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Valencia

Lucrezia Borgia in a New Production Is Staged for the First Time at the Palau de les Arts

02/04/201728/03/2017 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus / Fabio Biondi (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 26.3.2017. (JMI)

LB
Lucretia Borgia (c) Tato Baeza

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Some Fine Moments in a Generally Disappointing Revival of I Vespri Siciliani

20/12/201614/12/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus / Roberto Abbado (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 13.12.2016. (JMI)

Il Vespri Siciliano © Tato Baeza
Il Vespri Siciliani © Tato Baeza

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Gregory Kunde Excels in Valencia’s Idomeneo

11/05/201603/05/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Mozart, Idomeneo; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Fabio Biondi (conductor), Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia, 1.5.2016. (JMI)

Valencia
Idomeneo in Valencia © Tato Baeza

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David McVicar’s Production of Aida Returns to Valencia

10/07/201804/03/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi, Aida: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana / Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 2.3.2016. (JMI)

From Aida ©Tato Baeza
From Aida ©Tato Baeza

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A Puzzling and Ultimately Disappointing Samson et Dalila in Valencia

28/02/201614/01/2016 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila: Orquestra Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Roberto Abbado (conductor), Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, 12.1.2016. (JMI)

Samson
Samson et Dalila (c) Tato Baeza

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Plácido Domingo and a Superb Cast Triumph in Valencia’s Macbeth

14/12/201512/12/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi, Macbeth: Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra, Generalitat Valenciana Chorus, Henrik Nánási (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 11.12.2015. (JMI)

Macbeth
Plácido Domingo (Macbeth) & Ekaterina Semenchuk (Lady Macbeth)
(c) Tato Baeza

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An Excellent Nabucco Closes the Valencia Season

31/05/201527/05/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi: Nabucco, Comunitat Valenciana Orchestra and Chorus, Ramón Tebar (conductor), Palau de Les Arts, Valencia, 14.5.2015 (JMI)

Nabucco Photo  Tato Baeza
Nabucco
Photo Tato Baeza

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New Production of Norma in Valencia Expertly Sung by Matiella Devia

18/03/201516/03/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Bellini, Norma  Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Gustavo Gimeno (conductor), Palau de les Arts, Valencia, 14.3.2015 (JMI)

Norma
Norma Tosca: Picture courtesy Palau de les Arts, © Tato Baeza

 

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