On Feb. 25, 2020, the Teatro Mayor in Bogota debuted a new production of Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni.” “Don Giovanni” is one of the most controversial yet relevant operas of today. It is an opera that tells the story of a man who abuses women and gets away with it, all while mocking them. Given the social context, {…}
On Feb. 25, the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo is set to present Mozart and Da Ponte’s “Don Giovanni.” The opera, written by Da Ponte, is set to open in a production by Marcelo Lombardero with an international cast that is headlined by Nahuel di Pierro in the title role. The cast will also feature Hernán Iturralde as Leoporello, {…}
Argentine director Marcelo Lombardero is set to present a recital of Mozart arias at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia. The concert is set for Oct. 1, 2019. Lombardero, alongside pianist Alejandro Roca and the Teatro Julio Mario’s Program director Juan Carlos Adrianzén, came together to select a group of young singers to perform in a {…}
On Sept. 5, 2019, the Teatro Mayor in Bogotá, Colombia is set to stream Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” on its Teatro Digital service. The stream comes from an earlier performance during the company’s August run of the opera. The stream is set to star Valeriano Lanchas as Don Bartolo, Pablo Martinez as the Count Almaviva, Paoloa Leguizamon as Rosina, Borja {…}
(Credit: Juan Diego Castillo) Few Colombian singers have reached the heights of bass-baritone Valeriano Lanchas. The Bogotá-born singer competed and won four international competitions including the Pavarotti International Voice Competition in 1995, Operalia in 2001, Licia Albanese-Puccini Fundation of New York 2001, and the Toto Dal Monte in Treviso, Italy in 2004. Since then his career grew and he has become {…}
On Sept. 1, 2018, the Teatro Julio Mario Santo Domingo will make history as it gives Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” its Colombian premiere. No that was not a joke. Or fake news. One of the seminal masterpieces in opera history, composed and premiered in the early 1900s, is making its way to the South American country for the first time in {…}
Baritone Gonzalo Montes will present “De España vengo” at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo. The baritone will present a concert of popular Spanish and Colombian songs including Manuel de Falla, Fernando Obradors, Miquel Ortega, Federico García Lorca, Carlos Guastavino, Alberto Ginastera and Jaime León. Pianist Miquel Ortega Pujol will accompany Montes. Montes is a Colombian baritone and actor {…}
The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo is set to showcase Carl Orff’s famed “Carmina Burana” on June 21, 22, 23 and 24. Per the company’s official website, the work was brought to the theater in 2013 and was a major hit. Its upcoming revival is the result of popular demand and will feature the joint efforts of the Orquesta {…}
The Teatro Mayor will present a recital entitled “Belleza y Locura” featuring soprano Carla Caramujo and Colombian pianist Alejandro Roca. The recital will showcase arias from opera, featuring fragile heroines who end up going mad. The program will feature mad scenes from Thomas’ “Hamlet,” Bellini’s “I Puritani,” and Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermmoor.” The recital will also include three songs by Richard {…}
Soprano Carolina Plata and pianist Luis Gabriel Mesa Martínez are set to bring their recital “Indigenismo” to the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo. The recital incorporates Latin American songs that use Indigenous elements. The program will include songs in Quechua, Náhuatl, Mapudungún and Spanish, which are composed during the 20th century. It will also feature composers from Perú, México, Bolivia, {…}
The Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá will team up with German soprano Sophie Witte for a concert at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo. The concert is slated for Friday, April 6, 2018. The soprano is set to appear in the premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s “The Mystery, which is inspired by the texts of Chilean poet Gabriela Mistra. The work {…}
