Seville is the protagonist, location or inspiration for a large number of artistic projects and is now an inseparable destination for major national and international events. Thus, Seville is part of the cast of series, films or some of the most famous operas. In relation to the latter genre, the city hosts for the autumn season this ambitious musical series: ‘Sevilla Opera Nights’.
Seville Opera Nights in these palaces
His next appointments, scheduled for Saturday November 16 will host ‘Carmen’ by Bizet in the Palacio de las Dueñas and ‘The Barber of Seville’ in the Hospital de la Caridad.
The Association of Palace Houses of Seville has launched this program in collaboration with Engranajes Culturales and Classical Passion & More. In any case, it is a series of performances to highlight the link between opera and such emblematic places of the city as those responsible for hosting these concerts.
Opera classics in Seville
Sevilla Opera Nights’ will take place in three dream locations: the Palacio de las Dueñas, La Casa de Salinas and the Hospital de la Caridad.
All of them will represent respectively three of the great opera librettos that take place in the city. Works that have in the city of Seville as their main source of inspiration, being opera an art form that combines music, narrative and theater in a unique emotional experience.
- The Palacio de las Dueñas takes up the relationship of the House of Alba with Bizet’s opera Carmen, whose creator, Prosper Merimée, settles the plot of this opera in letters with the Empress Eugenia de Montijo, sister of the Duchess of Alba. An original and exclusive production that will take place on November 16, both dates at 7:30 pm.
- The Hospital de la Caridad will host the performance of the grand opera buffa The Barber of Seville on November 16 at 7:00 pm.
- The cycle contemplated the performance of Don Giovanni in the Renaissance courtyard of the Casa de Salinas. This iconic historic building was the setting for an unforgettable operatic experience on November 2.
A selection of the main arias, duets and recitatives of the work will be performed at both events.
Tickets, priced from 45 euros, can be purchased through the website of the Association of Palace Houses of Seville.