Piotr Beczała: elegancia y potencia en las Las Voces del Real

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 02 May 2021

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Reviewed at Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Madrid on 1 May 2021

Moniuszko, Halka: Overture (Arias and scenes)

Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Come un bel dì di maggio

Żeleński, Janek: Gdy ślub weźmiesz z twoim Stachem (Arias and scenes)

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Moniuszko, Halka: Szumia jodły

Moniuszko, Straszny dwor (The Haunted Manor): Aria z kurantem

Paderewski, Nocturne in B flat major Op.16 no.4 (Orq. Łukasz Borowicz)

Puccini, Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai

Nowowiejski, Legenda Bałtyku (The Legend of the Baltic): Czy ty mnie kochasz

Glinka, Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture

Puccini, Turandot: Nessun dorma

Piotr Beczała, Tenor

Łukasz Borowicz, Conductor

Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Deborah Warner attains her theatrical dream at the Teatro Real

Juan José Freijo, 12th March

Warner once again displays her unquestionable talent onstage and her affinity with Benjamin Britten, although, on this occasion, the musical aspect are not equally satisfactory.

***11

Spain in its many voices: Teatro Real’s Carnegie Hall gala

Edward Sava-Segal, 5th June

María Dueñas and Saioa Hernández anchor a Spanish programme in New York marked by a Hollywood detour.

***11

Teatro Real brings a taste of Spain to New York

David Wolfson, 16th October

Juanjo Mena and the orchestra of Spain’s powerhouse opera company presents a gala concert, featuring Manuel de Falla's El amor brujo at its centre.

***11

Illuminating history-makers: Nixon in China lands in Madrid

David Karlin, 17th April

John Adams’ opera about Richard Nixon’s historic meeting with Mao Tse-Tung is performed with all round excellence, with a real find on the podium in the shape of Olivia Lee-Gunderman.

****1

Madrid's Teatro Real orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall debut

Edward Sava-Segal, 15th September

Juanjo Mena conducts a programme entirely dedicated to Spanish music, including zarzuelas and popular scores by Manuel de Falla.

***11

The martyrs and the oppressed: Peter Grimes at Teatro Real Madrid

Juan José Freijo, 19th April

The new production of Peter Grimes stands out as the strongest item in Teatro Real's season, with magnificent staging by Deborah Warner and superb musical direction by Ivor Bolton, with outstanding vocal and dramatic performances.

*****

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.