Miguel Ángel Gómez-Martínez debuts in the Arts with the concert 'Vetlada espanyola'

Miguel Ángel Gómez-Martínez debuts Saturday, November 10, at the Palau de les Arts with the concert 'Vetlada espanyola', scheduled at 7:00 p.m. at the Auditori.

The Granada master, current owner of the Ràdio Televisió Espanyola Symphonic Orchestra, will conduct for the first time in his second career the Valencian Community Orchestra, which will be accompanied, for this performance, by the 'mezzo-soprano' Cristina Faus, the tenor Andeka Gorrotxategui, the baritone Damián del Castillo and the Cor de la Generalitat.

The first part of the program of 'Vetlada espanyola' includes a selection of orchestral passages, romanços, duets and concertants of reference works of the Spanish lyrical genre for excellence: 'La chulapona', by Moreno Torroba, 'La del Soto del Parral', by Soutullo i Vert or 'La Gran Vía', by Chueca, among others.

After the break, the main group of the Palau de les Arts takes center stage, under the baton of Gómez-Martínez, with two simphonic works of reference: 'Rapsodie espagnole', by Ravel, and the two orchestral 'suites' of 'The Three-cornered Hat', by Falla.

The arts center remembers that the 'Vetlada espanyola' concert is included in the pre-season activities with popular prizes. The rate for the venues of this show ranges between 10 and 20 euros.

Cristina Faus

Born in Benissanó, he has worked with notable directors such as Frühbeck de Burgos, Lorin Maazel, Andrea Marcon, Zubin Mehta and Alberto Zedda. His presence has continued to be required in prestigious theaters and concert halls (La Fenice de Venècia, Liceu de Barcelona, Palau de les Arts, Teatre de la Zarzuela) as well as in international events such as the Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro and the Tanglewood Festival.

At the Arts he has sung different recitals and concerts, including in the operatic productions of 'L'arbore di Diana', 'La Cenerentola', 'Otello', 'Maror' and 'The Wildcat'.

Andeka Gorrotxategi

Considered by critics to be the Spanish revelation tenor, the interpreter of Abadiño, Biscaia, will debut in the Arts in 2016 with 'El gato montés', by Manuel Penella, in the centenary of the premiere of the work. In the last three years he has developed a brilliant career that has led him to perform at the most prestigious theaters and festivals: Bologna, Caracal·la, Dresden, Florence, Mexico, Naples, Rome, Beijing, Salzburg, Sydney, Tori and Venice.

Winner of prestigious competitions (Ana María Iriarte, Manuel Ausensi, Jaume Aragall), he has also worked with leading batons in the musical panorama with Zubin Mehta, Franz Welser-M?st and Alberto Zedda, among others.

Damian del Castillo

The baritone from Úbeda regularly performs in the main theaters and auditoriums, together with the most notable musical and stage directors. His repertoire consists of some of the most important roles written for the same tessitura, such as Rigoletto, Figaro or Rodrigo. After opening the 2018-2019 season in Oviedo with the world premiere of the production of 'Fuenteovejuna', his next commitments include 'María del Pilar' at the Zarzuela Theatre, 'Madama Butterfly' at the Liceu, 'Il finto Sororo' at the Fundació Juan March in Madrid and at the ABAO and a concert with Gregory Kunde to the Principal Theater of Palma de Mallorca. It will debut at the Arts in October with 'Turandot'.

Miguel Ángel Gómez-Martínez

He has continued to be invited to the opera houses of Vienna, Munich, Hamburg, Zurich, Paris, Rome, Budapest, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Geneva, Houston, Chicago, as well as the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Covent Garden, Comunale de Florència, La Fenice, SAN Carlo, La Scala, Real de Madrid, Liceu or the Colón in Buenos Aires.

Furthermore, he has directed the most prestigious symphony and philharmonic orchestras in the world: Vienna, Berlin, London, Hamburg, Bamberg, Helsinki, Houston, Mannheim, Tokyo, Osaka, Oslo, Budapest, Bayreuth Easter Festival, among others.

He is musical director of the Bayreuth Easter Festival Orchestra and principal conductor of the Orchestra and Cor d'RTVE. Previously, he held the positions of artistic director of the Zarzuela Theatre, artistic and musical director of the Simfònica d'Euskadi and the New Finnish National Opera Hèlsinki, general director of music of the city of Mannheim and the theater of Bern, chief conductor of the Simfònica d'Hamburg, musical director of the Orquestra de València and resident director at the Deutsche Berlin Opera and Vienna Opera. He has received numerous awards for his recordings and performances with his career as a composer.