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Oviedo

Ainhoa Arteta Shines as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier

19/12/201712/12/2017 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Ópera de Oviedo Chorus, Oviedo Filarmonía Orchestra / Gianluca Marcianò (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 10.12.2017. (JMI)

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Ainhoa Arteta as Maddalena in Andrea Chénier © I. Martínez

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A Rather Modest Trovatore Takes the Stage in Oviedo

12/10/201707/10/2017 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi, Il trovatore: Ópera de Oviedo Chorus, Oviedo Filarmonía Orchestra / Ramón Tébar (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 5.10.2017. (JMI)

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Il trovatore (c) Ópera de Oviedo

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García Calvo and Mikhail Vekua Excel in Oviedo’s Semi-Staged Siegfried

14/09/201708/09/2017 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Wagner, Siegfried: Principado de Asturias and Oviedo Filarmonía Orchestras / Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 6.9.2017. (JMI)

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Siegfried (c) Opera Oviedo

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A Rarely Heard Tchaikovsky Opera Has Its Spanish Premiere in Oviedo

23/09/201619/09/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa, Orchestra Principado de Asturias, Coro Ópera Oviedo, Rossen Milanov (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 17.9.2016. (JMI)

Mazeppa. Courtesy of Opera Oviedo.
Mazeppa (c) Opera Oviedo.

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An Intriguing Revival of a Relatively Obscure Donizetti Opera

04/01/201621/12/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Donizetti, Il Duca d’Alba: Orchestra Oviedo Filarmonia, Chorus Ópera de Oviedo, Roberto Tolomelli (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 19.12.2015. (JMI)

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Donizetti’s Il Duca d’Alba in Oviedo (c) Foto Alfonso

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A New Production of Die Walküre Continues the Ring in Oviedo

27/09/201515/09/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Wagner: Die Walküre: Principado de Asturias Orchestra, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 13.9.2015 (JMI)

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Elisabete Matos (Brünnhilde) and Stuart Skelton (Siegmund)
in Oviedo’s Die Walküre

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Golijov’s Ainadamar: A Fountain of Tears

18/01/201413/12/2013 by Stan

SpainSpain Golijov: Aadamar, Orchestra Principado de Asturias, Chorus Opera Oviedo, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), inTeatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 10.12.2013 (JMI)

 

 

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Oviedo Opera Season Opens with Disappointing Das Rheingold

23/09/201319/09/2013 by Stan

 Wagner: Das Rheingold, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor), Teatro Campoamor, Oviedo, 15.09.2013 (JMI)

 

Das Rheingold, Oviedo
Das Rheingold, Oviedo

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