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I love this innocent moment in Bizet’s “Carmen,” full of memory and harmony. @ArturoChaconC as Don José and Magali Simard‑Galdès as Micaëla give us a brief moment of pure happiness, before the tragedy takes its course at the @OperadeMontreal.

🗓 San Isidro #bullfights @LasVentas Tickets at las-ventas.com

San Isidro #bullfights from May 8 to June 14, at the Las Ventas bullring, in Madrid. 👇

San Isidro festivities in #Madrid begin with the traditional "pregón" at the Plaza de la Villa and will run from May 7 to 17. 👇

@Mulla9131 Ronda in Málaga 🇪🇸

It's Spain 🇪🇸 guess the city name

Marrakech’s medina and Jemaa el-Fnaa Square are among the planet’s most exhilarating spots. Morocco 🇲🇦 is a wonderland of exotic sights and sounds.

#Bullfighting season at @LasVentas, in #Madrid, are off to a good start. 👇 Calendar and tickets at las-ventas.com

Ya podéis consultar la programación de San Isidro sanisidromadrid.com

Paris, city of desires where dreams can come true. Ruggero, freshly arrived in the French capital is full of wonder at its possibilities, unaware that the love he will taste there could be ephemeral. A showpiece aria from Puccini's "La Rondine" with @PlacidoDomingo . "Parigi, città dei desideri" in a recording by Deutsche Grammophon, 2009. youtu.be/u1C2ZfhJUBk?is…

Last night in Montreal: @ArturoChaconC as Don José in "Carmen". His Flower Aria - touchingly beautiful, vocally and dramatically 💖 Four more chances to feel these goosebumps 🎶❣️🎶

A condemned man's lament for life and love, the fragrant earth and starry nights. Rarely has a letter sent such a harrowing message to a beloved. French tenor Benjamin Bernheim ended a recital at Staatsoper Berlin last night with a glittering encore from Puccini's "Tosca" in his warm lyrical timbre and soaring register. Cavaradossi's showpiece aria "E lucevan le stelle". @ben_bernheim

The most right wing immigrant group in Spain is Venezuelan-Spaniards. The right bloc wins the venezuelan vote by 40 points. Venezuelans are also the immigrant group most likely to vote for VOX, the most right-wing party. This according to a new poll of latin immigrants.

Spanish Empire in Europe 1559

“El 2 y el 3 de mayo de 1808 en Madrid”, de Goya

Meet the visionary Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán in our new exhibition, now open in the Sainsbury Wing. Francisco de Zurbarán is one of Baroque Spain's greatest artists, known for his stunning paintings of religious devotion and spiritual wonder which can still have a powerful effect on us today. Book your tickets here: bit.ly/43SmxGk Special thanks to our Headline Corporate Supporter @iberdrola and @ScottishPower and our Contributing Supporter, @bbva

Canela fina. Madrileños, feliz #2deMayo

In 2005, Madrid voted to cap the M-30 highway and “rewild” the river. In place of traffic and exhaust fumes, the air is now filled with the sound of birds and people. This is the way, US cities.

Love this 👇 Japanese dancing Sevillanas in full flamenco dress. 👇💃

Interested in moving to Spain? A new cost of living calculator breaks down costs across 11 Spanish cities and shows expats where they can afford a better quality of life. Read more: forbes.com/sites/laurabeg… Photo: Getty Images