The Orquesta de Córdoba has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances. Sydney Mancasola, Adèle Charvet, and Luigi Morassi perform Mendelssohn and Brahms with Salvador Vázquez conducting. Performance Date: Dec. 17, 2026 Anabel Castillo and Salvador Vázquez perform Falla’s “El amor brujo.” The concert also includes Tchaikovsky’s first symphony. Performance Dates: Feb. 25 & 26, 2027 Pilar Alva, Lucía Caihuela, {…}
Soprano Natalia Labourdette and pianist Victoria Guerrero will present a recital honoring composer Tomás Bretón at the Ateneo de Madrid on June 14, 2026. The program, titled “A Tomás Bretón,” will serve as the launch concert for the duo’s new recording, “Tomás Bretón: Songs & Piano Trios.” The recital includes the song cycle “Seis poesías de Bécquer,” settings of poems {…}
The Ópera de Oviedo has announced its 2026-27 season. The season opens with Mahler’s “Sorrow” and Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” in a double bill.The productions stars Ana Ibarra, Anna Tobella, María Heres, Marina Pardo, Montserrat Serós, Ana Cabrera, and Andrea Jiménez. Diego Martin-Etxebarria conducts the production by Joan Anton Rechi. Performance Dates: Sept. 11-16, 2026 Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” will star Yolanda {…}
(Photo: Javier del Real) The Teatro Real farewells 2025 and welcomes 2026 with 16 performances of Bizet’s popular masterpiece, “Carmen.” This revival is a new production directed by the talented stage director Damiano Michieletto, which opened in London two seasons ago and which will be seen at La Scala. Italian stage director Damiano Michieletto proved once more why he is {…}
Iago Campello is set to join Intermusica as the Associate Artist Manager of Vocal and Opera. Campello’s role begins on Sept. 2. He will work alongside the new Head of Vocal and Opera Nathan Morrison on a list of singers to be announced over the next few months. Iago Campello Álvarez is a pianist and artist administrator. At age 12, he {…}
Spain’s Orquesta de Córdoba has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Enrique Parra and Alfonso Mujica lead Puccini’s “Messa di Gloria.” The program also includes music by Resphigi. Salvador Vázquez conducts. Performance Dates: Dec. 12 & 13, 2024 Leonor Bonilla and Salvador Vázquez headline a Christmas concert that includes music by Rossini, Gound, Strauss {…}
(Credit: Ópera Actual website) The Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla has announced that soprano Vanessa Goikoetxea will perform the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart and Da Ponte’s opera “Così fan tutte” On Nov. 1, 3, 5 & 7, 2020. Goikoetxea will replace soprano Carmela Remigio. Goikoetxea will join a cast that includes Maite Beaumont in the role of Dorabella, {…}
(Credits: Nicola Allegri/Elena Cherkashyna) The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain has announced the casting for its 2020-21 season featuring international stars. The season opens with Mozart’s “Così fan tutte“ starring Carmela Remigio, Maite Beaumont, Simon Mechlinski, Xabier Anduaga, Natalia Labourdette, and Roberto de Candia. Iván López Reynoso conducts. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-7, 2020 Fausto Nardi conducts Monteverdi’s “Combattimento” with Rocío Martínez, Anna Alàs i Jové, David Alegret, and {…}
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 {…}
The Orquesta Cuidad de Granada has announced its 2019-20 season. For this article, we will only focus on vocal highlights. Maria Katzarava takes on the title role in Alberto Garcia Desmestres’s “Juana sin Cielo.” Desmestres conducts the work. Performance Dates: Nov. 15 & 16, 2019 Handel’s Messiah takes the stage for the holiday season with soloists Jone Martinez, Federica Carnevale, {…}