Valencia – Seen and Heard International

Visually compelling but sometimes incomprehensible staging of Gounod’s Faust in Valencia

09/10/202508/10/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Gounod, Faust: Soloists, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 5.10.2025. (JMI)

Alex Esposoto (Méphistophélès), Gemma Coma-Alabert (Marthe), Ruth Iniesta (Marguerite) and Iván Ayón-Rivas (Faust) © Arts Fotografía

Generally, it is a fine cast in Valencia’s Roberto Devereux though a disappointing production

21/06/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Donizetti, Roberto Devereux: Soloists, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Francesco Lanzillotta (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 18.6.2025. (JMI)

*Roberto Devereux* Act III: Eleonora Buratto (Elisabetta) © Arts Fotografía

An enjoyable evening of Ravel and Puccini in Valencia

16/05/202508/05/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Ravel, Puccini: Soloists, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana / Michele Spotti (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 4.5.2025. (JMI)

*L’heure espagnole* finale © Arts Fotografía

A superb performance of L’Orfeo in Valencia led by Leonardo Garcia Alarcón

26/02/202526/02/2025 by José Irurzun

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)

Conductor Leonardo García Alarcón and Valerio Contaldo as Orfeo © M. Ponce

A delightful performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites in Valencia

05/02/2025 by José Irurzun

Spain Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmelites: Soloists, Chorus Generalitat Valenciana, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana / Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 2.2.2025. (JMI)

Robert Carsen’s Dialogues des Carmélites production © Miguel Lorenzo & Mikel Ponce/Les Arts

A well-travelled Die Zauberflöte enjoys a great success in Valencia

10/06/2024 by José Irurzun

Spain Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Soloists, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / James Gaffigan (conductor). Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, 8.6.2024. (JMI)

Serena Sáenz (Pamina) and Rainelle Krause (Queen of the Night) © Arts Photography

Robert Carsen’s excellent production of Orfeo ed Euridice reaches Valencia

08/03/2024 by José Irurzun

Spain Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice: Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Gianluca Capuano (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 5.3.2024. (JMI)

Palau de Les Arts’s *Orfeo ed Euridice* © Arts Photography

A solid, though not exceptional, Rusalka at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia

11/02/2024 by José Irurzun

Spain Dvořák, Rusalka: Soloists, Dancers, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, 9.2.2024. (JMI)

Olesya Golovneva (Rusalka), Adam Smith (Prince) and Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (Foreign Princess) © M. Lorenzo & M. Ponce

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