Andalusian tenor Pablo García-López is one of the rising voices on the European opera and concert scene. The tenor has performed all over the world on such stages as the Teatro Real, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Opéra de Lausanne, Royal Opera House of Muscat, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, and Théâtre du Capitole {…}
The Orquesta de Córdoba has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Auxiliadora Toledano and Salvador Vázquez lead the New Year’s concert with music by Breton, Chueca, Valverde, Lecuona, Chabrier, Strauss II, Sait-Saens, and Lehar. Performance Dates: Jan. 1 & 2, 2026 Joaquin Turina’s “Margot” will star Berna Perles, Alba Chantar, Javier Franco, and Anabel {…}
The Festival de Ópera de Sevilla has announced its 2025 season, which will take place between September 25 and October 12, 2025. Opera Manuel Garcia’s “Il califfo di Bagdad” will be directed by Guillermo Amaya and conducted by Alessandro D’Agostini. Juan de Dios Mateos, Leonor Bonilla, Pepe Hannan, Alicia Naranjo, Nerea Berraondo, and Eugenio Maria Degiacomi star. Performance Dates: Sept. 25 & {…}
The Orquesta Ciudad de Granada has announced its 2025-26 season. Here are the vocal performances. Lucas Macias conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Emily d’Angelo. Performance Dates: Oct. 17 & 18, 2025 Lucias Macias will conduct Roman’s “Stabat Mater” in a program that also includes music by Satie, Debussy, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Performance Date: Nov. 28, 2025 Pilar Alva-Martin, Lucia Caihuela, {…}
The Sinfónica de Castilla y León has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances for the Spanish orchestra. Olivia Boen joins Mark Wigglesworth for a program of music by Britten and Shostakovich. Performance Dates: Feb. 6 & 7, 2025 Pablo Garcia Lopez, Helene Walter, and Gerard Farrera are soloists in Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella.” The program also includes Beethoven’s Symphony {…}
Spain’s Festival Castell de Peralada has announced its 2024 season. Here are the vocal performances. Piotr Beczala opens the season with Sarah Tysman in a program of songs by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and opera arias. Performance Date: July 19, 2024 Soprano Sonya Yoncheva and Ismael Jordi team up with Rubén Fernandez Aguirre for a program dedicated to zarzuela. Performance Date: {…}
The Orquesta de Córdoba has announced its 2023-24 season. Here are the vocal performances of the season. Pablo García López interprets music by Toldrá, Mozart, and García Leoz for the Christmas Concert. Luis Miguel Méndez conducts. Performance Date: Dec. 22, 2023 Isabella Gaudí, Mar Campo, Juan Sancho, and Javier Povedano lead a concert that includes Mozart, Villa-Lobos, and Beethoven. Julio Garcia {…}
Opéra de Lausanne has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look. Mozart‘s “Le Nozze di Figaro” opens the season. The opera stars Phillip Addis as Count Almaviva, Valentina Naforniţa as Countess Almaviva, Arianna Vendittelli as Susanna, and Robert Gleadow in the title role. The cast also includes Lucia Cirillo, Ruben Amoretti, Léa Desandre, Pablo Garcia Lopez, François Piolino, Sophie {…}
(Credit: Opera Australia official website) The Baluarte auditorium in Pamplona has announced a second cast change for its upcoming semi-staged performances of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” The Spanish opera house announced that tenor Walter Fraccaro will take over the role of Des Grieux, replacing Roberto Aronica. This marks the second high-profile replacement after soprano Ainhoa Arteta was forced to cancel due {…}
Opera Arias is organizing a takeover festival showcasing a number of opera stars in their living rooms. The festival will be held every Saturday and will begin with Brian Jagde on April 4. He will be followed by Spanish tenor and rising star Pablo Garcia-Lopez on April 11. On the third week of April Jennifer Rowley will take over on {…}
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 {…}