{"id":3845,"date":"2025-07-28T12:57:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/quienes-somos\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:17:55","slug":"quienes-somos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.abao.org\/en\/quienes-somos\/","title":{"rendered":"Qui\u00e9nes somos"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"abao-page-heading abao-page-heading--regular-type align wp-block-abao-page-heading\" id=\"abao-page-heading-69fc8e29f12a5\"\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"abao-page-heading__inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"abao-page-heading__heading\">About us<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tstyle=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--custom-50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--custom-50);\" class=\"abao-text is-block-with-sidebar abao-text--regular-font-size abao-text--regular-width abao-text--single-column align wp-block-abao-text\" id=\"abao-text-69fc8e29f3524\">\n\n\t<div class=\"abao-text__inner is-block-inner\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"abao-block__sidebar abao-block__sidebar--regular-width is-block-sidebar\"><h2 class=\"abao-block__sidebar-heading abao-block__sidebar-heading--regular-size\">We are all ABAO<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"abao-text__content is-block-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-text__text is-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Association of Friends of the Opera of Bilbao is not just a private non-profit organization, but also a community made up of all those of us who love opera. Through an efficient and sustainable management model, we have become an essential member of the Basque and Spanish cultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>We programme our seasons with tenacity and affection, thinking in excellence, which has given us an international projection and has enabled us to be on a par with the major theatres and operas. A commitment we fulfil thanks to the joint work of our entire group: members, patrons and private sponsors. It is the only way to guarantee a balanced proposal that reaches an audience of over 82,000 people.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tstyle=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--custom-80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--custom-80);\" class=\"abao-text is-block-with-sidebar abao-text--regular-font-size abao-text--regular-width abao-text--single-column align wp-block-abao-text\" id=\"abao-text-69fc8e29f4090\">\n\n\t<div class=\"abao-text__inner is-block-inner\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"abao-block__sidebar abao-block__sidebar--regular-width is-block-sidebar\"><h2 class=\"abao-block__sidebar-heading abao-block__sidebar-heading--regular-size\">ABAO data<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"abao-text__content is-block-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-text__text is-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>At the ABAO Bilbao Opera, in addition to having become an essential sector in the social and cultural sphere, we create wealth, consumption and employment in the environment where we carry out our main activity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tstyle=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--custom-80);\" class=\"abao-data-list abao-data-list--regular-type is-block-with-sidebar align wp-block-abao-data-list\" id=\"abao-data-list-69fc8e2a000b7\">\n\n\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__inner is-block-inner\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"abao-block__sidebar abao-block__sidebar--regular-width is-block-sidebar\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__content is-block-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-data abao-data-list__item-data--has-1-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t18M\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe generate a GDP of around 18 million Euros.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-data abao-data-list__item-data--has-1-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t300\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe contribute to maintain over 300 jobs, 20 times our staff.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-data abao-data-list__item-data--has-1-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-data-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t10 \u20ac\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"abao-data-list__item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe generate 10 Euros of GDP for every Euro we receive from grants.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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