L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE Ravel / GIANNI SCHICCHI Puccini – Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía

Two comic operas. In one, a clockmaker’s wife takes advantage of her husband’s absence to let in her lovers. In the other, a seemingly devout family discovers that they have been disinherited; the moral façade collapses and now it is just about the money. All this could be the stuff of tragedy - marital woes and a family torn apart over an inheritance - but Ravel and Puccini highlight the comedy, and therein lies the full force of these early 20th century jewels.

Palau de les Arts’s new production of this double bill is directed by the Belgian/French duo of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier. Since their debut at Covent Garden in 2001, they have been in demand across the world. Their work is acclaimed for its contemporary approach, bringing opera close to the audiences of today without degrading the original dramatic elements. The fine cast in Valencia, conducted by Michele Spotti, includes singers such as the Italian baritone Ambrogio Maestri, the Valencian soprano Marina Monzó, the Peruvian tenor Iván Ayón-Rivas, and the Franco-Swiss mezzo-soprano Eve-Maud Hubeaux singing alongside emerging talents from Centre de Perfeccionament Palau de Les Arts (Palau de les Arts’ Opera Studio).

Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 13 June 2025 at 19:00 CET to 13 December 2025 at 12:00 CET: https://operavision.eu/performance/lh...

CAST

Orchestra
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Director
Moshe Leiser
Patrice Caurier

Conductor
Michele Spotti

Set designer
Alain Lagarde

Costumes
Agostino Cavalca

Light Designer
Christophe Forey

L'HEURE ESPAGNOLE

Concepción
Eve-Maud Hubeaux

Gonzalve
Iván Ayón Rivas

Torquemada
Mikeldi Atxalandabaso

Ramiro
Armando Noguera

Don Íñigo de Gómez
Manuel Fuentes

Music
Maurice Ravel

Text
Franc-Nohain

GIANNI SCHICCHI

Gianni Schicchi
Ambrogio Maestri

Lauretta
Marina Monzó

Zita
Elena Zilio

Rinuccio
Iván Ayón Rivas

Gherardo
Mikeldi Atxalandabaso

Nella
Holly Brown

Gherardino
Damián Augusto Fernández

Betto di Signa
Manuel Fuentes

Simone
Giacomo Prestia

Marco
Bryan Sala

La Ciesca
Laura Fleur

Maestro Spinelloccio
Tomeu Bibiloni

Ser Amantio di Nicolao
Daniel Gallegos

Pinellino
Irakli Pkhaladze

Guccio
Javier Agudo

Music
Giacomo Puccini

Text
Giovacchino Forzano

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