The Orchestra and Choir of the Philharmonic “George Enescu” will perform on Thursday, June 22, 2023, at 19.00, on the stage of the Romanian Athens under the leadership of conductor Josep Caballé Domenech, and the soloist will be the pianist Alexei Volodin.

The concert that will end the 2022 – 2023 season of the Philharmonic “George Enescu” has in the program Polotian Dances for Choir and Orchestra by Aleksandr Borodin, Concert no. 2, in fa minor, for piano and orchestra by Frédéric Chopin, Fantastic Dances by Joaquín Turina and Suites no. The 1 and the No 2 of the ballet Tricorn by Manuel de Falla.

On June 23, Caballé Domenech will conduct the same program at the second edition of the Athenaeum Summer Festival. “The humanity of music and the beauty of art”, as conductor Josep Caballé-Domenech says, will be the experiences offered by the opening concert.

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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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