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Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia (; (スペイン語:Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofía); anglicised as "Reina (Queen) Sofía Palace of the Arts") is an opera house and cultural centre in Valencia, Spain. It opened on 8 October 2005; its first opera staging was of Beethoven's ''Fidelio'' on 25 October 2006. Tenor and conductor Plácido Domingo has maintained a special relationship with the Palau since its founding and has established a young singers training program there. On 21 January 2015, Spanish police arrested the company's general director, Helga Schmidt, for alleged financial irregularities at the house. She was relieved of her duties with the company on the same day. Davide Livermore has since assumed Schmidt role as general director.〔(Intendente Palau de les Arts )〕 In March 2015, the company appointed Roberto Abbado and Fabio Biondi as joint music directors. ==The company== From its inception until early 2015, administration of the company was under the leadership of Helga Schmidt, formerly of London's Royal Opera House (from 1973 to 1981). Schmidt attracted some major artists to be involved with the Palau. Among them is Zubin Mehta, who leads an annual music and opera festival, the ''Festival del Mediterráneo'', which began in 2007; the late Lorin Maazel, who became music director of the company before his death; and Plácido Domingo, who brought his Operalia competition to the Palau in October 2007,〔George Hall, "Revival House", ''Opera News'', May 2006, pp 40–42〕 and performs there regularly (''Cyrano de Bergerac'' in 2007, ''Iphigénie en Tauride'' in 2008, ''Die Walküre'' in 2009, etc.). He has appeared with the company every season since its creation.〔 The resident orchestra at the Queen Sofía Palace of the Arts is the Valencian Community Orchestra. The theatre's first season was dated, 2006-2007. During the first and second seasons the theatre staged seven or eight operas per season, as well as an operetta, a zarzuela, and vocal recitals. During the 2008-2009 season theatre staged seven operas and one zarzuela, in performances that mainly conducted by Lorin Maazel. Soloists included Plácido Domingo, Christopher Ventris, Vittorio Grigolo, Maria Guleghina, and Cristina Gallardo-Domâs. The 2008-2009 Festival del Mediterrani included the complete Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Zubin Mehta, again with Plácido Domingo. The Queen Sofía company promotes symphonic concerts, opera galas, and vocal recitals.〔( 2009–10 season on the company's website )〕 The company also hosts the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo, an advanced training program of international draw for young opera artists, named in honor of Plácido Domingo.〔http://www.lesarts.com/en/centre_perfeccionament〕 The program is run under the famous tenor's aegis.〔(PLÁCIDO DOMINGO ADVANCED CENTRE (official page) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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