(Credit: Gran Teatre del Liceu official website)

Tenor Celso Albelo will be performing the New Years concert with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Las Palmas.

Due to COVID-19 measures in Spain, a total of four performances will be offered on Dec. 26, 27, and 28 2020, with two concerts on Dec. 27.

Albelo will be joined on stage by singers Patricia Muñoz and Manuel Estupiñán. Rafael Sánchez-Araña will conduct.

Albelo recently performed the role of Alfredo Germont in Verdi’s “La Traviata” at Ópera de Las Palmas, the role of Gualtiero in Bellini’s “Il Pirata” at Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and the role of Nemorino in Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” at the Teatro La Fenice, among others.

The tenor is scheduled to return to the stage for presentations of Bizet’s “Les Pêcheurs de perles” at Ópera de Oviedo in January 2021, before taking on the title role in Offenbach’s masterpiece “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège in March 2021.