The Tip Pepe Festival is set to present Noche de Zarzuela at the Bodega Las Copas. The concert set for August 9, 2025 will star Ismael Jordi and Sabina Puértolas. Oliver Diaz conducts the Orquesta Sinfónica de Málaga and the chorus of the Teatro Villamarta. The evening will be the only classical concert during the festival as this year’s event {…}
(©Gemma Escribano) The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced a cast change for “La Traviata” on July 20, 2025. The company said that due to illness, Nadine Sierra has had to cancel the performance. As a result, Sabina Puértolas will sing the title role. Puértolas has performed around the world at leading theaters including the Teatro Real, Teatro de la Zarzuela, {…}
The Teatro Villamarta de Jerez has announced its 2025-26 season. Opera Manuel Penella’s “Don Gil de Alcala” will be directed by Emilio Sagi and conducted by Cecilia Bercovich. The cast will include Marc Sala, Sofia Esparza, Manuel de Diego, Zayra Ruiz, Carlos Daza, and Ruben Amoretti. Performance Dates: Nov. 21 & 23, 2025 Manuel García’s “I Tre Gobbi” will star {…}
The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2025-26 season. Ángeles Blancas, Lana Kos, and Carmen Romeu lead Albéniz’s “Pepita Jiménez” alongside a cast that includes Leonardo Caimi, Antoni Lliteres, Ana Ibarra, Cristina Faus, Rodrigo Esteves, Rubén Amoretti, Pablo López, and Josep Fadó. Guillermo García Calvo conducts the production by Giancarlo Del Monaco. Performance Dates: Oct. 1-19, 2025 Emilio Arrieta’s “El Potosí Submarino” {…}
The title role of “Mitridate” is by far the most difficult Mozart role and one of the hardest of the entire tenor repertoire. It requires extreme security in the high register, as it is constantly going up to high Bs and high Cs, and a strong middle and low register, too. Teatro Real‘s production featured tenor Siyabonga Maqungo in the {…}
The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2024-25 season. Zarzuela Emilio Arrieta’s “Marina” will be conducted by José Miguel Pérez-Sierra and directed by Bárbara Lluch. Sabina Puértolas and Marina Monzó lead the opera alongside Ismael Jordi, Celso Albelo, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, Pietro Spagnoli, Rubén Amoretti, and Javier Castañeda. Performance Dates: Oct. 9-20, 2024 Pablo Sorozábal’s “La Del Manojo de {…}
The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera Nicola Luisotti and Andrés Salado conduct Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” in David McVicar’s production. The production will star Ermonela Jaho, Maria Agresta, Brian Jagde, Matthew Polenzani, Elīna Garanča, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Nicola Alaimo, and Manel Esteve. Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 11, 2024 Charpentier’s “David et Jonathas” will be performed in concert with Petr Nekoranec, Gwendoline Blondeel, Jean-Christophe {…}
Baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat made history at the Bilbao Opera performing a “hat-trick” on Feb. 23, 2024 during a performance of “Rigoletto.” According to the Bilbao Opera, the baritone and soprano Sabina Puértolas performed the first “triplete” in the company’s history performing a double encore of “Si, vendetta tremenda vendetta.” The company said that the audience burst into a delirium of {…}
The ABAO Bilbao Opera will continue its 72nd season with Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” The opera, which will be performed from Feb. 17 to 26, 2024, will be performed at the Euskalduna Bilbao and will see the company debut of Amartuvshin Enkhbat, who has become one of the most sought-after Verdi baritones of his generation. He will be joined by Sabina Puértolas {…}
(Credit: Allan Warren) The Gran Teatre del Liceu is set to celebrate Victoria de Los Angeles’ centenary. The company will hold a gala on Nov. 7, 2023 which will revisit the core repertoire of the undisputed soprano. The gala, which is curated by Marc Busquets, artistic director of LIFE Victoria Barcelona, will feature soloists Maria Agresta, Louise Alder, Dame Sarah {…}
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 {…}