Weekend Plans Bilbao - Teatro Arriaga 25 years of theather history

The floodings in Bilbao in August 1983 damaged greatly the Teatro Arriaga Theather which stands in one of the banks of Nervion River. Two years later in 1985 it was reopened and get back in these 25 years all its splendor.

On Monday 5th there will be an Anniversary Lyrical Concert by 11 recognized lyrical soloists: tenors: Mikeldi Atxalandabaso, Andeka Gorrotxategi, Javier Tome y los barítonos Josema Díaz & Axier Sánchez and sopranos Itziar de Unda, Marta Ubieta, Helena Orcoyen & Ainhoa Zuazua and mezzosopranos Itxaro Mentxaka & Marifé Nogales. Iker Sánchez Silva will direct them together with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra (BOS) in several popular pieces. Here some of them:
Operas like: "Nessum dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot" and "Bella Figlia dell'amore" from Verdi's "Rigoletto".
Zarzuelas like: "Luche la fe por el triunfo" from Federico M. Torroba's "Luisa Fernanda", "Barka nazazu" from Guridi's "Mirentxu"
And Vals like: Manuel Fernandez Caballero's "La viejecita", "Belle nuit" from Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"  


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