Serena Sáenz and Vespres d’Arnadí inaugurate Les Arts és Barroc i Música Antiga with works by Händel, Rameau and Vivaldi

Serena Sáenz and Vespres d'Arnadí inaugurate Les Arts és Baroc i Música Antiga with works by Händel, Rameau and Vivaldi

Acclaimed for her Pamina in the spectacular 2024 production of The Magic Flute , the soprano returns with an intriguing journey through Baroque Europe.

María Espada, in the Church of San Nicolás; Il Fervore with soprano Jone Martínez, and mezzo Eva Zaïcik with Les Épopées complete the cycle

Valencia (5.4.26). The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía begins the programming of its cycle Les Arts és Barroc i Música Antiga next Thursday, April 9, with a program dedicated to the most celebrated pages of Händel, Rameau and Vivaldi, by the soprano Serena Sáenz and the Vespres d'Arnadí ensemble at the Teatre Martín i Soler.

Serena Sáenz returns to Les Arts after her sensational Pamina in Simon McBurney's spectacular production of The Magic Flute , which broke occupancy records in 2024. The Barcelona-born soprano, one of Spain's most internationally renowned singers, reunites in Valencia with the Catalan historical performance ensemble and its founder and director, the harpsichordist Dani Espasa, with a luminous repertoire dedicated to 18th-century European musical theater.

The concert program includes arias of incomparable beauty such as “Sposa son disprezzata” (from Bajazet , by Vivaldi) or “Tornami a vagheggiar”, one of the most famous pieces from Alcina , by Handel, as well as pieces such as the Suite from Les Indes Galantes , the exquisite opera-ballet by Rameau, which contains the most brilliant orchestral pieces of the French Baroque.

Produced in collaboration with the National Center for Musical Diffusion (CNDM), the Les Arts és Barroc i Música Antiga cycle offers a broad overview with the most outstanding artists and groups on the circuit.

In addition to Serena Sáenz and Vespres d'Arnadí, the fifth edition of the cycle includes a performance by soprano María Espada, accompanied by Manuel Minguillón on the archlute, in the incomparable setting of the Church of San Nicolás on April 23; a monographic program dedicated to Alessandro Scarlatti with the ensemble Il Fervore and soprano Jone Martínez on April 30 at the Teatre Martín i Soler; and the closing performance by the renowned ensemble Les Épopées and mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik on May 30.

Les Arts reminds you that tickets for the concerts and recitals of Les Arts és Barroc i Música Antiga are available through the theater's various sales channels: box offices, telephone sales line 96 197 59 00 and the official Les Arts website.