Ángeles Blancas, Spanish artist with an extensive career, both nationally and internationally consolidated, is a dramatic soprano currently specialized in the 20th Century repertoire of composers as R. Strauss, Wagner, Janáček, Berg, Reimann, Rhim, Schönberg and Messiaen, among others.
In the symphonic and chamber music field, her repertoire covers from Brahms, Schumann, Mahler, Debussy and Ravel to Messiaen, Vaughan Williams, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, Dutilleux or Kurt Weill.
She has worked with renowned conductors like Antonio Pappano, Fabio Luisi, Philippe Auguin, Juraj Valčuha, Lothar Zagroseck, Nello Santi, Marco Armiliato, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Alberto Zedda, Álvaro Albiach, Carlos Aragón, Josep Vicent, and stage directors like Graham Vick, Robert Carsen, Andrea Breth, David Poutney, Calixto Bieito or Emilio Sagi.
Ángeles Blancas has performed at some of the most important theatres, among them are ROH Covent Garden (London), Opernhaus Zürich, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), Teatro Real (Madrid), La Monnaie (Brussels), Washington Opera, Carnegie Hall (New York), Fenice di Venezia, Hannover Staatsoper, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Marseille Opera, San Carlo di Napoli, Santa Cecilia, Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires and many others.
Among her recent engagements is the role of La Madre in Dallapiccola's Il Prigioniero with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antonio Pappano. With the WNO Cardiff, she performed the role of Emilia Marty in Leoš Janáček's opera Věc Makropulos to great critical and public acclaim, conducted by Tomáš Hanus and with Olivia Fuchs as stage director, in a tour of different cities that ended in Brno, a city closely linked to the Czech composer and where the Janáček Brno Festival is held. Also the role of Kostelnička in the opera Jenůfa by Janáček at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, production by Robert Carsen, and the role of Lucia in the opera Il Teorema di Pasolini by Battistelli at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Recent highlights and upcoming engagements include the opera Lear at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Rusalka (title role) at the Tenerife Opera, Renata in Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, the title role of Medea at the Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Mérida, Katerina Izmáilova in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the opening of the 24/25 season at the Liceu in Barcelona, Il Trittico at ABAO, Jenufa at the Teatro Nacional Sao Carlos in Lisbon and concerts at the Teatro de la Zarzuela (Festejando el porvenir) and with the Filarmónica de Málaga.
Date of last modification: June 2024
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In the symphonic and chamber music field, her repertoire covers from Brahms, Schumann, Mahler, Debussy and Ravel to Messiaen, Vaughan Williams, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, Dutilleux or Kurt Weill.
She has worked with renowned conductors like Antonio Pappano, Fabio Luisi, Philippe Auguin, Juraj Valčuha, Lothar Zagroseck, Nello Santi, Marco Armiliato, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Alberto Zedda, Álvaro Albiach, Carlos Aragón, Josep Vicent, and stage directors like Graham Vick, Robert Carsen, Andrea Breth, David Poutney, Calixto Bieito or Emilio Sagi.
Ángeles Blancas has performed at some of the most important theatres, among them are ROH Covent Garden (London), Opernhaus Zürich, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), Teatro Real (Madrid), La Monnaie (Brussels), Washington Opera, Carnegie Hall (New York), Fenice di Venezia, Hannover Staatsoper, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Marseille Opera, San Carlo di Napoli, Santa Cecilia, Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires and many others.
Among her recent engagements is the role of La Madre in Dallapiccola's Il Prigioniero with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antonio Pappano. With the WNO Cardiff, she performed the role of Emilia Marty in Leoš Janáček's opera Věc Makropulos to great critical and public acclaim, conducted by Tomáš Hanus and with Olivia Fuchs as stage director, in a tour of different cities that ended in Brno, a city closely linked to the Czech composer and where the Janáček Brno Festival is held. Also the role of Kostelnička in the opera Jenůfa by Janáček at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, production by Robert Carsen, and the role of Lucia in the opera Il Teorema di Pasolini by Battistelli at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Recent highlights and upcoming engagements include the opera Lear at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Rusalka (title role) at the Tenerife Opera, Renata in Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, the title role of Medea at the Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Mérida, Katerina Izmáilova in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the opening of the 24/25 season at the Liceu in Barcelona, Il Trittico at ABAO, Jenufa at the Teatro Nacional Sao Carlos in Lisbon and concerts at the Teatro de la Zarzuela (Festejando el porvenir) and with the Filarmónica de Málaga.
Date of last modification: June 2024
It cannot be altered without permission. Please destroy any previous biographical material.
2024-2025 Performances
MEDEA
27 of June of 2024 Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico (Mérida)
29 of June of 2024 Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico (Mérida)
LADY MACBETH DE MTSENSK
25 of September of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
27 of September of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
28 of September of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
01 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
03 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
05 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
06 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
07 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
Il TRITTICO
23 of November of 2024 ABAO, Ópera de Bilbao
26 of November of 2024 ABAO, Ópera de Bilbao
29 of November of 2024 ABAO, Ópera de Bilbao
02 of December of 2024 ABAO, Ópera de Bilbao
FESTEJANDO EL PORVENIR
4 of January of 2025 Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid)
CONCIERTO
19 of June of 2025 Teatro Cervantes (Málaga)
20 of June of 2025 Teatro Cervantes (Málaga)
27 of June of 2024 Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico (Mérida)
29 of June of 2024 Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico (Mérida)
LADY MACBETH DE MTSENSK
25 of September of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
27 of September of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
28 of September of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
01 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
03 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
05 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
06 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
07 of October of 2024 Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona)
Il TRITTICO
23 of November of 2024 ABAO, Ópera de Bilbao
26 of November of 2024 ABAO, Ópera de Bilbao
29 of November of 2024 ABAO, Ópera de Bilbao
02 of December of 2024 ABAO, Ópera de Bilbao
FESTEJANDO EL PORVENIR
4 of January of 2025 Teatro de la Zarzuela (Madrid)
CONCIERTO
19 of June of 2025 Teatro Cervantes (Málaga)
20 of June of 2025 Teatro Cervantes (Málaga)
Gallery
Multimedia
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Das Gehege (La Monnaie)
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Il prigionero (La Monnaie)
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Reviews
Jenůfa. TEATRO MAESTRANZA DE SEVILLA. 2023
"(...) resultó una opción perfecta para Kostelnicka, que en su voz sonó a la vez dura y conmovedora, en una impecable definición del personaje clave de esta ópera" Andrés Moreno Mengíbar (Diario de Sevilla)
CONCERT. ORQUESTA DE EXTREMADURA. 2016
Jenůfa. TEATRO MASSIMO DI PALERMO. 2016
Jenůfa. TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA. 2015
STRAUSS CONCERT. FESTIVAL CASTELL DE PERALADA 2014
VICTORIA DE LOS ÁNGELES LIED FESTIVAL. BARCELONA. 2014
