Valencia – Seen and Heard International

Valencia’s Carmen is musically rewarding but boringly staged

09/10/202608/10/2026 by José Irurzun

Spain Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Escola Coral Veus Juntes (chorus mistresses – Marta Mármol, Roser Gabaldó), Escolania de la Mare de Déu dels Desemparats (chorus master – Luis Garrido), Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana (chorus master – Jordi Blanch), Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana / Michele Spotti (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 7.10.2026. (JMI)

Charles Castronovo (Don José) and Vasilisa Berzhenskaya (Carmen) © M. Lorenzo y M. Ponce

James Gaffigan leads an excellent performance of Richard Strauss’s Salome in Valencia

11/05/2026 by José Irurzun

Spain R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana / James Gaffigan (conductor). Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, 9.5.2026. (JMI)

Michaela Schuster (Herodias) and John Daszak (Herod) © Arts Fotografía

Overall, an excellent performance of Eugene Onegin in Valencia

26/01/2026 by José Irurzun

Spain Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra / Timur Zangiev (conductor). Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 23.1.2026. (JMI)

Corinne Winters (Tatyana) and Mattia Olivieri (Onegin) © M. Lorenzo, M. Ponce

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

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