{"id":6737,"date":"2026-04-14T13:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=6737"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:50:21","slug":"angeles-blancas","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/angeles-blancas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1ngeles Blancas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c1ngeles Blancas, winner of the 2023 \u00d3pera XXI Award for Best Soprano for her performance as Kostelni\u010dka in <em>Jen\u016ffa<\/em> at Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, is one of Spain\u2019s leading voices in dramatic repertoire, with a particular focus on twentieth-century opera. She has worked with conductors including Antonio Pappano, Fabio Luisi, Asher Fisch and \u00c1lvaro Albiach, and with stage directors such as Graham Vick, Robert Carsen and Calixto Bieito. In 2024 she appeared in productions including Aribert Reimann\u2019s <em>Lear<\/em> at Teatro Real, where she sang Goneril to great critical and public acclaim; <em>Rusalka<\/em>, <em>The Fiery Angel<\/em>, <em>Medea<\/em> and Shostakovich\u2019s <em>Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk<\/em> at the Gran Teatre del Liceu; and ended the year as Giorgetta in <em>Il tabarro<\/em> at ABAO Bilbao Opera. Recent appearances include Kostelni\u010dka in <em>Jen\u016ffa<\/em> at the Teatro Nacional de S\u00e3o Carlos in Lisbon, The Mother in <em>Il prigioniero<\/em> in a new production by Calixto Bieito at Teatro dell\u2019Opera di Roma, and a concert of Wagner arias with the M\u00e1laga Symphony Orchestra. In the 2025\/26 season she sings <em>Pepita Jim\u00e9nez<\/em> at Teatro de la Zarzuela, makes her debut as Senta in <em>Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder<\/em> in Tenerife and returns to <em>Il prigioniero<\/em> under Antonio Pappano. Forthcoming engagements include <em>Yerma<\/em>, the world premiere of Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Verd\u00fa\u2019s <em>Medea<\/em>, and Br\u00fcnnhilde in <em>Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em> at ABAO Bilbao Opera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5562,"template":"","class_list":["post-6737","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00c1ngeles Blancas - 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\/angeles-blancas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00c1ngeles Blancas - ABAO-OLBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00c1ngeles Blancas, winner of the 2023 \u00d3pera XXI Award for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/artista\/angeles-blancas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ABAO-OLBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-25T10:50:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Angeles-Blancas-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2353\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\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\\\/angeles-blancas\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.abao.org\\\/en\\\/artista\\\/angeles-blancas\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u00c1ngeles Blancas - 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