Impactante Carmen en la Temporada Lírica coruñesa

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 09 September 2025

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Reviewed at Palacio de la Ópera, La Coruña on 5 September 2025

Bizet, Carmen

Gianluca Martinenghi, Conductor

Calixto Bieito, Director

Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

Coro Gaos

Sofija Petrović, Carmen

Oreste Cosimo, Don José

Jean-Fernand Setti, Escamillo

María José Moreno, Micaëla

Jacobo Rubianes, Zuniga

Pedro Martínez Tapia, Moralès

Susana García Pico, Frasquita

Irene Zas, Mercédès

Gabriel Alonso, Le Dancaïre

Eduardo Pomares, Le Remendado

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Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro es un apasionado de toda la música clásica, pero muy especialmente de la obra y de la personalidad de Gustav Mahler. Su estudio y su disfrute han llenado y llenan su vida, hasta el punto de que una autoridad como José Luis Pérez de Arteaga lo ha calificado como "fabuloso estudioso mahleriano". Actualmente es coeditor de la principal web en castellano dedicada a dicho compositor (gustav-mahler.es). Profesionalmente, enseña e investiga neuroanatomía animal en la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.

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