The Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville has announced a conductor change for its production of “Carmen.” The company announced that Jacques Lacombe will conduct the production on June 13, 15, and 17, 2025, instead of Karel Mark Chichon, who originally announced. The change comes after Elīna Garanča, Chicon’s wife, announced she would not perform in the Carmen production on {…}
The Teatro de la Maestranza has announced its 2025-26 season. Two casts will perform Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” Alessio Arduini and Jan Antem star alongside Ekaterina Bakanova, Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir, Marco Ciaponi, Pablo Martínez, George Andguladze, Luis López, Julie Boulianne, Karen Gardeazabal, David Menéndez, Emmanuel Franco, Marina Monzó, Montserrat Seró, Ricardo Seguel, and Yoshihiko Miyashita. Iván López Reynoso and Mariano García Valladares {…}
Riccardo Frizza has canceled his upcoming performance of “Maria Padilla” at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville. The conductor took to social media and said, “Dear friends of Teatro de la Maestranza, with all my regret I have to cancel my debut with ‘Maria Padilla’ in concert form, scheduled for May 2. It was a date I was looking {…}
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 in Moscow, the Dresden Semperoper, the Grand Théâtre de {…}
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 {…}