On September 12, Gaëlle Arquez appears in the title role of Bizet’s Carmen at the Teatro Auditorio Escorial in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid. In this new semi-staged production directed by Bárbara Lluch, Arquez is joined by Arturo Chacón as Don José and Tommaso Barea as Escamillo. Alondra de la Parra conducts the Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid. The production offers a contemporary reimagining of Bizet’s masterpiece, transporting the story into the world of social media and exploring desire, identity and power through a modern lens.
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Soprano Serena Sáenz and mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez appear at the Escena Escorial Festival in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. Joined by the Orchestra and Choir of the Community of Madrid and the RTVE Choir, they perform under the baton of Alondra de la Parra.
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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 Gaëlle Arquez returns to Opéra national de Paris as Angelina in Rossini’s La Cenerentola. She takes to the stage at the Palais Garnier joining a distinguished cast that includes Lawrence Brownlee as Don Ramiro, under the musical direction of Enrique Mazzola. Guillaume Gallienne’s acclaimed production brings fresh wit and emotional depth to Rossini’s beloved […]
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Gaëlle Arquez stars in the opening concert of the 2026 Münsterplatz Concerts in Freiburg, Spanish Night. Joined by the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor André de Ridder, she brings the passion, drama, and unforgettable melodies of Bizet’s Carmen to Freiburg’s historic Münsterplatz in a spectacular open-air performance on June 9.
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Gaëlle Arquez appears with the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo in Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été under the baton of Stéphane Denève. The program which is devoted to French orchestral music also features Honegger’s Pastorale d’été, Ibert’s Escales, and Debussy’s La mer. The concerts take please on June 4 and 5 in the Suntory Hall, Tokyo.
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Gaëlle Arquez appears in the concert series titled Grands airs de Carmen with the Orchestre National de France under the baton of Dalia Stasevska. The Program is built around key scenes from Bizet’s Carmen and Lili Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène. Arquez takes on the two title roles of Carmen and Hélène and is joined on stage by Thomas Bettinger as Faust / Don José and Nicolas Cavallier as Mephistopheles / Escamillo. The concerts take place on May 21 and 22 at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in Paris.
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Gaëlle Arquez makes her house debut at the Greek National Opera as Carmen in Bizet’s iconic masterpiece, under the baton of Konstantinos Terzakis and in a staging by Romain Gilbert. Performance dates: April 30 and May 3, 5, 7 and 14.
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Gaëlle Arquez joins the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and conductor Lionel Bringuier for the world premiere of Manfred Trojahn’s Je suis l’idée maîtresse for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. The programme also features Tchaikovsky’s deeply moving Symphony No. 6. The concerts take place at the Salle Philharmonique in Liège on 18 April and at the Kölner Philharmonie on 19 April.
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