Les Arts is putting preseason passes on sale starting at 50 euros
15.06.2017
The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía will begin selling tickets for the six shows that make up the third Pre-season at affordable prices on Friday, June 16.
The 2017 program includes Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly'; La Fura dels Baus' show about Falla's 'El amor brujo'; Gluck's opera in concert 'Le Cinesi'; as well as the concerts: Rossini's 'Petite Messe Solennelle', Handel's 'Música aquàtica'; and the operatic gala 'Noves Veus'.
Pass prices range from 50.50 euros for the cheapest option, aimed at holders of the Carnet Jove in zone 3, to 140 euros for the non-renewable pass for the general public in the area of maximum visibility.
The discounts, which range from 20% for the general public, 30% for season ticket holders, and 50% for holders of the Carnet Jove (Youth Card), are applied to the already reduced rates of the Preseason, with tickets between 7 and 50 euros for opera and ballet in the Main Hall, between 10 and 20 euros for concerts in the Auditori, and 15 euros for shows in the Teatre Martín i Soler.
General ticket sales for the Preseason will begin on June 29th at 6:00 PM on the Les Arts website www.lesarts.com , and the following day through the other usual sales channels: Les Arts box offices, the telephone sales line 961 975 900, Ticketmaster and Instant-Ticket.
Two operas, one ballet and three concerts
Fabio Biondi will inaugurate the Preseason activities on October 5th with works by Handel and Rameau, followed on the 11th by the first opera of the season: Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly', conducted by Diego Matheuz, the rising star of the Venezuelan System of Youth and Children's Orchestras. On stage will be two young stars: Armenian soprano Liana Aleksanyan, who debuted at La Scala in Milan with Riccardo Chailly in this very role, and Sergio Escobar from Toledo, who recently saved Zubin Mehta's farewell performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The young Valencian director Emilio López, who began his career at the arts center, is responsible for the stage direction of this first new production of the season.
On November 2nd, Fabio Biondi will conduct, in concert version, the first work in this collaboration with the Valencian Tourism Agency: Gluck's 'Le cinesi', an opera about the cultural differences between East and West, featuring two leading voices at the Auditori: Italian soprano Desirée Rancatore and Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg. A week later, on the 7th, the Palermo-born maestro will make his debut with Rossini at Les Arts, performing his sacred work 'Petite Messe Solennelle'.
La Fura dels Baus returns on November 10th with five performances of Falla's 'El amor brujo' (Love, the Magician). Carlus Padrissa directs this spectacle, which explores the famous gypsy theme and other works by the Spanish composer, combining words, fire, magic, sand, and water in a feast for the senses. On the podium, one of the most promising young conductors on the national scene, Andrés Salado from Madrid, makes his debut with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana.
For the second year in a row, the artists of the Centre Plácido Domingo close the Preseason with the concert 'Noves Veus', with opera fragments in the program, which will be hosted by the Teatre Martín i Soler on November 25.
