“A declaration of love for our history, our heritage […] Seville as a whole will be a stage that will thrill the world”. With these words, José Luis Sanz, mayor of the city, championed the first Seville Opera Biennial, a festival that starts in the last days of September and will last until October 12, 2025.
This ambitious musical project around the opera will spread its various activities and performances in seven different spaces. Namely: the Real Fábrica de Artillería, the Real Alcázar, the Espacio Turina, the Teatro de la Maestranza and the Casas Palacios: Palacio de las Dueñas, Casa Salinas and the Hospital de la Caridad.
Seville Opera Festival Program
The program will run as follows over 18 days.
- It will kick off at the Real Fábrica de Artillería on September 25 with Philip Glass’ Les enfants terribles at 22:00.
- Il Califfato di Bagdad – Manuel García: on September 26 at 22:00 hours at the Real Alcázar of Seville.
- Recital by Vivica Genaux (Works by Domenico Scarlatti): September 28 at 12:00 at the Espacio Turina.
- Quien porfía mucho alcanza – Manuel García: September 28 at 22:00 at the Palacio de las Dueñas.
- Quien porfía mucho alcanza – Manuel García: September 29th at 22:00 at Casa de Salinas.
- Groovin’ Carmen – Jazz standards inspired by Carmen: September 30 at 8:00 p.m. at Espacio Turina.
- Quien porfía mucho alcanza – Manuel García: September 30 at 22:00 at Casas Palacio.
Musical events in October
- Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda – Claudio Monteverdi: October 1 and 3 at 22:00 at the Real Fábrica de Artillería.
- Les Enfants Terribles – Philip Glass: October 2 and 5 at 22:00 at the Real Fábrica de Artillería.
- Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda – Claudio Monteverdi: October 1st at 22:00 at the Real Fábrica de Artillería.
- Don Giovanni – W. A. Mozart: October 4, 8, 10, 11 and 12 at 20:00 at the Teatro de la Maestranza.
- Il Gran Teatro del Mondo – Spanish and Italian theatrical music: October 5 at 12:00 hours at the Espacio Turina.
- Recital by Franco Fagioli and Michele D’Elia: October 6 at 8:00 pm at the Teatro de la Maestranza.
- Don Juan no existe – Helena Cánovas: October 7, 9 at 10:00 pm at the Real Fábrica de Artillería.
- Recital París, Sevilla, La Habana – Conexiones hispano-francesas en torno a Carmen: October 8 at 8:00 pm at Espacio Turina.
- Es lo contrario – César Camarero: October 10 and 11 at 22:00 at the Real Fábrica de Artillería.
- Recital by Nerea Berraondo and Anna Malek – Central European and Slavic music: October 12 at 12:00 at the Casa de Salinas.
How much do tickets cost?
In general, tickets for the Seville Opera Festival can be purchased on the ICAS website. However, tickets for performances at the Maestranza can be purchased as usual on the theater’s website.
As far as prices are concerned, there are tickets from 14 €, the most expensive being the stalls for Don Giovanni.
For example, in the Espacio Turina each performance will be priced at 20 €, with 20% discounts for students, over 65s, unemployed, large families and professionals of the performing arts.
The performances at the Artillery Factory will be between 15 and 40 €. The discount in question may also be applied to the performances.