Teatro Real brings a taste of Spain to New York

Esperanza Fernández

Pablo Ferrández and the Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Juanjo Mena conducts the Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

By David Wolfson, 17 October 2023

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“I am not a visual person, but I swear I saw a sunrise in the middle of David Geffen Hall”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 16 October 2023

Ginastera, Suite de Panambí

Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Casals, El cant dels Ocells (Song of the Birds)

Falla, El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) for orchestra and mezzo

Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 1

Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2

Esperanza Fernández, Cantaora

Pablo Ferrández, Cello

Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real

Juanjo Mena, 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

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

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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David Wolfson

David Wolfson holds a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, and has taught at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and Hunter College. He is enjoying an eclectic career, having composed opera, musical theatre, touring children’s musicals, and incidental music for plays; choral music, band music, orchestral music, chamber music, art songs, and music for solo piano; comedy songs, cabaret songs and one memorable score for an amusement park big-headed-costumed-character show. You can find more information here.