BIO

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Ángeles Blancas, recognized as Best Soprano of 2023 at the Opera XXI Awards for her magnificent performance of Kostelnička at the Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla, a production by Robert Carsen. Specialized in the 20th century dramatic repertoire, she has worked with musical directors like Antonio Pappano, Fabio Luisi or Álvaro Albiach, and scene directors like Graham Vick, Robert Carsen or Calixto Bieito.

Throughout 2024 she has worked on many productions, highlighting among them A. Reimann's Lear at the Teatro Real de Madrid, performing the role of Goneril with great success from critics and audiences. Recent past projects also include Rusalka, the Fiery Angel, Medée, and Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Liceu in Barcelona. She closed the season with Giorgietta from Puccini's opera Il Tabarro at ABAO Bilbao.

Her last performances include Kostelnička (Jenufa) at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, Il prigioniero (La Madre) in a new production by Calixto Bieito at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and a concert of arias by Wagner with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga. 

She'll open the 25-26 season with Isaac Albeniz's Pepita Jiménez at the Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid with stage direction by Giancarlo del Monaco, which will be followed by her debut in Wagner's Flying Dutchman playing the role of Senta in Tenerife. She'll close the year 2025 repeating the role of The Mother in Il prigioniero under the baton of Maestro A. Pappano in Prague.