Spain Mozart, Mitridate, re di Ponto: Soloists, Teatro Real Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.3.2025. (JMI)
New production at Teatro Real of Mitridate, re di Ponto, Mozart’s first opera
José M. Irurzun
‘Wer is gut?’: Katharina Wagner’s new Lohengrin is booed in Barcelona
Spain Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Liceu Chorus and Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor). Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21.3.2025. (JMI)
A superb performance of L’Orfeo in Valencia led by Leonardo Garcia Alarcón
Spain Monteverdi, L’Orfeo (concert version): Soloists, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Capella Mediterranea / Leonardo García Alarcón (conductor). Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 23.2.2025. (JMI)
An intriguing double bill of operas by Falla and Torres in Madrid
Spain Falla, La vida breve & Torres, Tejas verdes: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real / Jordi Francés (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.2.2025. (JMI)
An uneven staging of Eugene Onegin at Madrid’s Teatro Real
Spain Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 3.2.2025. (JMI)
A delightful performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites in Valencia
Spain Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmelites: Soloists, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana / Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 2.2.2025. (JMI)
A disappointing Idomeneo from René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester in Madrid
Spain Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta (concert version): Soloists, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.1.2025. (JMI)
Nadine Sierra triumphs as Violetta Valéry in Barcelona’s La traviata
Spain Verdi, La traviata: Soloists and Extras, Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor). Liceu, Barcelona, 20 & 21.1.2025. (JMI)
