Carlos Álvarez, Ainhoa Arteta, Saioa Hernandez & Sonya Yoncheva Headline Teatro de la Zarzuela’s 2020-21 Season

The Teatro de la Zarzuela in Spain has announced its 2020-21 season featuring several productions, concerts, and recitals. Productions The season opens with a double entitled “Granada.” The first work in the double bill will be “La Tempranica” starring Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Ana Ibarra, Javier Franco, Rubén Amoretti, Gustavo Peña, Gerardo Bullón, and Miguel Sola. Meanwhile, Ainhoa Arteta and Virgnia {…}

Jun 16, 2020

Ainhoa Arteta Headlines INAEM’s European Music Day Celebration

The Instituto Nacional para las Artes Escenicas y la Música has announced that it will stream performances for 10 hours on June 20 to celebrate European Music Day. There will be a wide range of musical choices throughout the day with some select classical music and vocal performances. The main event for opera lovers will feature a number of major {…}

Jun 16, 2020

Ainhoa Arteta & Joyce DiDonato to Perform at Teatro Auditorio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial’s Summer Festival

The Teatro Auditorio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial has announced its 2020 summer festival. The festival will take place starting on July 23 and ending on August 6, 2020. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. The first vocal performance will be from Ainhoa Arteta performing works by Turina, Toldrà, and Guridi. She will {…}

Jun 3, 2020

Anna Pirozzi, Ainhoa Arteta & Ekaterina Semenchuk Highlight Bilbao Opera’s 2020-21 Season

The Bilbao Opera has announced its 2020-21 season featuring five productions with four Italian works and one French opera. Here is a look at what the Spanish season will offer. The season opens with Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” with Paolo Bordogna, Sabina Puértolas, Renato Girolami, Juan José de León, Pietro Spagnoli, and Marina Viotti. Christophe Rousset conducts the production {…}

Apr 25, 2020

Ainhoa Arteta Announces New Program ‘Confesiones Liricas’

Ainhoa Arteta has announced a new program “Confesiones Liricas” on Instagram. The acclaimed Spanish soprano will begin the show on April 26 with the first episode featuring veteran and golden voiced tenor Ramón Vargas. The show will begin at 7 p.m. European time. Arteta announced that the show will also feature a number of musical experts and performers and will {…}

Apr 2, 2020

How Opera’s Major Stars are Using their Platforms to Keep the Music Going

(Credit: Lena Kern/Sonya Garza/Yan Bleney) With the opera world as we know it going silent, opera houses have begun streaming performances from their archives. Companies have released dress rehearsals, archival audio, and in many cases launched streaming services that show off today’s greatest performers. It’s been, in many ways, a group effort to keep opera fans continuously entertained in this {…}

Mar 21, 2020

Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano & Ainhoa Arteta Highlight Teatro Real’s Virtual Opera Fest

The Teatro Real is teaming up with a number of star singers to create the #OperaFest The festival will begin on March 21 and run through March 22 with each artist performing digitally via Instagram Live. The artists will perform songs and arias from a diverse array of repertoire. Among the singers who are scheduled to join the concert include {…}

Feb 17, 2020

Ainhoa Arteta, Vittoria Yeo & Karine Babajanyan Highlight Festival Puccini’s 2020 Season

The Festival Puccini has announced the casting for the 66th annual season. Stefania Sandrelli directs a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” The production will inaugurate the festival and star Ainhoa Arteta and Hiromi Omura in the title role. Marcelo Alvarez and Amadi Lagha will alternate the role of Cavaradossi, while Angel Odena will sing the role of Scarpia. Alberto Veronesi {…}

Sep 20, 2019

Juan Diego Flórez, Magdalena Kožená & Eveylyn Helitzius Lead Top 6 International Weekend – (9/20-22

(Credit: Baus-La Monnaie /Catherine Ashmore- Royal Opera House/Javier del Rey-Teatro Real) This weekend will feature two productions of the epic “Don Carlo” in two different versions, a world premiere, a soprano taking on four roles in one opera, a Janacek work, and a star couple in one of Massenet’s greatest works. Here is what we recommend for the weekend. Macbeth {…}

Aug 15, 2019

Sonya Yoncheva, Javier Camarena, Major European Opera Stars Come To Plácido Domingo’s Defense

Editor’s Note: This piece has been edited as statements have come out regarding the situation. Following accusations of sexual harassment, numerous opera personalities have come in defense of Plácido Domingo. In the wake of accusations by nine women, opera stars have taken to Twitter, Instagram, and news outlets to defend their colleague. Among them is Bulgarian superstar soprano Sonya Yoncheva {…}

Jul 13, 2019

Soprano Ainhoa Arteta Reveals Traumatic Episode From Her Youth

Famed soprano Ainhoa Arteta has revealed that she was raped in New York when she was 25-years-old. The soprano revealed the information on the show “Retratos con Alma” on TVE in Spain. Arteta explained that the incident took place when she was living in a suburban apartment in New York while building her career and right before performing “Clorinda” in {…}