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Trained at the Conservatorio Superior de M\u00fasica de Bilbao and later in Italy, he has appeared at Teatro Real, Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, Palacio Euskalduna, Teatro Villamarta, Teatro Campoamor, Baluarte, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Festival de Peralada, Quincena Musical de San Sebasti\u00e1n, and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His repertoire includes opera, zarzuela, oratorio and contemporary music. Recent highlights include <em>Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/em> and <em>Turandot<\/em> at Peralada, <em>El juez<\/em> with Jos\u00e9 Carreras in Bilbao and Austria, <em>Don Giovanni<\/em>, <em>Mendi-Mendiyan<\/em>, <em>Rigoletto<\/em>, <em>Do\u00f1a Francisquita<\/em>, <em>Carmen<\/em>, <em>Madama Butterfly<\/em>, <em>Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites<\/em>, <em>Gianni Schicchi<\/em>, <em>Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em>, <em>Otello<\/em>, <em>La traviata<\/em>, <em>La boh\u00e8me<\/em> and <em>La tabernera del puerto<\/em>, at venues such as the Quincena Musical, ABAO Bilbao Opera, Teatro de la Zarzuela and Teatro Arriaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has recorded the opera <em>Maitena<\/em> with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and the Bilbao Choral Society, and collaborated with La Fura dels Baus in <em>Carmina Burana<\/em> in Santiago de Chile and Macedonia. His upcoming projects include <em>Amaya<\/em>, <em>Werther<\/em>, <em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>, <em>Andrea Ch\u00e9nier<\/em> and Faur\u00e9\u2019s <em>Requiem<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2425,"template":"","class_list":["post-2983","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jos\u00e9 Manuel D\u00edaz - ABAO-OLBE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/jose-manuel-diaz-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jos\u00e9 Manuel D\u00edaz - ABAO-OLBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Bilbao-born baritone Jos\u00e9 Manuel D\u00edaz has enjoyed a career [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/jose-manuel-diaz-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ABAO-OLBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T16:19:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Josema-Diaz.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"463\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abao.org\\\/en\\\/artista\\\/jose-manuel-diaz-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abao.org\\\/en\\\/artista\\\/jose-manuel-diaz-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jos\u00e9 Manuel D\u00edaz - 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