Yusif Eyvazov, Jessica Pratt, René Barbera, Ivan Ayón Rivas & Carmela Remigio Lead Teatro Massimo di Palermo’s 2024-25 Season

The Teatro Mssismo di Palermo has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre” which will be performed for the first time in Palermo. Omer Meir Wellber conducts the opera in a production by Barbora Horáková. Performance Dates: Nov. 24-Dec. 1, 2024 Mario Martone directs Verdi’s “Otello” with a cast that includes Yusif Eyvazov, Nicola {…}

Jun 13, 2024

Ramón Vargas, Hui He, Celso Albelo & Marko Miminca Lead Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña’s 2024 Season

The Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña has announced its 2024 season. Celso Albelo, Miren Urbieta- Vega, Massimo Cavalletti, Helena Abad, Manuel Mas, and Simón Orfila star in Puccini’s “La Boheme.” José Miguel Pérez- Sierra conducts the production by Danilo Coppola. Performance Dates: Sept. 8-10, 2024 Javier Franco and José Ramón Martín perform in recital. Performance Date: Sept. 15, {…}

May 7, 2024

Oksana Dyka, Carlos Álvarez, Karita Mattila, Silvia Tro Santafé & Ermonela Jaho Lead Bilbao Opera’s 2024-25 Season

Bilbao Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. Opera The season opens with Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Simón Orfila, Enric Martínez-Castignani, María José Moreno, Sofía Esparza, Francesco Demuro, Juan Antonio Sanabria, and Damián del Castillo lead the cast. Maestro Sesto Quatrini conducts Emiliano Suárez’s production. Performance Dates: Oct. 19-28, 2024 The second opera is Puccini’s “Il Trittico.” “Il Tabarro” will star Carlos {…}

Jun 30, 2023

Aida Garifullina, Marigona Qerkezi & Mario Bahg Lead Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña’s 2023 Season

The Amigos de la Ópera de A Coruña has announced its 2023 season. Opera The season opens with Verdi’s “Aida” with Jose Miguel Perez Sierra conducting. Marigona Qerkezi, Nino Surguladze, Jorge Puerta, Carlos Almaguer, Giacomo Prestia, and Simon Orfila. Performance Dates: Sept. 14 & 16, 2023 Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” will star Mario Bahg, Sofia Esparza, Borja Quizo, and Luis {…}

May 17, 2023

Sondra Radvanovsky, Ketevan Kemoklidze & Raffaele Pé Lead Fundación Baluarte Fundazioa’s 2023-24 Season

Spain’s Fundación Baluarte Fundazioa in Navarra has announced its 2023-24 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Perry So conducts the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The soloists will be Louise Kemény, Raffaele Pé, Patrick Grahl, and André Morsch. Performance Date: Dec. 22, 2023 Sondra Radvanosky and Anthony Manoli perform lied and arias by H. {…}

May 10, 2023

Yolanda Auyanet, Stuart Skelton & María José Siri Lead Teatro de la Maestranza’s 2023-24 Season

The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville has announced its 2023-24 season. Opera Henrik Nánási conducts a new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” by Allex Aguilera. Stuart Skelton, Elisabet Strid, Agnieszka Rehlis, Markus Eiche, Albert Pesendorfer, Jorge Rodríguez-Norton, Fernando Campero, and Juan Antonio Sanabria star. Performance Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2023 Yolanda Auyanet and Berna Perles share the title role {…}

Mar 10, 2023

Gran Teatre del Liceu 2022-23 Review: Macbeth (Cast B)

Photo: David Ruano/Gran Teatre del Liceu Željko Lučić’s Strong Macbeth Serbian baritone Željko Lučić replaced Spanish bass-baritone Carlos Alvarez—who unfortunately had to cancel due to illness—in the role of Macbeth for Verdi’s eponymous opera, currently staged at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu. Lučić has regularly performed at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, where he has given us most of his {…}

Nov 3, 2022

Teatro Real 2022-23 Review: Aida

(This review is for the Oct. 30, 2022 performance with Anna Netrebko, Jorge de Leon, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Gevorg Hakobyan and Simón Orfila.) The Teatro Real opened its 2022-23 season at the Madrid Coliseum with Verdi’s masterpiece “Aida” (the season had officially opened with five performances of Philip Glass Orphée at Teatro del Canal theatre). Anna Netrebko was originally set to {…}

Jul 6, 2022

Ainhoa Arteta & Rocio Perez Lead Teatro Villamarta’s 2022-23 Season

Spain’s Teatro Villamarta de Jerez has announced its 2022-23 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. The season opens with “La Tabernera del Puerto” by Sorozabel in a production by the Universidad de Cádiz. Juan Manuel Perez Madueno conducts the production by Miguel Cubero. Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2022 Ruth Rosique and Juan Carlos Garbayo {…}

Apr 5, 2022

Bilbao Opera to Present Rossini Double Bill

On April 6, the Bolbaro Opera is set to present Rossini’s “Giovanna d’Arco” and Stabat Mater. The concert, which will be presented at the Teatro Arriaga will feature soloists Angela Meade, Chiara Amarù, Paolo Fanale, and Simón Orfila. Amarù will debut with the company substituting the originally scheduled Marianna Pizzolato. Nicola Luisotti will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica Verum and the {…}

Oct 19, 2021

Michael Fabiano & Jessica Pratt Lead Bilbao Opera’s ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’

The Bilbao Opera is set to open a production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” on Oct. 23 at the Euskalduna Bilbao. The work, which marks the first production for the Bilbao season, will star Michael Fabiano as Hoffmann, Jessica Pratt as the four heroines, Simón Orfila as the four villains, and Elena Zidhkova as the Muse. The cast will be {…}