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Faust, Charles Gounod Les Arts, Valencia 15 th  October 2025 Voices: Iván Ayón-Rivas (Faust), Alex Esposito (Méphistophélès), Ruth Iniesta (Marguerite), Florian Sempey (Valentín), Bryan Sala (Wagner), Ekaterine Buachidze (Siebel), Gemma Coma-Alabert (Marthe) . Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti . Director: Johannes Erath .  On October 15, the final performance of Charles Gounod’s Faust was staged in Valencia. With this production, the Palau de les Arts opens the season celebrating th

Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Firenze 17 th  October 2025 Voices: Luca Salsi, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Antonio Di Matteo, Antonio Poli, Lorenzo Martelli, Elizaveta Shuvalova, Egidio Massimo Naccarato, Huigang Liu, Lisandro Guinis, Dielli Hoxha, Nicolò Ayroldi, Aurora Spinelli, Caterina Pacchi . Conductor : Alexander Soddy . Director : Mario Martone .  The recent Macbeth at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino offered a dark, ambitious take on

Akhnaten, Philip Glass Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 20 th  October 2025 Voices: Anthony Roth Costanzo, Rihab Chaieb, Katerina Estrada Tretyakova, Joan Martín-Royo, Toni Marsol, José Manuel Montero, Zachary James. Conductor: Karen Kamensek. Director: Phelim McDermott.  Akhnaten is the milestone of 20th-century minimalist music, and the orchestra that must perform the piece is also minimalist—no violins and very small. To this end, the Gran Teatre del Liceu has brought to B