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The venues are located in Adeje, Los Realejos, Arona, Tacoronte and in the auditorium of the University of La Laguna.

The performing arts programme Oye toca ver is offering five shows this week by three theatre companies. This initiative is organised by the Island Council of Tenerife with the councils of Adeje, Arona, Candelaria, El Sauzal, Guía de Isora, Los Realejos, Tacoronte, and the University of La Laguna.

The weekly activity begins on Thursday (9th) at 8:00 p.m., in the Auditorium of Adeje. The Basque company Kulunka Teatro is concluding its time on the island with the last performance of its show André y Dorine, which offers us the story of two elderly people who have to begin their relationship over again once the onset of Alzheimer’s puts an end to the monotony of daily life.

The Belgian company Okidok is beginning its tour of Tenerife on Friday (10th), at 8:30 p.m. at the Cultural Centre in Los Realejos. The following day, the event takes place at the Auditorio Infanta Leonor in Los Cristianos (Arona), at 8.00 p.m., and on Sunday (12th), at 7:00 p.m., Okidok will end its activities on the island. Their clown and acrobatics show Slips Inside offers us the story of Bill and Piotre, who have dream bodies: muscly, elegant, skilful, funny, and aware of their incredible quality, they embark on a great display of their talents. Experts and renowned internationally in the clown world, the stars abandon the use of make-up and large shoes and give way to the bare body of the acrobat.

L’om imprebis, a Valencian company that is celebrating forty years of history, is making its debut in Tenerife with the work Hoy no estrenamos, a life and theatre lesson by comedy experts who immerse us in very real daily stories. The first of its four performances on the island will be on Sunday (12th) at the Auditorio Capitol in Tacoronte, at 6:00 p.m. The next shows will be next week: on Thursday (16th), at 8:30 p.m., at the Cultural Centre in Los Realejos, and on Friday (17th), at 8:00 p.m., at the Auditorio Infanta Leonor (Los Cristianos). The performances will conclude on Sunday (19th), at 7:00 p.m. at the Teatro El Sauzal.

The cultural mediator and writer returns this Wednesday to the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife with one of his lecture performances.

The Auditorio de Tenerife hosts a new lecture performance by cultural mediator Ramón Gener. On this occasion, the musician and writer reveals the details and curiosities of the opera Manon by Jules Massenet. Next Tuesday (7th ) at 7.30 p.m., the Chamber Hall hosts Ramón Gener, who, with his knowledge, his voice, and his piano, conveys his passion: music. Tickets for this show, where Gener will also be accompanied visually, are available for eight euros.

The music and art expert will speak about the different angles from which to discover the keys and curiosities of a title that comes to the island by the hand of three producing theatres: The Municipal Theatre of Santiago-National Opera of Chile, the Ópera de Oviedo, and the Ópera de Tenerife. Manon is the second programme of the Auditorio's lyric season, to be enjoyed on 21, 23, and 25 November in the Symphony Hall for €25 (€5 for the audience under 30 years of age).

Gener explains the plot, the emotions, the characters, the music, and the themes in an entertaining and accessible way, using contemporary similes and interpreting some fragments on the piano to reinforce his explanations. It is an opportunity for all those who want to learn more about this opera and thus prepare for the performances but also for those who have never been to an opera and want to know a little more before going.

Ramón Gener's third lecture in Tenerife at the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín will be followed by the others conferences throughout the opera season, always in the Chamber Hall at 7.30 p.m., with the protagonist in each case being the nearest opera. The next meeting with the renowned communicator will be on November 28th to talk about the concert version of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns (December). On 17 January it will be the turn of Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti (January), and on 21 February the Auditorio's own production Rusalka, by Antonín Dvorák (March).

Born in Barcelona, Ramón Gener holds a degree in Humanities and Business Studies. He began his studies as a musician at the age of 6 at the Higher Conservatoire of Music of the Liceu, training which he completed later with the pianist Anna Maria Albors. Through a recommendation from the soprano Victoria de los Ángeles, he began to study singing under her supervision. He finished his singing training in Warsaw with the baritone Jerzy Artysz and in Barcelona with the tenor Eduard Giménez. After a career lasting several years as a baritone, he began a new phase as a musical educator, offering conferences about classical music and opera.

The impact of these conferences led him to the world of television. First, at a regional level on TV3 with the programme Òpera en Texans, and then nationally and internationally with programmes such as This is Opera, This is Art, and 200, una noche en el Prado. His programmes have been recorded in Spanish and English; they have been broadcast and continue to be broadcast in many countries around the world. He currently collaborates with the radio programme No es un día cualquiera for the Spanish National Radio (RNE). He currently continues with his conferences, classes, and contributions to RNE. Likewise, he is immersed in preparing his new TV program and his new book.

The tickets for this conference by Ramón Gener are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.

The Canarian mezzo-soprano Belén Elvira is also making her debut with the orchestra as a guest soloist

The conductor Julio García Vico will take charge of the Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) to conduct the fifth concert of the season with works by Tchaikovsky and Falla. The mezzo-soprano Belén Elvira will make her debut as a guest soloist at the event which will take place this Friday (3), at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorio de Tenerife.

In the first part of the programme, the orchestra will perform a selection from the ballet The Sleeping Beauty, TH13, written by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky in 1889, which recounts the eternal struggle between good and evil through the guiding thread of the classic tale by Perrault. The Russian composer composed this piece in a baroque style and repeatedly uses two musical themes to intensify the drama and suspense, as well as representing the fight personified by the Lilac Fairy and Carabosse, respectively.

After the interlude, the Sinfónica de Tenerife will perform El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), a score by Falla from the year 1919. The composer from Cadiz deploys a palette of colours, textures, and Spanish folkloric sounds to develop a comic-romantic entanglement which, at its premiere at the Alhambra Theatre in London, had sets and designs by Pablo Picasso.

Julio García Vico has served as an assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and has worked with maestros such as Sir Simon Rattle, Gianandrea Noseda, François-Xavier Roth, and Antonio Pappano. In addition to the British orchestra, he has conducted the main Spanish orchestras such as the Orquesta Nacional de España (Spanish National Orchestra), RTVE (Spanish Radio and Television), the Symphony Orchestra of Navarra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Principality of Asturias, the Orchestra of the City of Granada, among others.

Within the field of opera, he has served as assistant to the maestro Luisotti for La Bohème at the Teatro Real in Madrid. Abroad he has also worked with La Società dei Concerti, the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, the Mozarteum Orchestra, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the Gürzenich-Orchestre Köln, the Hofer Symphoniker, the Münchener Symphoniker, the Nürnberger Symphoniker, the Oper Köln, the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, and the WDR Sinfonieorchester.

García Vico holds several international distinctions, such as the Dirigenten Prize 2019 in Germany, the Audience Award of the foundation "Oscar and Vera Ritter-Stiftung" and the Bonn Opera Prize 2019, as well as the prestigious "Donatella Flick" 2021.

His forthcoming engagements include a series of concerts with the Orchestra of the City of Barcelona, Real Orquesta Sinfónica of Seville, the Symphony Orchestra of Vallés, the Symphony Orchestra of Murcia, and a new collaboration with the Orquesta da Camera di Mantova.

Since her debut in the role of Santuzza, the Canarian mezzo-soprano Belén Elvira has pursued a performing career at the main national and international theatres, performing the lead roles in titles such as Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Cavalleria Rusticana, La Forza del Destino, Suor Angelica, Aida, Don Carlo, Il Trovatore, Andrea Chenier, Macbeth, Maria Estuarda, and La Casa de Bernarda Alba.

Her symphonic and oratorio repertoire includes works such as Krönungsmesse and Requiem by Mozart, Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle by Rossini, Requiem by Donizetti, Requiem by Verdi, Das Lied von der Erde (The Earth’s Song) by Mahler, or Siete Canciones Populares (Seven Spanish Folksongs) by Falla, among others.

Elvira has worked alongside prominent orchestra conductors such as Jordi Bernàcer, Michael Balke, Pietro Rizzo, Emmanuel Joel-Hornak, Miquel Ortega, Jorge Rubio, Pedro Halffter, José Miguel Pérez Sierra, Alessandro Palumbo and Daniel Oren.

Among her recent performances it is worth highlighting her performance in the role of Aurora la Beltrana in Doña Francisquita at the Teatro Pérez Galdos; Salome by Richard Strauss at the Arena di Verona Foundation; Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana at the Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao; Andrea Chenier at the Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas with Daniella Dessi; a performance at the Wigmore Hall alongside the tenor Jorge de León and the pianist Álvarez Parejo; and a concert at Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, as a guest of Plácido Domingo.

The Tenerife Association for Friends of Music has prepared once again a free talk by Lourdes Bonnet Fernández-Trujillo in order to explain the different works of this season’s concert. This event is free until full capacity is reached. It takes place on the Sala Avenida, next to the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín, at 6:30 p.m.

The tickets for this concert can be purchased until the day of the event on the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, at the auditorium's box office and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Eleven dancers from the Antonio Ruz company perform this work at the Symphony Hall on Sunday. A Talía Award winner for the Best Choreography.

Next Sunday (29^th) at 7:30 p.m., the Auditorio de Tenerife has programmed the large-scale dance show Pharsalia, by the Antonio Ruz Company. This proposal is the Talía Award winner for the Best Choreography. Based on an epic Roman poem of the same name, it will bring to the stage of the Symphonic Hall eleven performers who will dance inside a dome. The tickets for this show, part of the Moving Arts Festival FAM, can be purchased at a price of 15 euros, with special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed and large families.

With a compelling stage and costume proposal and an original music creation that travels from the epic to the electronic, 11 performers will go through choreographies packed with violence, subtlety, and theatricality embarking, with all their physicality, on a festival of combat. According to the director and choreographer, the 2018 National Dance Award winner Antonio Ruz, "Pharsalia represents an anti-war ode to dance as a weapon of liberation and redeeming energy".

The Cordovan-born Roman poet, Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (39-65 A.D.), nephew of Seneca, wrote the only work by him to have survived until the present day: Pharsalia or Bellum Civile, an unfinished epic poem in ten books about the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great.  Due to its complex vitality, it has generated multiple critiques, meanings and interpretations throughout history. However, its relevance today distils a clear message that invokes freedom and rejection of tyranny. In his narrative, only resistance is heroic, and his lament proclaims a grievance that takes on a universal character.

Taking the Pharsalia by Lucan as a starting point, this choreographic work delves into the concept of war from an allegorical approach, putting the body at the service of daily concepts such as conflict, crisis, resistance, tension, and escape. However, humans are not content with the state of conflict, and that is where the traces of beauty, and hope, appear on stage.

Carmen Fumero, a multi-award-winning performer from Tenerife, is part of the cast of dancers and choreographic collaborators of Pharsalia, which is completed by José Alarcón, Gonzalo Álvarez, Mado Dallery, Joan Ferre, Manuel Martín, Lucía Montes, Alicia Narejos, Selam Ortega, Isabela Rossi and David Vilarinyo.

Pharsalia, recommended for ages 14 and over, is a co-production of Teatros del Canal and Museo Universidad de Navarra with the support of the Gran Teatro of Cordoba and Teatro Central of Seville, and with the collaboration of the Municipal Theatre of Coslada and the Sanchinarro Cultural Centre.

Antonio Ruz, an independent choreographer and dancer, is currently one of the most outstanding dance creators in Spain. Based on a marked interest in the most open nature of dance, his discourse is developed while leading his own company founded in 2010 or with interesting collaborations with renowned national and international groups, such as the German company Sasha Waltz & Guests.

After his training in flamenco, Spanish dance, ballet, and a significant career as a dancer in major companies, such as the Ballet Víctor Ullate, the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Lyon Opera Ballet or the Spanish National Dance Company, in 2009 he created his own company in pursuit of a creative identity through research in the field of movement and multidisciplinary collaboration. The distinctions and awards that have shaped his trajectory include the 2018 National Dance Award in the Creation Category and the 2013 Spanish radio and television (RTVE) "Ojo Crítico" Dance Award.

The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The rest of the FAM programme is available at www.famtenerife.com. Both programmes Danza a Escena and the Circuito Acieloabierto, collaborate with FAM and are sponsored by the INAEM (National Institute of Performing Arts and Music) of the Ministry of Culture of the Spanish Government.

This Thursday at the Chamber Hall, the ensemble will play quintets by Webern, Brahms and the Austrian composer after whom they are named.

The Auditorio de Tenerife has programmed a concert by the Korngold Ensemble View for Thursday [26th] at 7:30 p.m. The ensemble will offer a programme comprising quintets by the late Romantic composers Anton Webern, Johannes Brahms and the composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold himself, whose surname gives the ensemble its name.

The Korngold Ensemble Wien, which premieres in the Chamber Cycle of the Auditorio de Tenerife, is composed of Ludwig Mueller and Tiffany Pei Hsuan Wu on violin, Cynthia Liao on viola, Jonáš Krejčí on cello and Catalina Butcaru on piano. The ensemble was founded in 2019 by five renowned musicians who have been devoted to chamber music for several years.

The intention of the group, beyond interpreting the standard repertoire, is to perform pieces that are listened to less often, with a special emphasis on the 20th century, a particularly rich century in this musical genre. Since forming recently, the Korngold Ensemble Wien has been invited to important music festivals, such as in Austria, Spain, Hungary, and Taiwan.

For the ensemble, the three works that make up the programme expresses the essence and musical vision of each composer and they are linked to one another in the formal junction of late romanticism. Some of the 19^th century called instrumental music the ideal romantic art because, freed from the weight of words, it could perfectly communicate pure emotion.

At the height of the Romantic Era, the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) wrote his Quintet for piano in F minor, Op. 1833. Started as a quintet for string in Hamburg in 1862, the two final movements were completed in Vienna in 1864. As a piano quintet, it premiered on 22 June 1866 at the Conservatoire of Leipzig. This masterpiece is one of the gems of chamber music of the Romantic era with rich colour in terms of both emotion and harmony. The Viennese composers Anton Webern (1883-1945) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) were born towards the end of the Romantic era.

Although Anton Webern was the famous student of the Austrian composer Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951), the Piano quintet by Webern, composed in 1874, was written in a Romantic style with lyrical melodies and a meticulous harmony that is stylistically closer to Schumann and Brahms than to Schönberg.

In 1921, at the age of 24, Erich Wolfgang Korngold was at the peak of his career. He composed Piano Quintet, Op.15 in Vienna, and finally premiered it as a pianist in 1923. This masterpiece of late romanticism, with unique, incomparable musical characteristics and exuberant lyricism, represents the characteristic style of the Viennese school.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €15 on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com , at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed, and large families.

Marta Gardolińska will conduct the orchestra in a programme which includes the participation of cellist Bruno Philippe

This week the Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra) is restarting its season subscription concerts, following its participation in the opera María Moliner.   The programme includes the Pastoral Symphony by Beethoven. Beforehand there will be performances of the Overture for Orchestra by Grażyna Bacewicz and Concerto No.1 for Cello and Orchestra, by Joseph Haydn. Marta Gardolińska will conduct the Symphony Orchestra and the cellist Bruno Philippe will make his debut as a guest soloist on the island. This concert takes place in the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín this Friday [27th] at 7:30 p.m.

The programme begins with the Overture for Orchestra by Grażyna Bacewicz, work dated to 1943, which constitutes an exercise in vitality and optimism by the Polish composer in the midst of the war that was shaking Europe.   The piece is written based on short but very vigorous episodes, where the string, wood, and metal instruments constantly stir creating a compact sound.

Then, there will be a performance of Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob.   VIIb/1 for cello and orchestra, work composed in 1765 by Franz Joseph Haydn and devoted to the cellist Joseph Franz Weigl. On this occasion, the soloist will be the Frenchman Bruno Philippe, who is making his debut in Tenerife. The score, divided into three movements written in the form of a sonata, was rediscovered in 1961 after being lost for years; it is a real exercise in the exploration of the different polyphonic possibilities of this instrument.

Following the interlude, the orchestra will perform the piece that lends its name to this concert, Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op.   68, the Pastoral Symphony, by Ludwig van Beethoven, work premiered in 1808 that musically depicts different rural scenes that occurred in the outskirts of Vienna.  In addition to different sounds from nature, the German composer incorporates a länder into the third movement, a popular Central European rhythm that evokes a festive gathering between peasant farmers.

Marta Gardolińska, current musical director of the Opéra National de Lorraine and principal guest conductor of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona, began her conducting studies at the Frederic Chopin Music University in Warsaw and continued them at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna.   In 2016, she received the “Outstanding Pole in Austria” distinction for her constant work to popularise Polish music and culture around the world.

Her professional roles notably include her work as associate conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Dudamel Fellow with the Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.   In past seasons she conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre Chambre de Paris. 

In the field of opera, Gardolińska made her debut in France during the 2020/21 season, with the Opéra National de Lorraine, conducting new production of Der Traumgörge by Zemlinsky and at the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg conducting Carmen with Stéphanie d'Oustrac.  Last season she conducted a new production of Manru by Paderewski and a revival of La Traviata at the Opéra National de Lorraine.

The cellist Bruno Philippe trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and has performed at prestigious festivals and in concert halls all over the world alongside different groups, such as the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach, the Dijon-Bourgogne Orchestra with Gabor Takács- Nagy, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Münchener Kammerorchester, the Orchestre National de Bordeaux, the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, among others.

Within the field of chamber music, he has played with several artists of renowned prestige, such as Gary Hoffman, Tabea Zimmermann, Gidon Kremer, Christian Tetzlaff, David Kadouch, Renaud Capuçon, Jérôme Ducros, Tanguy de Williencourt, Antoine Tamestit, Sarah Nemtanu, Lise Berthaud, Timothy Ridout, Stephen Waarts, Kian Soltani, Christophe Coin, Jérôme Pernoo and Raphaël Pidoux. 

The Tenerife Association for Friends of Music is offering a free talk by José Lorenzo Chinea Cáceres beforehand in order to contextualise the different works of this concert. This event is free until full capacity is reached. It takes place on the Sala Avenida, next to the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín, at 6:30 p.m.

The tickets for this concert can be purchased until the day of the event on the website www.sinfonicadetenerife.es, at the auditorium's box office and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Performances from Greece, Israel, France, and Italy are appearing this Sunday in the Chamber Hall from 9:00 p.m. onwards.

On Sunday (22nd) from 9:00 p.m. onwards, the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martin welcomes the Tenerife Extension of the 28th International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands, Masdanza. The Chamber Hall offers a programme made up of four international dance duets.

The programme consists of Farisa, by Danae y Dyonysios from Athens, Greece, a duo that was created in the context of the pilgrims' actions. From the Israelite city of Tel Aviv comes Breeze through the soul, by Lal’el Pillora and Gilly Geva, which deals with the awareness of breathing.

The work Oxymore by Maxime Cozic and Sylvain Lepoivre was created in Toulon, France; it is inspired by an evening at a nightclub. Sandra Salietti Aguilera and Helias Tur-Dorvault arrive from the Italian city of Vittoria with their piece titled “I’ve seen that face before”, a performance that describes thoughts, feelings and sensations that artists have during the last seconds of a performance and the first bow.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €8 on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed and large families.

There will be two shows, one at 11:30 (children between 0-3 years) and one at 6:00 p.m. (children between 3-5 years) with two location options for the audience in each of the cases

On Saturday (21^st), the Moving Arts Festival FAM organised by the Auditorio de Tenerife proposes an interactive dance show for the whole family titled Paisatges. Estudi #1. La geometría del vínculo, (Landscapes. Study #1. Geometry of the bond) by CreaMoviment. The Chamber Hall will host two participative dance shows at 11:30 a.m. for families with children aged 0 to 3 (show) and at 6:30 p.m. for children between 3 and 5 years of age. In each show, there are two options available for the audience according to the level of participation they want: they can sit in the seating area or on stage to enjoy a greater interaction with the show.

Paisatges. Estudi #1 is an open artistic experience where using contemporary dance music performed live, spectators are invited to actively form part of the proposal. A simple item, painter’s tape, generates moments of enormous beauty when it comes into contact with the infinite universe of babies, who are amazed by the novelty and invited by performers to explore and play. Two dancers and a pianist create playful, intimate, and suggestive landscapes using their bodies and music.

The space, the costumes, and the staging take inspiration from the work of Pablo Palazuelo. The participants who take the plunge enjoy the space as observers while discovering themselves by dancing, playing, building, and transforming the space. This is an original idea by Cristina Martí Ninot under the direction of Toni Viñals Matas, and choreography by Cristina Martí Ninot and Teresa García-Valenzuela that will be performed by the latter with Fátima Campos Trempat, and Marc García-Rami playing the piano.

CreaMoviment is an artistic and educational collective that seeks authenticity, transformation, and sharing knowledge through a bond and respectful perspective. Their shows are the result of a constant process of research regarding materials and the real needs of children, opening up new perspectives to the adults accompanying them. Their apparently simple language is full of nuances that are distilled from their daily practice.

Regarding the tickets, they cost €5 (free for children under 4 years of age that do not occupy a seat), and they will be acquired through one channel or another depending on the desired location and participation. In this way, the stage is intended for families who want to experience the show in a more direct and participatory manner. These tickets can be purchased only by phone, at the box office and booked by email through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

On the other hand, the stalls are for the general public or families and children who prefer to enjoy it from a distance and without intervening. They can purchase this type of tickets through the usual channels (box office, telephone and website).

The 11:30 a.m. performance is for babies and children between 0 and 3 years of age, and they may be accompanied by a maximum of two adults. The 18:00 pm session is open to all the family and is recommended for children between three and five years.

Tickets can be purchased on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the box office from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m and by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 during the same schedule. When accessing the hall, you will be required to have a document proving the minor's age (ID card or family book). Pushchairs and prams are not allowed in the hall.

The rest of the FAM programme is available at www.famtenerife.com. The programmes Danza a Escena and the Circuito Acieloabierto, both of the INAEM (Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports) of the Ministry of Culture of the Spanish Government, collaborate with FAM.

The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra's musicians complete the cast in this show in Spanish and will also be on stage on Thursday and Saturday this week.

The documentary opera María Moliner opens tomorrow (Tuesday 17) the lyrical season at the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín. The remaining shows take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphonic Hall on Thursday (19th) and Saturday (21st). This Spanish show pays tribute to the lexicographer who wrote the Diccionario de uso del español (1966)  (Dictionary of the use of Spanish, 1966). It will bring together 63 artists on stage between soloists, choir members, and actors. The cast is completed with the members of the Sinfónica de Tenerife (Tenerife Symphony Orchestra). The tickets for this show are available starting at €20, except for the audience under the age of 30 who will pay €5.

María Moliner is produced by the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. It was premiered in 2016, and has also been staged in Oviedo and Mallorca. This opera in two acts and ten scenes with a libretto by Lucía Vilanova recounts the life of María Moliner, a lexicographer who achieved the feat of single-handedly producing a dictionary at home whose substance showed up in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.

The show pays tribute to María Moliner, one of the most fascinating Spanish women of the 20^th century, who tirelessly wrote on her Olivetti Pluma 22 the definitions for her dictionary. It shows the adversity she had to fight until she managed to edit and publish it after overcoming the obstacles of being a woman. The Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (DRAE) was produced by 46 people over two centuries, and María Moliner did it alone for over 15 years. Even according to Gabriel García Márquez, it was also the most complete, useful and fun dictionary of the Spanish language, more than twice the length of that of the Academy.

The stage director and set designer of this opera is Paco Azorín, who prompted the project from the very beginning. Azorín’s team, which has already been working for weeks at the Auditorium, is completed by Carlos Martos in charge of stage movement and choreography, Pedro Yagüe on lighting, Pedro Chamizo on audiovisual design and Juan Sebastián Domínguez on costume changes. The costumes were designed by María Araujo, who passed away a little over three years ago.

Víctor Pablo Pérez will conduct the Sinfónica de Tenerife, which will be accompanied by the 40 voices of the Opera of Tenerife-Intermezzo Resident Choir. The mezzo-soprano María José Montiel will play the leading role in this history, María Moliner. The baritone Juan Jesús Rodríguez from Huelva will play the husband of the writer, the academic Fernando Ramón y Ferrando. The soprano Anna Cabrera will sing the roles of the inspector from the Spanish University Union (SEU) and Carmen Conde and the baritone Pablo Gálvez from Granada will play the linotypist Goyanes.

In addition, Tenerife-born Candelaria González will play Emilia Pardo Bazán, while Gran Canarian mezzo-sopranos Silvia Zorita and Blanca Valido will be Isidra Guzmán y de la Cerda and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, respectively. The cast is completed by the bass-baritone Simón Orfila as the sought-after seat B of the RAE (Royal Spanish Academy), the tenor Joan Laínez as Almanaque I, the baritone César Méndez as Almanaque II and the bass-baritone Abraham García as Almanaque III.

On the other hand, this production has an extensive cast of actresses and actors from the islands: María Salazar, Romina R. Medina, Cristina Hernández, Elisa Cano, Melany Gabarre, Sheila Rodríguez, Niria Rodríguez, Selene Rodríguez, Adriana Isabel Cortés, Alba Carbajal, Daniel Sanginés and Saulo Trujillo.

The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. There are special discounts for students, unemployed, large families, and groups. Subscriptions for this season can still be purchased from 88 euros (20 euros for the audience under 30 years of age) until 5:00 p.m. the day of the first performance, in the same sales channels.

This first title, composed by Antoni Parera Fons and premiered in 2016, will have the mezzo-soprano María José Montiel as the lead character

The Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín opens its lyric season next week. Ópera de Tenerife opens the season 2023-2024 with María Moliner, which will take place on 17, 19, and 21 October at 7:30 p.m. in the Symphonic Hall. The details were announced by the provincial Minister for Culture of the Island Council of Tenerife, José Carlos Acha, the artistic director of the Auditorio, José Luis Rivero, the composer of the opera, Antoni Parera Fons, the musical director of the show, Victor Pablo Pérez, the stage director and stage designer, Paco Azorin, and the star who plays María Moliner, the mezzo-soprano María José Montiel.

José Carlos Acha stated that “it is an honour to present an opera of these characteristics, aware that there is a great artistic, technical, and management team behind it”. “Talking about María Moliner is a source of personal gratification because I remember how much we were recommended as children at school to use this dictionary” recalls the minister. “What this woman did was amazing work, ahead of her time, and this show is a great opportunity to enjoy a live opera and also discover the story of this extraordinary person” he stated.

José Luis Rivero announced that “we are happy to start the season of the 20^th Anniversary with this title”. “When we decided to open the seasons of Opera de Tenerife with a contemporary title in Spanish, we didn’t know where it might lead us, but we assumed the risks and we have learned that opera is the language that best communicates with society” reflects the cultural programmer. “María Moliner was an intellectual woman in an age of barbaric men and this opera is a real gem in contemporary music in Spain” declared Rivero.

Antoni Parera Fons recalled the story of how this opera started with the proposal that Paco Azorín made to him, as well as the hard work involved in this opera which had María José Montiel in mind from the outset. The maestro admitted that back then “I wondered how I could write an aria without the lead female character going through heartbreak or a love triangle, which are the common themes of great arias, but not here. In this case, she wants to create a dictionary.” “It is very gratifying to go through the entire process, from the peacefulness of being at home with a piece of paper and pencil to heading into theatres and seeing the enthusiasm of the teams to make the shows happen” shared the composer.

Víctor Pablo Pérez, honorary director of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and musical director of this opera, stated that “we are faced with a work that is becoming a classic, this is already the fourth time that it has been staged in a theatre.” With regard to the commitment by the Ópera de Tenerife, he envisaged that “committing to these types of titles will ultimately distinguish this institution.” Lastly, the orchestra conductor guaranteed that the public “will be amazed at a work of enormous value.”

Paco Azorín, the developer of this opera, stated “We are talking about one of the most fascinating and representative examples of a woman in the Spanish 20th century.” The stage director stated that Moliner lived between two words, destiny, which was to create her dictionary, and exile, which refers to the inner exile she suffered after the Civil War. “Therefore, she decided to put a brave face on things” states Azorín who recalls that “Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (DRAE) was produced by 46 people over two centuries and María Moliner did it alone over 15 years and it also was, even according to Gabriel García Márquez, the most complete, useful and fun dictionary of the Spanish language, more than twice the length of that of the Academy.” “This documentary opera features live projections of manuscripts and documents which attest to what the opera talks about” he announced.

For María José Montiel “this character is a privilege in my career”. “It is a work of art in every sense, with beautiful impressionistic music” declares the singer. For Montiel, this work “is the story of a heroine with a life of love, of determination… a true story”. The mezzo-soprano addressed the public to insist that “they come to see this work of art, an extraordinary production that is unique worldwide, that gets you hooked from the outset.”

María Moliner is a production by the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, premiered in 2016, and has also been staged in Oviedo and Mallorca. It is an opera in two acts and ten scenes with a libretto by Lucía Vilanova which recounts the life of María Moliner, a lexicographer who achieved the feat of single-handedly producing a dictionary at home whose substance showed up in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, a publication that this show pays tribute to.

The show reveals how María Moliner tirelessly wrote the definitions for her Diccionario de uso del español (1966) on her Olivetti Pluma 22 and shows the adversity she had to fight until she managed to edit it and publish it, after overcoming the obstacles of being a woman.

Azorín’s team, which has already been working for weeks at the Auditorium of Tenerife, is completed by Carlos Martos in charge of stage movement and choreography, Pedro Yagüe on lighting, Pedro Chamizo on audiovisual design and Juan Sebastián Domínguez on costume changes, the costumes were designed by María Araujo, who passed away a little over three years ago.

Víctor Pablo Pérez will conduct the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, which will be accompanied by the voices of the Opera of Tenerife-Intermezzo Resident Choir. In addition to Montiel as María Moliner, the baritone Juan Jesús Rodríguez from Huelva will play the husband of the writer, the academic Fernando Ramón y Ferrando. The soprano Anna Cabrera will sing the roles of the inspector from the Spanish University Union (SEU) and Carmen Conde and the baritone Pablo Gálvez from Granada will play the linotypist Goyanes.

In addition, Tenerife-born Candelaria González will play Emilia Pardo Bazán, while Gran Canarian mezzo-sopranos Silvia Zorita and Blanca Valido will be Isidra Guzmán y de la Cerda and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, respectively. The cast is completed by the bass-baritone Simón Orfila as the sought-after seat B of the RAE (Royal Spanish Academy), the tenor Joan Laínez as Almanaque I, the baritone César Méndez as Almanaque II and the bass-baritone Abraham García as Almanaque III.

On the other hand, this production has an extensive cast of actresses and actors from the islands: María Salazar, Romina R. Medina, Cristina Hernández, Elisa Cano, Melany Gabarre, Sheila Rodríguez, Niria Rodríguez, Selene Rodríguez, Adriana Isabel Cortés, Alba Carbajal, Daniel Sanginés and Saulo Trujillo.

The tickets are available for regular audiences for 20 euros (5 euros for the audience under 30 years of age), and there are also discounts for students, the unemployed, large families, and groups. The tickets are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 02:00 p.m. Subscriptions for this season can still be purchased from 88 euros (20 euros for the audience under 30 years of age) until 5:00 p.m. the day of the first performance, in the same sales channels.

The Catalan tenor and the pianist Marco Evangelisti will perform melodies from 'Luisa Fernanda' and 'Doña Francisquita', among others.

This week, the Auditorio of Tenerife is organising three lyrical recitals to complement the Tenerife Opera season. The programme, entitled Noches de Zarzuela (Zarzuela Evenings), will feature the Catalan tenor José Bros and the Italian pianist Marco Evangelisti. The three concerts take place at 7.30 p.m. each at the Teatro El Sauzal, the Infanta Leonor in Arona, and the Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín. Tickets can be purchased through the usual channels of the concert halls.

The first of the events with the Spanish genre takes place on Thursday (12th) at the Teatro El Sauzal. The next day (Friday 13th), the performance will be at the Auditorio Infanta Leonor Los Cristianos (Arona). Lastly, on 14 October, the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife will host the last performance of these Noches de Zarzuela.

Arias such as Bella enamorada of the zarzuela El último romántico will be heard, along with other melodies from well-known zarzuelas such as Luisa Fernanda, La dolorosa, Alma de dios, El huésped del sevillano, La isla de las perlas, El sombrero de tres picos, and Doña Francisquita.

José Bros, a tenor who is much loved by the Tenerife public and a regular of the Opera of Tenerife seasons, is considered one of the leading exponents of the Romantic bel canto repertoire of recent years. He has performed over 60 titles in this style and has also achieved important successes with works from the French repertoire.

Marco Evangelisti was born in Lucca, Italy. He has taught courses in the lyrical repertoire, and he performs as an accompanying pianist in opera and chamber music performances at the main theatres and festivals in Spain, Europe, and the United States, alongside performers such as Ainhoa Arteta, Montserrat Caballé, Mariola Cantarero, Fiorenza Cedolins, and María Gallego.

The tickets for the performance on 14 October at the Auditorio de Tenerife can be purchased at www.auditoriodetenerife.com, where the complete programme can also be checked. The tickets can also be purchased at the box office from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and by telephone on 902 317 327 during the same hours, except during the month of August. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed and large families. Tickets for the shows in El Sauzal and Arona can be purchased respectively on the websites of the two venues: www.teatroelsauzal.com and www.arona.org/auditorio.

'Seguimos enteras', starring the choreographer herself and Acerina H. Toledo, will take place this weekend with two shows

The Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín is scheduling the world premiere of the new work Seguimos enteras for this weekend, directed by Carmen Werner, National Dance Award winner. This production is by Provisional Danza, gestionART-e and Cía. El Jablero stars the choreographer herself and the Lanzarote dancer Acerina H. Toledo. The two shows take place on Friday (6th) and Saturday (7th) at 7:30 p.m. in the Sala Castillo.

This new creation is based on the premise that everything has a starting point and it considers the world as a game in which people only need to connect with life in order to realise that everyone has the right to make a fool of themselves. Not placing importance on the opinion of others is presented here as an inalienable right. This piece maintains that the fear of looking foolish when you want to fulfil your dreams is one of the main demotivators and predators of our drive and creativity.

Carmen Werner is a renowned figure in contemporary dance, recognised with the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts in 2020. In 2007, the Ministry of Culture awarded her the National Dance Award in the Performance category, and in 2001 she won the Third Prize at the First International Onassis Competition. She also received the Culture Prize in the Dance section of the Community of Madrid in 2000 and the Mention Prize at the XIII Cinema Festival of Girona. Her impact is reflected in the awarding of La llave en forga (Wrought-iron Key) by the Puerta al Mediterráneo Festival for her dance trajectory, and the Culiacán Award for Choreography in 2015. Trained in classical and contemporary dance in Madrid, Barcelona, and London, she founded Provisional Danza in 1987.

Acerina H. Toledo, a native of Lanzarote, trained in Tenerife, Gran Canarias, Madrid, and Nantes, which gave her a different perspective. She is the director of the Traslación Dance Festival and of the Cúrcuma hall. Alongside Juan Cabrera, she founded the Company El Jablero, producing Divino desierto. She has worked producing works such as Conversaciones entre plumas and La orilla de mi piel through the company, as well as the Traslación Dance Festival, bringing dance to unconventional places in Lanzarote. Her devotion and creativity have made a significant impact on contemporary dance.

The tickets can be purchased at a single price of €8 on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The rest of the FAM programme is available at www.famtenerife.com. FAM has the collaboration of the Dance on Stage and Acieloabierto Circuit, both of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music of the Spanish Ministry of Culture INAEM.