Cristóbal Soler Joining the Granados Celebration Advisory Committee

Cristóbal Soler is Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Teatro de la Zarzuela (National Lyric Theater), Madrid, Principal Guest Conductor and Associate Director of the Navarra Symphony Orchestra, and Chairman of the AESDO, Spanish Association of Conductors.

Considered one of the most important conductors of his generation, Soler has established a successful career conducting extensive symphonic repertoire and opera productions. He has received many accolades for Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosí fan tutte, La Traviata, Rigoletto, L´elisir d´amore, Don Pascuale, La Sonambula, Carmen, Lalo´s Le Roi d’Ýs, Gounod´s Mireille, La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, Werther, and Aida, among others.

His repertory of zarzuelas reveals Maestro Soler as one of today’s best ambassadors of Spanish Music. He has conducted many Spanish zarzuelas titles such as Los diamantes de la corona (International Opera Awards 2015 nominee), El Gato Montés (Teatro Campoamor Lyrical Award for best lyrical production), El barberillo de Lavapiés, Pan y toros, Alma de Dios, El trust de los tenorios, Los claveles, La reina mora, Doña Francisquita, Luisa Fernanda, La Generala, La Revoltosa, La Verbena de la Paloma; Agua, Azucarillos y Aguardiente, Los descamisados, El año pasado por agua, Marina, El Dominó azul, La Dogaresa and La Gran Vía. He has always received excellent reviews that emphasize his charisma and interpretation as well as his immaculate conducting technique.