The 24th Seville Flamenco Biennial will close on 3 October 2026 with one of its most symbolically significant events. Carmen Linares will come to the Teatro de la Maestranza with Perlas a millares, a show created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Antología de la mujer en el cante, the album that in 1996 marked a turning point in her career.
This will not be just another date on the calendar. The organisers present it as a One-off Night and as the official closing event of an edition that began on 9 September and, for almost a month, will have filled Seville’s theatres, monuments, courtyards and heritage venues with singing, dance and guitar.
Carmen Linares will not be alone. She will share the stage with Marina Heredia, María Terremoto and Rocío Luna on vocals, and with Rafaela Carrasco on dance, in a production that looks both to the memory of women in flamenco and to the generations that continue that legacy today.
Quick answer: Carmen Linares will close the 2026 Seville Flamenco Biennial on Saturday 3 October at 20:00 at the Teatro de la Maestranza with Perlas a millares, joined by Marina Heredia, María Terremoto, Rocío Luna and Rafaela Carrasco. The show celebrates 30 years of Antología de la mujer en el cante, one of the landmark works of her career.
Last updated: 2 September 2026. Ticket availability and some production details may change. Always check the official information.
Choosing Carmen Linares to close the 2026 Biennial carries meaning far beyond the prestige of her name. The singer belongs to a generation that was decisive in the modernisation and international projection of flamenco, and her career has intersected with some of the genre’s central chapters over recent decades.
The closing night also arrives after an edition with a particularly strong focus on singing. The Biennial itself has highlighted the presence of more than one hundred voices in its programme, from major masters to young performers. Giving the final night to Carmen Linares reinforces that idea of continuity: a historic figure who makes room for and shares repertoire with artists from different generations.
Perlas a millares therefore works both as the end of the festival and as a gesture of transmission. It does not simply revisit an old album: it returns to a repertoire built from the voices and styles of essential women in flamenco and brings it back onto a major contemporary stage.
The 3 October performance will be the final event in the general programme. The day before, the Biennial will have hosted its last premieres at other venues around the city; the following night, the Maestranza will concentrate the institutional and artistic closing of the edition.
That is why the show has been included among the One-off Nights, the series that brings together productions conceived as unrepeatable events. In this case, its exceptional character rests on the anniversary, the gathering of artists and the historical weight of the repertoire.
In 1996 Carmen Linares released Antología de la mujer en el cante, a project that recovered and reinterpreted repertoires associated with great women singers from flamenco history. The recording appeared at a particularly fertile moment for flamenco, when works of strong aesthetic renewal coexisted with a growing awareness of recorded memory and tradition.
The Biennial itself recalls that the album featured guitarists such as Vicente Amigo, Tomatito, Rafael Riqueni and Moraíto, among others. The album became a central reference in Carmen Linares’s discography and one of the most frequently cited works when discussing the role of women in the history of flamenco singing.
Thirty years later, Perlas a millares returns to that material not as a literal recreation, but as a stage tribute. Carmen Linares selects essential styles from the album and shares them with present-day voices that represent different paths within flamenco.
The value of the work lies both in its repertoire and in its concept. The anthology focused attention on women singers and creators who had often remained scattered across oral memory, historic recordings or specialist references.
Names such as Niña de los Peines, La Mejorana, La Trini, La Serneta, La Repompa and Perla de Cádiz were connected within a single artistic discourse. Carmen Linares did not merely quote those repertoires: she reinterpreted them through her own personality, helping new generations to listen to and study them again.
The 30th-anniversary celebration at the Biennial once again places that female genealogy at centre stage.
One of the main attractions of Perlas a millares is the gathering of artists. Carmen Linares is the central figure, but the show is conceived as a dialogue between generations.
Marina Heredia brings one of the most recognisable voices in contemporary flamenco and will arrive at the closing night after headlining her own concert with the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra on 1 October. María Terremoto represents a line directly connected to Jerez’s singing tradition. Rocío Luna, winner of the Lámpara Minera in 2023, embodies an even younger generation and appears in this edition sharing the stage with one of the great masters of flamenco singing.
The dance will be performed by Rafaela Carrasco, an experienced choreographer and dancer whose presence expands the show beyond the recital format. The meeting of singing, guitar and dance reinforces the idea of a living anthology translated into the stage language of 2026.
The Biennial’s official programme outlines an especially wide-ranging journey. The repertoire includes Lucena fandangos and rondeña, linked to Dolores de la Huerta and Concha la Peñaranda; alegrías and cantinas associated with Niña de los Peines, La Mejorana and Rosario la del Colorao; and tientos from the orbit of Pastora Pavón.
There will also be bamberas and Huelva fandangos, an instrumental section, granaína, malagueña and taranta, as well as bulería por soleá, tangos, seguiriyas, bulerías and tonás.
The programme does not aim to represent every flamenco form, but to recover a selection of styles linked to women who left a decisive mark on flamenco singing. The variety also gives the guest artists different spaces within the show.
The title Perlas a millares is especially fitting for a production built precisely from this accumulation of voices, styles and memories.
Musical direction is by Carmen Linares. On guitar will be Salvador Gutiérrez and Edu Espín; Pablo Suárez will be on piano and Dani Suárez on percussion.
Backing vocals and handclaps will be provided by Ana María González and Rosario Amador. Sound design will be by Álvaro Barco and Miguel Torroja, while lighting will be by Antonio Valiente. Lourdes García is responsible for production and Miguel Espín Pacheco for artistic coordination.
It is a team designed to support a large-scale production without losing the project’s centre of gravity: flamenco singing and the memory carried by this repertoire.
The Teatro de la Maestranza will be one of the main centres of gravity of the 2026 Biennial. Sara Baras, José Mercé, Israel Galván, Farruquito, Marina Heredia and other artists will appear on its stage before Carmen Linares’s closing performance.
Its technical capacity and scale make it possible to stage productions that require a large stage box, complex lighting and strong acoustics. For a closing show such as Perlas a millares, the venue also brings a ceremonial dimension that fits the tribute and end-of-edition character.
If you want to compare this venue with other stages in the programme, see our guide to the most spectacular venues of the 2026 Biennial.
The performance is scheduled for Saturday 3 October at 20:00. As this is the closing event and a One-off Night, it is best not to leave ticket buying until the last minute.
Demand has been very high for several of the Biennial’s main shows, and the Teatro de la Maestranza hosts some of the events with the greatest drawing power. Before buying, always check current availability and the specific seating area through the official channels.
To compare prices, discounts and sales conditions, see our guide to 2026 Biennial tickets, prices and discounts. If a particular show appears sold out, we have also prepared a guide on what to do if you cannot find tickets for the Biennial.
And if you plan to continue the evening in Seville, you can also see our selection for watching flamenco in Seville outside the festival’s official programme.
The 2026 closing night is not conceived as a summary of the edition, but as an artistic statement in its own right. Carmen Linares returns to the album that transformed her career and turns it into a collective celebration of the women who built an essential part of flamenco singing.
The presence of Marina Heredia, María Terremoto, Rocío Luna and Rafaela Carrasco keeps the tribute from being trapped in nostalgia. The result points elsewhere: showing how a historic repertoire can continue to pass from one generation to another without losing depth or identity.
After almost a month of programming, Perlas a millares will provide the final compás of the 24th Biennial. And it will do so by looking back to explain precisely why that past remains alive in flamenco today.
Carmen Linares will perform on Saturday 3 October 2026 at 20:00 at the Teatro de la Maestranza.
Yes. It is the final event in the general programme and the Biennial presents it as the closing show of its 24th edition.
It celebrates the 30th anniversary of Antología de la mujer en el cante, the album released by Carmen Linares in 1996.
Guests will include Marina Heredia, María Terremoto and Rocío Luna on vocals, and Rafaela Carrasco on dance.
The programme includes, among others, fandangos, rondeña, alegrías, cantinas, tientos, bamberas, granaína, malagueña, taranta, bulería por soleá, tangos, seguiriyas, bulerías and tonás.
At the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, one of the main large-scale venues of the 2026 Biennial.
Yes. The Biennial includes Perlas a millares within its One-off Nights programme.
Tickets should be purchased through the official channels of the Biennial and the Teatro de la Maestranza. Check availability and prices before travelling.
Information checked against the official programme of the 24th Seville Flamenco Biennial and the listing for Perlas a millares. Details reviewed on 2 September 2026. The organisers may change times, availability or production details.
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