The director of the Teatro Pérez Galdós Canary Islands’ Foundation, Jerónimo Saavedra and Juan Cambreleng, assure the quality and variation in the programming in spite of the restricted budgeting
The stage director showed himself to be a great fan of the Gran Canarian writer during the presentation of the production, with the presence of the thirteen actors debuting on 6th May in the Teatro Pérez Galdós
Jerónimo Saavedra and Juan Cambreleng are doing a follow-up in Madrid of the production which is to have its première in the Teatro Pérez Galdós in May
The Teatro Pérez Galdós Canary Islands’ Foundation, the Department of Education of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria and Cam-PDS Publishers promote a pedagogical initiative amongst the educational centres in the province of Las Palmas
The director of ‘Galdosiana’, Fernando Méndez-Leite, states that he has conceived a light humorous performance which encourages you to read the works of the Gran Canarian writer again
The premiere of the drama ‘Galdosiana’, with the following actresses Cristina Higueras and Fiorella Faltoyano, is one of the main attractions of the Christmas programming of the Gran Canarian coliseum
The humorist Manolo Vieira, the Glen Miller Orchestra, the singer Olga Cerpa, the Christmas concert by the OFGC and the Grand Gala Verdi-Puccini-Bellini round off the month of December
A talk is to be given this Wednesday 25th November at 18:00 hours by Bernardino Correa, the coordinator of the collective group, in the Casa de la Cultura (Cultural Arts Centre) of Arucas
The production of the Royal Theatre in Madrid, the Teatro Pérez Galdós and the Bilbao Association of Friends of Opera had its triumphant premiere last month in Madrid
The jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, acknowledged as one of the most innovative musicians of our time, together with the other members of the trio, is to perform themes from his last piece of work
The Italian production has been brought to the Islands with the help of the collaboration between both the Teatro Pérez Galdós Canary Islands’ Foundation and the Tenerife Opera Festival
Juan Cambreleng shows his appreciation in the collaboration of the Canary Islands Government and the Obra Social by La Caja de Canarias “as, for the first time in the Canary Islands, they have made it possible for the public to be able to enjoy this work conceived by Gershwin”
Fernando Argenta, the renowned musician and journalist will be participating as the narrator in a special performance for young people of the production by the New York Harlem Theatre
The last of the three performances of the National Ballet of Hungary will support the work of the Obra Social de Acogida y Desarrollo (Social, Solid and Effective Movement for those suffering from extreme poverty), the Fundación Canaria Yrichen (A foundation which helps those who are drug dependent) and Nuevo Futuro (A foundation for children who have been abandoned or are homeless)
The celebratory closing dinner of this fourth edition took place this year in the Teatro Pérez Galdós, and is considered to be the best to date, counting on the presence of the main organisers of events in Europe
In Madrid the great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner gave a preview to some of the details of the production she is directing for the Teatro Pérez Galdós
The season tickets for the opera, jazz, musical and theatre performances go on sale between 1st and 10th June for the Amigos del Pérez Galdós (Friends of the Pérez Galdós) and between 12th June and 15the July for the rest of the public
In March and April the Teatro in Gran Canaria is to hold important performances led by the violinist, Midori, the Tokyo String Quartet and the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg
Pier Giorgio Morandi is to lead the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra in the planned performances, one for tenors and the other for sopranos, accompanied with famous voices
The great-granddaughter of the brilliant composer Richard Wagner states that her intention is to be more faithful to the spirit of the opera than to her great-grandfather
St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev, presents the third act of Parsifal on 10th April 2.009, maintaining the European tradition of performing Wagner’s opera on Good Friday
This Friday the maestro Iván Fischer, Samantha Potter, in charge of the scenic direction and the six soloists who perform in the British production present the staging in a press conference
The premiere of the opera 'Cosí fan tutte', produced by the Glyndebourne Festival, from the United Kingdom, to be performed in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, promises to be a breathtaking musical event
The brilliant opera by Mozart, that was such a success in the prestigious Glyndebourne Festival with this staging, is to be performed on 19th, 21st and 23rd November in keeping with Nicholas Hytner’s parameters
The performance for the schoolchildren foreseen for this Thursday at 12.30 has been cancelled due to the centres no longer wishing to participate in extracurricular activities
The artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre company presented the performances to be staged in the Teatro Pérez Galdós from Tuesday 7th to Thursday 9th October
In memory of Rafael Nebot, the New London Consort interpreted a fragment of The Fairy Queen, by Henry Purcell, before continuing with the performance of Dido and Aeneas, by the same composer
The New London Consort stages Dido y Aeneas 1700 by Henry Purcell on 1st and 2nd, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Company performs various pieces of its attractive repertoire on 7th and 8th
The Teatro Pérez Galdós Foundation has a new director. As from today Juan Cambreleng Roca, from Gran Canaria, is now in charge of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria coliseum.
Next Monday, July 28, the tickets for all the 2008/09 Season events will be on sale, for the 10 programmed productions. Among them, those for the musical ‘Hoy no me puedo levantar’ which, in only 5 days, have already sold more than 8000 tickets.
This musical, by brothers Jose Maria and Nacho Cano based on the hits of the group “Mecano”, will be performed in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from the 9th of January to the 1st of February 2009
The maestro Pedro Halffter and the scene director José Carlos Plaza put together their artistic abilities to offer the espectacular production which was given birth in the Teatro de Maestranza of Sevilla
