Les Arts begins selling tickets for the Preseason, which celebrates its 10th Anniversary

The offer includes Mozart's La Bohème , Katiuska , and David de Penitente , a recital by Fabio Biondi, and a Berlioz concert with Roberto Abbado.
Prices range from 7 to 50 euros for opera and zarzuela, or 10 to 20 euros for events at the Auditori and the Teatre Martín i Soler.
Les Arts offers non-renewable season tickets with discounts of 15 to 50% that combine different preseason titles.
Shows on Saturdays will start at 7:00 p.m. and on Sundays and public holidays at 6:00 p.m.

Valencia. Les Arts puts tickets on sale for the preseason, with which it celebrates its ten years of operatic activity, next Monday, June 15, from 10:00 a.m. through all sales channels: www.lesarts.com, telephone sales lines 961 975 900 and 902 444 300, and Les Arts Box Offices.

From September 20 to November 30, Les Arts hosts a diverse program of opera and symphonic works, preceding the subscription season, which celebrates both the tenth anniversary of the building and its tenth opera season. This program offers the same high artistic quality as Les Arts, but with affordable ticket prices.

Ticket prices for opera and zarzuela performances in the Main Hall range from 7 euros for zone 6 to 50 euros for zone 1, with intermediate prices of 40 euros for zone 2, 28 euros for zone 3, 20 euros for zone 4 and 15 euros for zone 5.

Meanwhile, tickets for concerts at the Auditori range from a maximum of 20 euros in zone 1 to 10 euros for seats in zone 3. Activities programmed at the Teatre Martín i Soler have a single price of 15 euros.

In addition, Les Arts has made available three types of passes that combine the Preseason offerings with discounts of 15% to 50% on ticket prices. These non-renewable passes also offer various advantages for the general public, season ticket holders, and holders of the Carnet Jove (Youth Card).

Puccini's La Bohème opens the Preseason performance cycle on October 2nd. The cast of this opera, presented in a production by Les Arts and the Philadelphia Opera, features prominent singers who have performed at the Centre Plácido Domingo and are now leading artists. The production premiered with Riccardo Chailly conducting and Davide Livermore directing. Manuel Coves conducts this production, which he also led this past summer in El Escorial. Four more performances of La Bohème will be held on October 4th, 7th, 10th, and 12th.

On October 8, Les Arts commemorates the building's inauguration (2005) with David de Penitente , a highly complex Mozart cantata, marking the debut of the OCV's new principal conductor, Fabio Biondi. He will be accompanied on stage by a trio of exceptional voices: soprano Jessica Pratt, mezzo-soprano Manuela Custer, and tenor Antonino Siragusa. The program also includes Mozart's Symphony No. 9 in Paris .

The following day, October 9, on the occasion of the Day of the Valencian Community, Maestro Biondi offers a select recital entitled 'The Violin in the Age of Enlightenment' with fragments selected 'ad hoc' by Biondi himself for this celebration.

Zarzuela arrives with Pablo Sorozábal's Katiuska , conducted by Valencian Cristóbal Soler. The maestro from Alcàsser and musical director of the Teatro de La Zarzuela in Madrid conducts for the first time at Les Arts. Emilio Sagi, the great creator of this genre, directs this production, which features two Valencians, Maite Alberola and Javier Agulló, in the lead roles. There will be four performances on October 29 and 31, and November 3 and 6.

The preseason activities conclude with a concert-performance at the Auditori on November 5th, featuring Roberto Abbado on the podium. This program is a Berlioz retrospective, including the score for Lélio , a work for narrator, singers, chorus, and orchestra, composed as a complement to the Symphonie Fantastique , which will be performed in the first half. Actor Javier Cámara will also participate in the concert.

New opening hours to attract new audiences

Les Arts reminds those interested of the new schedule change for weekend performances. Shows from Monday to Friday will continue to start at 8:00 p.m. However, from now on, shows will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturdays and at 6:00 p.m. on Sundays and public holidays.

This new measure, in addition to seeking greater comfort for spectators, aims to attract a greater influx of music lovers from other capital cities.