Festival Internacional de Santander
festival internacional de santander fis one spain oldest music festival year month august present two three opera well performance visiting ballet theatre company solo recital choral symphonic chamber music concert largest main performing space palacio de festivales calle gamazo santander however performance also held fifty church cloister park santander smaller town cantabria region festival main performance space gigantic tent santanders plaza porticada final performance concert norwegian chamber orchestra mstislav rostropovich august upon completion palacio de festivales became festival new home inaugurated performance king consort handel oratorio joshua building designed francisco javier sáenz de oiza main auditorium sala argenta noted transparent naturalsounding acoustic seating capacity unusually backdrop stage large window looking onto bay santander auditorium named honour spanish conductor ataúlfo argenta played major role establishment festival festival beginning programme providing cultural entertainment foreign student universidad internacional menéndez pelayo become fully fledged international music festival josé manuel riancho first director josé luis ocejo noted conductor founder coral salvé de laredo director since many festival performance broadcast live spanish national radio rtve rtvemúsica label issued eight performance cd including production simon boccanegra berlin philharmonic concert work mahler bruckner beethoven amongst many distinguished conductor musician singer appeared festival internacional de santander year zubin mehta sir georg solti riccardo muti arthur rubinstein alicia de larrocha daniel barenboim diletta rizzo marin montserrat caballé teresa berganza samuel ramey juan diego flórez mirella freni josé carreras plácido domingo made kirov opera debut title role otello company performed festival list classical music festival dennis gray stoll music festival world guide leading festival music macmillan jesús delgado años de la plaza porticada de santander recogidos en un libro el país august enrique franco editor plaza porticada festival de santander circero editores official web site festival internacional de santander