Opera (e)Studio singers are offering an opera recital at Paraninfo in Universidad de La Laguna on Tuesday, 9th October at 7:30 pm. Seventeen arias by different composers are to be sung by the members of the 6th learning academy fostered by Ópera de Tenerife. This recital is part of the collaboration agreement between Auditorio de Tenerife and Universidad de La Laguna. The singers are also giving a recital at Auditorio de Arafo on Thursday, 11th at 7:30 pm. Admission to both recitals is free.

The programme includes interpreting six arias from Rossini’s The Italian in Algiers. From 25 to 28 October, this opera will be put on at Sala Sinfónica of Auditorio de Tenerife to open the new Ópera de Tenerife season. At the Paraninfo recital, eleven more arias from different operas will be interpreted too, including Anna Boleyn, Don Giovanni, Romeo and Juliet.

Hana Lee is accompanying pianist in both programmes which include the following singers: Maria Ostroukhova, Milos Bulajic, Matías Moncada, Gianni Giuga, Francesco Samuele Venuti, Inés Lorans, Sophie Burns, Vittoria Vimercati, Biao Li, Aleksandr Utkin, Esteban Baltazar, Anna Kabrera and Jorge Eleazar Álvarez.

The Opera (e)Studio singers arrived on the Island in early September and they have attended training sessions on different aspects in addition to master classes by the artistic director of Opera (e)Studio, Giulio Zappa; by soprano Mariella Devia; by musical director, Nikolas Nagele, and by Ópera de Tenerife’s intendant, Alejandro Abrante.