Emily D’Angelo, Lise Davidsen, Sonya Yoncheva & Jose Carerras Lead Festival Castell de Peralada’s 2022 Season

Spain’s Festival Castell de Peralada has announced its 2022 season featuring many great stars. Here is a look at the vocal highlights of the season. Emily D’Angelo and Sophia Munoz lead a program of opera arias. Performance Date: July 23, 2022 George Petean, Dmitry Belosselskiy, Anna Pirozzi, and Silvia Tro Santafe lead Verdi’s “Nabucco” with Nicola Luisotti conducting. Performance Date: {…}

Jul 26, 2021

Festival Castell de Peralada Postpones Lise Davidsen’s Recital

(Credit: James Hole) The Festival Castell de Peralada has announced the postponement of Lise Davidsen’s recital. The festival announced that Davidsen will not be able to perform on July 31 due to Span’s new COVID-19 protocols which force the soprano to quarantine for five days. Davidsen is currently performing at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany and therefore will not be {…}

May 18, 2021

Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, Javier Camarena & Lise Davidsen Lead Festival Castell de Peralada’s 2021 Season

The Festival Castell de Peralada in Spain has announced its 35th anniversary featuring ballet, opera, and world music. Here is a look at the operatic selections for the festival. Benjamin Bernheim gives a recital of popular arias and songs. Performance Date: July 24, 2021 Nicola Luisotti conducts Puccini’s “Tosca“ with a cast that includes Jonas Kaufmann, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Carlos {…}

Jul 28, 2020

Sabina Puértolas Replaces Carlos Álvarez in Peralada Concert

The Festival Castell Peralada has announced that Carlos Álvarez has canceled his upcoming recital. The baritone announced that due to a larynx condition, he will not be able to perform on July 30 for the Spanish festival. As a result, soprano Sabina Puértolas will replace him. She will be accompanied by pianist Rubén Fernández Aguirre. The Livestream recital will feature {…}

May 6, 2020

Star-Studded Festival Castell de Peralada Announces Decision on 2020 Edition

The Festival Castell de Peralada in Spain has announced that it has no intentions of moving forward with its 2020 edition. The festival was set to open on July 2, 2020. “We profoundly lament having to communicate that the 2020 festival will not take place this summer,” stated Isabel Suqué, the President of the Fundación Castell de Peralada in the {…}

Apr 2, 2020

Festival Castell de Peralada to Offer Free Streaming

The Festival Castell de Peralada is set to streams on its webpage festivalperalada.com. Starting April 3, the festival will showcase recent three performances for free. The performances that the festival will offer include “Combattimento,” by Monteverdi. Joan Anton Rechi directs the production with Fausto Nardi conducting. The performance comes from 2016. There will also be a 2016 performance of Puccini’s “Turandot” {…}

Dec 11, 2019

Jonas Kaufmann & Maria Agresta To Perform In Festival Castell de Peralada’s 2020 Edition

(© Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical) The Festival Castell de Peralada has confirmed that Jonas Kaufmann and Maria Agresta will perform during the 2020 edition. The two stars are set to perform a Puccini gala on August 9, 2020 alongside conductor John Rieder and the Orquestra Sinfònica del Vallès. Kaufmann and Agresta have performed together in multiple productions including “Pagliacci” {…}

Aug 23, 2019

Brian Jagde To Make Peralada Debut

The Festival Castell de Peralada has announced that Brian Jagde will make his festival debut in 2020. The company announced that on Sugust 6, 2020, the American tenor will perform a recital at the cloister of El Carme Church. The festival also announced that William Christie and his orchestra Les Arts Florissants will perform a concert of music by Campra, Couperin, and {…}

Mar 24, 2019

Sondra Radvanovsky, Juan Diego Flórez, Joseph Calleja Among Many Opera Stars At Festival Castell Peralada

The Festival Castel Peralada has announced its 2019 slate. The festival will feature a number of performances from many different musical genres, but the emphasis here will be on vocal performances or operas. Things kick off with the world prmeiere of “Dialègs de Tirant e Carmesina,” a new chamber opera with music by Joan Magrané and a libretto by March {…}

Feb 21, 2019

Juan Diego Flórez To Perform At Festival Castell Peralada

Juan Diego Flórez and Gustavo Dudamel are set to appear at the Festival Castell Peralada. The festival announced that Flórez will perform a concert alongside Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan in duets from French and Italian operas. Guillermo García Calvo will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica del Vallès in a concert that is set for August 9, 2019. The night after, Dudamel will conduct the {…}