(Credit: Lorena Chirino) The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced a cast change for its Christmas Concert. The company noted that after Ainhoa Arteta and Marina Monzó were forced to cancel, with Sabina Puértolas set to take over. The soprano will join tenor José Bros for the Dec. 30 performance. Guillermo García Calvo will conduct the Orquesta de la Comunidad {…}
Solidaridad Obrera called a meeting on Nov. 10 between the INAEM and the Secretary of State for Public Function in Spain with the hopes of avoiding further strikes throughout November. Per an official press statement, the meeting will focus on the problems presented by the 2018 OEP, which changes the qualification requirements for access to technical jobs in National Theaters. {…}
The Plataforma de Técnicos y Técnicas Afectadas has announced its intention to proceed with another strike this week. The movement is unhappy with a new decree that imposes titles and certificates for technical professionals, which would leave more than 60 percent of technical workers without employment. The Plataforma added in a press statement that the title requirements are not specific {…}
The INAEM, Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, has announced that as of Sept. 21, theaters in Madrid, Spain will be able to perform at full capacity. The new rules will affect such theaters as the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical at the Auditorio Nacional as well as upcoming performances at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, {…}
(Credit: Mariano Vargas/Steven Harris) The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced its 2021-22 season featuring an array of Zarzuela, recitals, and concerts. Here is a look at the vocal performances and zarzuela performances. Zarzuela The season will open with Ruperto Chapí’s “Circe” starring Saioa Hernández, Alejandro Roy, and Rubén Amoretti. Guillermo García Calvo conducts. Performance Dates: Sept 10 & 12, {…}
(Credits: Opera Online) The Festival de Teatro Lírico Español de Oviedo has announced two cast changes for its upcoming production of Manuel de Falla’s “La Vida Breve.” First, soprano Virginia Tola will replace Ainhoa Arteta, who tested positive for COVID-19 and is still recovering. Additionally, mezzo-soprano Cristina Faus will replace María Luisa Corbacho, who has also tested positive for the {…}
(Credit: Andreas Weiss) Bass-baritone Florian Boesch will give a recital at the Teatro de la Zarzuela on Jan. 25, 2021. Boesch will perform Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Winterreise,” op. 89, D 911 alongside pianist Justus Zeyen. The presentation of “Winterreise” marks Boesch’s second performance at Teatro de la Zarzuela this season. For his first concert in the lied cycle on {…}
The Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid and Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical (CNDM) have announced a change to their Lied cycle. The organizations announced that Anna Lucia Richter will replace Juliane Banse on Oct. 13, 2020, who was set to perform the second concert in the famed concert series. Richter will now perform alongside pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz in a {…}
(Credits: Michael Cooper / www.codalario.com) Ópera XXI de España has announced that it will present its awards ceremony in a virtual event which will be held on October 25, 2020. The ceremony was initially planned for March 2020, but had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Ópera XXI de España has been working on the new {…}
The Teatro de la Zarzuela has announced a new webseries entitled “Cantar en tiempos revueltos.” The series was written by Enrique Viana and is made up of six 18-minute episodes. Daniel Bianco, director of the Spanish company, helmed the series, which stars Jesús Castejón, María José Suárez, Emilio Sánchez, Isabel Cámara, Ana Goya, Eduardo Carranza, Ángel Ruiz, Sabina Puértolas, Ruth {…}
The Teatro de la Zarzuela in Spain has announced its 2020-21 season featuring several productions, concerts, and recitals. Productions The season opens with a double entitled “Granada.” The first work in the double bill will be “La Tempranica” starring Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Ana Ibarra, Javier Franco, Rubén Amoretti, Gustavo Peña, Gerardo Bullón, and Miguel Sola. Meanwhile, Ainhoa Arteta and Virgnia {…}