will provide opportunities and spaces to create activities, such as talks and panels, that dovetail with the operatic offerings at the Bilbao Opera. The institution will also {…}
ABAO Bilbao Opera president, Juan Carlos Matellanes and the president of Kutxabank, Anton Arriola have signed a collaboration agreement to strengthen the alliance between the two institutions. Kutxabank joins the group of collaborating companies and institutions of ABAO Bilbao Opera as a sponsor of the opera company. The two institutions also the objective of supporting and promoting the implementation of {…}
Puccini’s “La Bohème” is set to close the Bilbao Opera’s 2023-24 season. The opera will be presented between May 18 and 27 at the Euskalduna Bilbao. Pedro Halffter will lead the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa in Leo Nucci’s production. The opera will star Miren Urbieta-Vega, Celso Albelo, Manel Esteve and Marina Monzó. José Manuel Díaz, David Lagares, Fernando Latorre en un {…}
rABAO Bilbao Opera closes its XIX ABAO Txiki season with the premiere of “Hirira.” The opera was created by the members of the Easo Gazte Abesbatza choir, librettist Marta García, and Gorka Miranda. “Hirira” serves an invitation to observe and reflect on the places we live in, and transform them into other more sustainable, inclusive and diverse spaces and living {…}
Bilbao Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Simón Orfila, Enric Martínez-Castignani, María José Moreno, Sofía Esparza, Francesco Demuro, Juan Antonio Sanabria, and Damián del Castillo lead the cast. Maestro Sesto Quatrini conducts Emiliano Suárez’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 19-28, 2024 The second opera is Puccini’s “Il Trittico.” “Il Tabarro” will star Carlos {…}
The Bilbao Opera has announced that the recent production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” broke records. The production, which ended on Feb. 26, broke box office records and saw the final performance completely sold out. Additionally, the entire production sold 90 percent. The company also announced that the third and fourth performances received a double encore during the “Si, vendetta tremenda vendetta” {…}
The ABAO Bilbao Opera is set to present Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail.” The performances, which will take place between Jan. 20 and 29, 2024 at the Euskalduna Bilbao, will star Jessica Pratt in the role of Kostanze, Moisés Marín as Belmonte, Leonor Bonilla as Blonde, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso as Pedrillo, Wojtek Gierlach as Osmin, and Wolfgang Vater as Selim. {…}