Javier Camarena, Samuel Mariño & Nina Minasyan Leads Fundación Baluarte’s 2024-25 Season

The Fundación Baluarte has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances from the Pamplona season in Spain. Hannah Morrison, Maartgen Engeltjes, Krystian Adams, and Kresimir Strazanac lead Händel’s “Messiah.” Performance Date: Dec. 19, 2024 Perry So conducts Vedi’s “La Traviata” with Nina Minasyan, Santiago Ballerini, and Juan Jesús Rodríguez starring. Henning Brockhaus directs. Performance Dates: Jan. 31 & {…}

May 25, 2024

Anna Netrebko, Sondra Radvanovsky, Elīna Garanča, Huw Montague Rendall, Kristina Mkhitaryan & Piotr Beczała Lead Teatro de la Maestranza’s 2024-25 Season

Sevilla’s Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2024-25 season. Lirica Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała celebrate Puccini with the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla and Keri-Lynn Wilson. Performance Date: Oct. 30, 2024 Gianluca Marcianò and Jacopo Brusa conduct Puccini’s “Turandot” with Oksana Dyka, Maria Katzarava, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Alejandro Baliñas, Jorge de León, Héctor Sandoval, Miren Urbieta-Vega, and Laura Brasó. Performance {…}

May 16, 2024

Bilbao Opera to Close Season with ‘La Bohème’

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 {…}

Jul 13, 2023

Teatro Real 2022-23 Review: Turandot

Credit: Teatro Real Teatro Real closes the 2022-23 season with 17 performances of Puccini’s “Turandot.” It is a revival of their own Robert Wilson production, which premiered at Teatro Real in 2018, featuring three different casts. The opera will be screened live in several squares all over Spain, will be shown on RTVE (The main Spanish Tv channel), and will {…}

Jun 10, 2022

Piotr Beczala, Alejandro Roy & Miren Urbieta-Vega Lead Fundación Baluarte’s 2022-23 Season

The Fundación Baluarte has announced its 2022-23 Season featuring ballet, theater, opera, and concerts. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Emilio Arrieta’s “San Franco de Sena” will be performed in concert form with Alejandro Roy, Beatriz Díaz, Javier Franco, Frederic Jost, Julen Jiménez, Itsaso Loinaz, and Patricio Poncela. José Miguel Pérez Sierra conducts. Performance Date: {…}

Jul 14, 2021

Nancy Fabiola Herrera & Airam Hernández Lead Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria’s 2021-22 Season

Spain’s Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria has announced its 2021-22 season with Karel Mark Chichon returning as Music Director. For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on vocal performances. The season opens with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 under Karel Mark Chichon. Soloists will include Miren Urbieta-Vega, Anna Alàs i Jové, Airam Hernández, and Paul-Armin Edelmann. Performance Dates: {…}