On March 29, baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat will give a recital. The baritone, who made history in Bilbao singing an encore in “Rigoletto,” will perform at the Euskalduna Bilbao. The program will include music by Giuseppe Verdi as well as Bellini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, and Giordano. At the piano, maestro Stefano Salvatori will make his ABAO Bilbao Opera debut. Throughout the past {…}
ABAO TXIKI is set to present Ópera de Cámara de Navarra’s production of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” The cast is made up of Julen Jiménez, Itxaso Moriones, Noemí Irisarri, Txori García, María Lacunza, Carlos Crooke, Txema Lacunza, and María Gutiérrez. They are joined by the Navarra Chamber Opera Choir and the Navarra Symphony Orchestra conducted by Javier Echarri. Ion Barbarin {…}
Back in 2022, the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo featured a production of Donizetti’s “La Favorite” using a new critical French edition and with no cuts (including the whole ballet). For that occasion Ricardo Frizza was the conductor. Now, a few years later, ABAO Bilbao is bringing back that same Bergamo production, in coproduction with Opéra National de Bordeaux, as well {…}
The Bilbao Opera is set to Present Donizetti’s “La Favorite.” The work will be presented from Feb. 15 to 24, 2025 at the Euskalduna Bilbao and will star Silvia Tro Santafé in the role of Leonore, alongside Ismael Jordi as Fernand, Vladimir Stoyanov as Alphonse XI, and Simón Orfila as Balthazar. The cast is rounded out by tenor Mikeldi Atxalandabaso {…}
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 {…}