The Palau de les Arts begins general ticket sales for the 2014-2015 Season

The arts center launches a season ticket for shows at the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo for 37.50 euros
< Roberto Abbado, Celso Albelo, Carlos Álvarez, Maria Agresta, José Bros, Javier Camarena, Mariella Devia, Plácido Domingo, Vladímir Jurowski, Nicola Luisotti, Leo Nucci and María José Siri, stars of the season

Valencia. The Palau de les Arts begins general ticket sales for the 2014-2015 Season tomorrow, Wednesday, October 22, starting at 6:30 p.m. on its website www.lesarts.com .

Subsequently, on Thursday, October 23, the Valencian arts center will enable the rest of the channels for the purchase of its tickets: the Palau de les Arts box offices, the telephone sales line 961 975 900, as well as Instant Ticket, on the telephone 902 444 300.

As a main novelty, the opera venue presents a subscription for the productions and shows of the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo for only 37.50 euros.

For the current exercise, the Centre de Perfeccionament has programmed Vivaldi's oratorio Juditha Triumphans , with musical direction by Federico Maria Sardelli and staging by Davide Livermore, and a musical pastiche with works by Mozart in concert show format by Livermore.

The Centre's musical offering concludes with the opera Narciso , by Domenico Scarlatti, directed by Juan Luis Martínez from Valencia, in a production by Davide Livermore that already captivated audiences and critics at its premiere in Innsbruck last August.

The 2014-2015 season at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía features some of the most prominent figures in the current operatic and symphonic music scene. Plácido Domingo opens the new season on December 9th, conducting Puccini's Manon Lescaut in a production by British director Stephen Medcalf, with a cast led by rising Uruguayan soprano María José Siri, Puerto Rican tenor Rafael Dávila, and Italian baritone Gabriele Viviani.

Domingo, in his role as a singer, stars in the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda by Moreno Torroba, directed by Emilio Sagi and conducted by Jordi Bernàcer from Alcoy. Domingo is joined by prominent Spanish performers such as tenors Celso Albelo and José Bros, the Canarian soprano Davinia Rodríguez, and the Valencian soprano Isabel Rey.

Roberto Abbado makes his debut conducting the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana with Donizetti's Don Pasquale , a quintessential work of opera buffa , directed by Jonathan Miller. Italian bass Michele Pertusi, American soprano Nadine Sierra, and Russian tenor Maxim Mironov will sing for the first time in Valencia.

Mariella Devia, one of the great ladies of opera, stars in Bellini's Norma , a new production at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía directed by Davide Livermore, the director of the Valencian opera house's most recent successes. The rising Valencian conductor Gustavo Gimeno, recently appointed principal conductor of the Luxembourg Philharmonic, makes his debut in the pit.

Verdi's Nabucco closes the operatic program in the Main Hall. Nicola Luisotti conducts this work by the composer from Busseto in a production by the Athenian director Yannis Yokkos. The great Italian baritone Leo Nucci makes his debut at the Palau de les Arts with this opera, whose cast also includes the rising mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan, the Greek baritone Dimitri Platanias, and the American tenor Brian Jadge.

Symphony season 

Hungarian conductor Henrik Nánási will open the Palau de les Arts' symphonic season on November 7th with Bartók's opera in concert, Bluebeard's Castle , accompanied by an audiovisual performance, an artistic concept by Davide Livermore featuring projections by Miguel Bosch. Also on the program is Divertimento for String Orchestra , another work by the Hungarian composer.

Gustavo Gimeno follows on November 16th with his first concert at the Auditori of the Palau de les Arts. After his successful debut with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in Castellón, he will conduct Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6 in Valencia.

The prestigious Vladimir Jurowski, principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, makes his debut leading the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana on February 21.

Baritone Carlos Álvarez will give a concert on March 26 as part of the subscription season. Acclaimed in his numerous appearances in Valencia, Álvarez returns to perform for the audience at the Valencian arts center.

On April 10, Mexican tenor Javier Camarena, the operatic sensation of the moment since his historic encore at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, will sing for the first time at the Palau de les Arts. Camarena will perform Rossini's Stabat Mater alongside Italian soprano Maria Agresta, Armenian mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan, Chinese bass Liang Li, and the Cor de la Generalitat (Choir of the Generalitat of Catalonia). The promising Italian conductor Giacomo Sagripanti will lead the orchestra.

Palau de les Arts Box Office Opening Hours

The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía reminds those interested of the opening hours for its ticket sales channels. In addition to the website www.lesarts.com , tickets can be purchased in person at the box office, whose opening hours from October 23rd are as follows: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. On performance days, the box office will also open three hours before the scheduled show. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the box office will be open continuously from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or until the start time of the performance on performance days.

On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays with a show, the box office will open two hours before the start of the scheduled performance in the morning sessions and three hours before in the afternoon sessions only to handle purchase requests for the same day.

In addition, the telephone sales line 961 975 900 will be operational from Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.