The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced a replacement for Elīna Garanča. The company said that Maria Kataeva will sing the title role of “Carmen” for performances on June 13, 15, and 17, 2025. Kataeva is a rising star who has performed at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Bolshoi Theater Moscow, the Dresden Semperoper, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the {…}
Elīna Garanča will not perform during the 2024-25 season at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain. In a letter obtained by Diario de Sevilla from the mezzo-soprano’s press team, Garanča clarifies that she never signed a contract for the performances of “Carmen” on June 13, 15, and 17, 2025 and that she has dates for another theater during {…}
Sevilla’s Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2024-25 season. Lirica Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała celebrate Puccini with the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla and Keri-Lynn Wilson. Performance Date: Oct. 30, 2024 Gianluca Marcianò and Jacopo Brusa conduct Puccini’s “Turandot” with Oksana Dyka, Maria Katzarava, Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Alejandro Baliñas, Jorge de León, Héctor Sandoval, Miren Urbieta-Vega, and Laura Brasó. Performance {…}
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 {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain has announced a cast change for Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The company noted that Jorge de León will replace Amadi Lagha in the role of Pinkerton on Oct. 3, 6, and 9, 2021. De León is a well-known Spanish tenor who has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Gran Teatre {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is a look at the operatic and vocal performances. Operas Ermonela Jaho and Carmen Solís alternate the title role in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Amadi Lagha, Enrique Ferrer, Damián del Castillo, Gerardo Bullón, Moisés Marín, Felipe Bou, José Manuel Díaz, and Diana Larios. Alain Guingal conducts {…}
(Credit: Guillermo Morendo) The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Spain has postponed the opening of its “Carmen” production due to two positive COVID-19 cases. The company announced that the May 24 and 25 performances would be canceled and that the production would instead open on May 29. According to the company, two members of the production tested positive for {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville will celebrate its 30th anniversary on May 2 with a gala concert. The showcase will feature a cast of singers that includes Carlos Álvarez, Simón Orfila, Xabier Anduaga, José Bros, Ainhoa Arteta, Leonor Bonilla, and Rocío Ignacio, accompanied by the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville (ROSS) and the choir of the AA of {…}
(Credit: https://www.andalucia.org/) The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced the cancellation of several performances between March 26 and April 9, 2021. The cancellations come as a result of new restrictive measures imposed by health authorities of the Junta de Andalucía in Seville due to ongoing concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Among the canceled presentations are symphonic concerts that were {…}
(Credit: © Fidelio Artist – Fernando Vázquez Morago) The Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria has announced that it will honor the centenary of the death of composer Camille Saint-Saëns by performing a concert featuring mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera. The concerts will take place on March 11 & 12, 2021. The program for the concert includes various works by Saint-Saëns, such {…}
(Credit: Studioline Photography / Xavier Sabata official website / Ascolta Artists official website) The Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España has announced that it will perform a version of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” for two pianos and the percussion on Feb. 12-14, 2021. The showcase will be presented by the Coro Nacional, and the percussion section of the Orquesta Nacional {…}