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MadridIl trovatore

© Jon Cazenave
Verdi: Il trovatore
Nicola Luisotti; Francisco Negrín; Teatro Real; François López-Ferrer; Louis Désiré; Bruno Poet

MadridPuccini - Manon Lescaut

© Manuel Alcorlo
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Nicola Luisotti; Carlos Wagner; Teatro Real; Frank Philipp Schlößmann; Jon Morrell; Nicol Hungsberg; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

DijonRiccardo Primo - HandelConcert performance

Les Arts Florissants
Handel: Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra
Paul Agnew; Teatro Real; Les Arts Florissants; Mélissa Petit; Paul Figuier

MadridHändel - Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra

© Manuel Alcorlo
Handel: Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra
Paul Agnew; Teatro Real; Les Arts Florissants; Mélissa Petit; Hugh Cutting

BarcelonaRiccardo Primo - HandelConcert performance

Les Arts Florissants
Handel: Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra
Paul Agnew; Teatro Real; Les Arts Florissants; Mélissa Petit; Paul Figuier

ValenciaRiccardo Primo - HandelConcert performance

Les Arts Florissants
Handel: Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra
Paul Agnew; Teatro Real; Les Arts Florissants; Mélissa Petit; Paul Figuier
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Deborah Warner attains her theatrical dream at the Teatro Real

Iestyn Davies (Oberon) y  Liv Redpath (Tytania) © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
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
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Illuminating history-makers: Nixon in China lands in Madrid

Alfred Kim (Mao), Leigh Melrose (Nixon),Sandra Ferrández, Gemma Coma-Alabert and Ekaterina Antípova © Teatro Real | Javier del Real
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
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The martyrs and the oppressed: Peter Grimes at Teatro Real Madrid

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

In this historic reopening, Lisette Oropesa offers a magnificent performance, dramatically overwhelming and vocally very unique.
****1
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La Veronal heads Into the Little Hill in Madrid

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.
*****
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A disappointing new Falstaff from Laurent Pelly at the Teatro Real

Comedy fails to spark in Laurent Pelly's new production of Falstaff at the Teatro Real. 
**111
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MadridThe Bartered BrideNew production

© Teatro Real
Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta)
Gustavo Gimeno; Laurent Pelly; Teatro Real; Caroline Ginet; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real; Coro Titular del Teatro Real
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Fabián Panisello nos habla del estreno de El abrecartas

Fabián Panisello © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
Fabián Panisello reflexiona acerca de la tarea de llevar ante el público El abrecartas, la última ópera de Luis de Pablo.

Maybe not in a straight line: Teatro Real’s Joan Matabosch

Joan Matabosch © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
Artistic Director in Madrid for eight years and in Barcelona for seventeen, Matabosch talks about singers, directors, audiences and staying open during the pandemic.

Reborn with every concert: Pablo Heras-Casado

Pablo Heras-Casado © Javier del Real | Teatro Real
We speak to Pablo Heras-Casado about his career, the repertoire he performs and what he wants to communicate to the public.