Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez takes on the role of Concepción in Maurice Ravel’s L’heure espagnole at the George Enescu International Festival 2025 in Bucharest. She joins the cast featuring Iván Ayón Rivas as Gonzalve, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso as Torquemada, Armando Noguera as Ramiro, and Manuel Fuentes in the role of Don Íñigo Gómez. James Gaffigan conducts the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, with stage direction by Gábor Tompa. The performance takes place on August 29 in Romanian National Opera Bucharest.
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Tenor Rolando Villazón and mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez present a classical night with Spanish repertoire together with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid under the direction of Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra. The open-air concert taking place on July 20, 2025 in the Kurpark Wiesbaden features works by Manuel de Falla and excerpts from Georges Bizet's “Carmen” among others.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez makes her anticipated house debut at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in her signature role of Carmen. Arquez is joined on stage by Joshua Guerrero as Don José and Erwin Schrott as Escamillo. The production by Fabio Ceresa is lead under the baton of Omer Meir Wellber and can be experienced on June 21, 24, 26 and 28.
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On May 27, Gaelle Arquez and pianist Susan Manoff present a recital at Opéra de Lille. The program consists of a variety of Spanish songs by Fernando Obradors, Agustín Lara, Carlos Guastavino, Enrique Granados, Xavier Montsalvatge, Léo Delibes.
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On Mai 18, Mezzo-soprano Gaelle Arquez stars at the opera gala of the Saarländischen Staatstheater in Saarbrücken. The mezzo-soprano presents a festive program of arias from Donizetti's “La Favorite”, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Verdi's Don Carlos. With roles from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila and Delibes' Lakmé, she provides an insight into her extensive repertoire incl. her signature role Carmen.
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On May 3rd mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez sings the title role in a concert version of Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Tauride together with the Balthasar-Neumann Choir and Orchestra and conductor Thomas Hengelbrock. Alongside Arquez one can hear Alexandre Duhamel as Thoas, Domen Križaj in the role of Orest, Paolo Fanaleas Pylades and Marianne Croux as Diana. The concert takes please at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez returns to the Opéra Royal of Versailles for a concert performance of Handel’s Alcina. Arquez takes the role of Ruggiero and is joined on stage by Lisette Oropesa in the title role. The concert takes place on April 29.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez joins Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, under the baton of Jérémie Rhorer, for a concert tour in Spain. The program titled «Amor Furor» includes a variety of Arias from operas by Mozart, Gluck, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Bizet, Mendelssohn, Donizetti and Rossini. The concerts take place in Auditorio Príncipe Felipe in Ovideo on April 6 […]
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez makes her house debut at Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Ravel’s L'Heure espagnole and L'Enfant et les Sortilèges where she sings the roles Concepción and L’Enfant respectively. The performances mark the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel's birth and the Centenary of the premiere of L'Enfant et les sortilèges. The production by Jean-Louis Grinda is lead under the musical direction of Kazuki Yamada and can be experienced on March 21, 23, 25 and 27.
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