The Moritzburg Festival Orchestra and cellist Jan Vogler will release on March 3rd, 2023 the world premiere recording of the cello concerto in F major by Enrique Casals (1892–1982) – a quite unknown work – as well as the cello concerto in D minor by Édouard Lalo together with SONY Classical. The recording was made in October 2022 under the direction of the orchestra’s chief conductor Josep Caballé Domenech in the Lukaskirche in Dresden at the occasion of the festival’s 30th anniversary.

Carmen, The most popular opera in the world. All the factors come together to make the show on saturday, june 4, an unforgettable night for those who meet at the Center of Fine Arts for the closure of the Festival Casals 2022.

The titular character is for Ana María Martínez, Rafael Dávila, will be the obsessed Don José, and the main cast is completed by the soprano Zulimar López as the sweet Micaela and, as the bullfighter Escamillo, the extraordinary baritone Ricardo Rivera.

The 40-voice Choir will be in charge of Jo-Anne Herrero and there will be a special participation of the Children’s Choir of San Juan. The stage direction and production design are in charge of the experienced Gilberto Valenzuela, and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by the prestigious Catalan maestro Josep Caballé Domenech, who will be making his debut in Puerto Rico.

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The Teatro Colón announces for July an operatic premiere for Colombia that is the beautiful Ariadne in Naxos, by Richard Strauss. The performers will be the same as Salomé did in Santo Domingo some time ago: Josep Caballé Domenech in the musical part and Joan Anton Rechi as stage director.

The Colón had the good idea of ​​opening a contest for Colombian singers to interpret several of the characters, which is an evident promotion of lyrical performers in the country. For this production, a call was opened through the National Opera of Colombia of the Teatro Colón in Bogotá to select various roles and voice tessituras, in this call more than 60 lyrical singers participated.

The first major production of the year at the Teatro Colón will feature the participation of the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia and will be presented on July 28, 30 and 31.

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