Judit Kutasi appears as Azucena in Verdi’s Il Trovatore at the Margaret Island Theatre in Budapest. The cast also features Yusif Eyvazov, Marina Rebeka, and Bogdan Baciu. Péter Halász conducts.
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Tenor Rolando Villazón, soprano Serena Sáenz, and mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez appear at the PAAX Festival in Mexico, performing with The Impossible Orchestra and the Madrid Community Orchestra and Choir under the baton of Alondra de la Parra. On July 23, Rolando Villazón and Serena Sáenz present ¡Viva la Zarzuela!, a concert celebrating the colour and passion of Spain’s beloved zarzuela tradition. On July 24, Serena Sáenz and Gaëlle Arquez perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection.” On July 26, Gaëlle Arquez stars as Carmen in a semi-staged performance of Bizet’s opera with the adapted title @Carmen. The Reel Story, alongside Arturo Chacón-Cruz as Don José. On July 30, Serena Sáenz and Gaëlle Arquez join Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, once again under the direction of Alondra de la Parra. All performances take place in the Diego Hall.
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Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo presents the world premiere of her new concert project Pleasantly Haunted at Hanzas Perons in Riga. The programme brings together music by Henry Purcell and John Dowland, medieval and Sephardic songs, English and American folk music, as well as new arrangements by Finnish composer Jarkko Riihimäki. Emily D’Angelo is joined by an […]
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