¡Ecco De León! Segundo reparto de Otello en el Teatro Real

By Aaron Vincent, 22 September 2025

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Reviewed at Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Madrid on 20 September 2025

Verdi, Otello

Teatro Real

Nicola Luisotti, Conductor

David Alden, Director

Jon Morrell, Set Designer

Adam Silverman, Lighting Designer

Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Coro Titular del Teatro Real

Maxine Braham, Dramaturgy

Jorge de León, Otello

Maria Agresta, Desdemona

Vladimir Stoyanov, Iago

Enkelejda Shkoza, Emilia

Airam Hernández, Cassio

Albert Casals, Roderigo

Insung Sim, Lodovico

Fernando Javier Radó, Montano

Pequeños Cantores de la ORCAM

Jose Luis Basso, Choirmaster / chorus director

Ana González, Dirección del coro de niños

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

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

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.

*****

Reality as a staging concept: La traviata at Teatro Real, Madrid

Juan José Freijo, 22nd July

In this historic reopening, Lisette Oropesa offers a magnificent performance, dramatically overwhelming and vocally very unique.

****1

La Veronal heads Into the Little Hill in Madrid

John Marten Barnard, 15th February

The Teatros del Canal host the Benjamin–Crimp partnership’s thrillingly dark, lyric retelling of Robert Browning’s famous 1842 poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin by La Veronal dance company.

*****

A disappointing new Falstaff from Laurent Pelly at the Teatro Real

Fernando Remiro, 25th April

Comedy fails to spark in Laurent Pelly's new production of Falstaff at the Teatro Real.

**111

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Aaron Vincent

Aaron Vincent nació en Londres en 1970 y reside en Madrid. Formado como arquitecto en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, es profesor de inglés, corrector y traductor especializado en teatro y musicología. Su interés principal es el teatro lírico y siente especial predilección por la ópera barroca y la zarzuela, en todas sus etapas y formatos. Es habitual de las temporadas musicales de Madrid y París. Ha colaborado con Filomúsica y Mundoclásico.