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. {…}
Ópera de Oviedo commemorated their 75th season by presenting Massenet’s “Manon,” a new coproduction between opera de Oviedo, Teatro Municipal Santiago de Chile and Auditorio de Tenerife. All performances were dedicated to the great Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles who performed 75 years ago at the Oviedo coliseum. Emilio Sagi’s Beautiful Labyrinth The veteran and admired stage director Emilio Sagi {…}
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 {…}
On July 15, Rossini in Wildbad, Germany is set to open. Here is a look at the program. The season will open with Rossini’s “Armida” starring Ruth Iniesta, Fan Zhou, Michel Angelini, Moisés Marin, Patrick Kabongo, Chuan Wang, and César Arrieta. Performance Dates: July 15-20, 2022 “Ermione” will be conducted by Antonino Fogliani and will be staged by Jochen Schönleber. Serena {…}
The Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Spain, has announced its 2021-22 season. For the purposes of this article, we will highlight the vocal and operatic performances. The season opens with Verdi’s “Requiem.” James Gaffigan conducts a production by Romeo Castellucci starring Elena Tsallgova, Sara Mingardo, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Nahuel Di Piero, and the Escolania Mare de Déu dels Desemparats. Performance {…}
The Bilbao Opera of Spain will present La Gala Abao on April 24, 2021. The company will present a combined program of opera and zarzuela for the first time featuring Carmen Solís, Itziar de Unda, Silvia Tro Santafé, Celso Albelo, Moisés Marín, Sergio Escobar, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, and Simón Orfila. Óliver Díaz will conduct the Bilbao Sinfonietta. The concert will {…}
ABAO Bilbao Opera has canceled its May production of “Tosca” and announced new recital performances as part of its ABAO On Stage cycle. Due to the sanitary restrictions imposed by the authorities in light of the continued spread of COVID-19, the organization has decided to cancel its presentations of “Tosca.” To move forward with the production, the company would have {…}
(Credit: Jason Homa) The ABAO Bilbao Ópera has announced that it will present a series of concerts, with the first taking place in February 2021. Between February and May 2021, six recitals will be held in collaboration with different institutions in Bilbao, such as the Euskaduna Palace or the Bilbao Philharmonic Society. Famed soprano Lisette Oropesa will open the series {…}
(Credit: ABAO Bilbao Ópera) The ABAO Bilbao Ópera has announced the cancelation of its whole run of Donizetti’s opera “L’elisir d’amore” due to continued concerns over COVID-19. The opera was slated for a series of performances between Feb. 20 and March 1, 2021, but existing restrictions made it impossible to follow through with the previously organized schedule. The opera was {…}
ABAO Bilbao Ópera has announced that it has added more performances to its production of Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” due to new government regulations. New government restrictions announced on Oct. 17, 2020, and pending publication of the order stated that theaters could only present operas with a maximum seating capacity of 400 audience members. This reduction from a previous {…}
(Credit: © Juan Miguel Morales) ABAO Bilbao Ópera has announced that tenor David Alegret will take over the role of Don Narciso in all the performances of Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” at the Bilbao Ópera. Alegret wil replace tenor Juan José de León. Alegret will join a cast that includes Paolo Bordogna in the role of Selim, Sabina Puértolas {…}