Teatro Real: Sala PrincipalPlaza de Isabel II, s/n, Madrid, 28013, Spain
Dates/times in Madrid time zone
Programme
| Reimann, Aribert (1936-2024) | Lear |
Performers
| Teatro Real | ||
| Asher Fisch | Conductor | |
| Calixto Bieito | Director | |
| Rebecca Ringst | Set Designer | |
| Ingo Krügler | Costume Designer | |
| Franck Evin | Lighting Designer | |
| Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real | ||
| Coro Titular del Teatro Real | ||
| Sarah Derendinger | Video | |
| Bettina Auer | Dramaturgy | |
| Jose Luis Basso | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Bo Skovhus | Baritone | Lear |
| Ángeles Blancas | Soprano | Goneril |
| Erika Sunnegårdh | Soprano | Regan |
| Susanne Elmark | Soprano | Cordelia |
| Derek Welton | Bass | Duke of Albany |
| Michael Colvin | Tenor | Duke of Cornwall |
| Torben Jürgens | Bass | King of France |
| Lauri Vasar | Baritone | Earl of Gloucester |
| Andrew Watts | Countertenor | Edgar |
| Andreas Conrad | Tenor | Edmund |
| Kor-Jan Dusseljee | Tenor | Earl of Kent |
| Ernst Alisch | Actor | Fool |
Premiere at the Teatro Real
Production from Opéra National de París
Based on William Shakespeare's King Lear, this opera composed by Aribert Reimann is premiered for the first time in Spain by Calixto Bieito. A powerful opera in which the legendary baritone Bo Skovhus plays the title role.
Reviews of Lear directed by Calixto Bieito
Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, November 2019 (Français)
Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, May 2016 (Français)
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