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

David Akfham, María Dueñas and the Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Saioa Hernández and the Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

By Edward Sava-Segal, 07 June 2025

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“fuses the lyrical breadth of late Romanticism with the harmonic glow of Hollywood”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 5 June 2025

Turina, Danzas fantásticas, Op.22

Korngold, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35

Ravel, Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso

Falla, La vida breve: Aire de Salud

Falla, La vida breve: Danza no. 1

Penella, El gato montés: Juntos desde chavalillos

Serrano, Los claveles: ¿Qué te importa que no venga?

Ravel, La Valse

Moreno Torroba, La Marchenera: La Petenera

Giménez, La boda de Luis Alonso: Intermezzo

María Dueñas, Violin

Saioa Hernández, Soprano

Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

David Afkham, Conductor

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

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.

*****

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

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

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