The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2025-26 season.

Opera

The season opens with Verdi’s “Otello,” starring Brian Jadge, Jorge de León, and Angelo Villari in the title role. The cast includes Igor Golovatenko, Artur Ruciński, Gabriele Viviani, Airam Hernández, Asmik Grigorian, and Maria Agresta. Nicola Luisotti and Giuseppe Mentuccia conduct the production by David Alden.

Performance Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 6, 2025

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Emiliano González Toro conducts Vivaldi’s “Farnace” with Mathilde Etienne directing. The opera will star Emiliano González Toro, Key’mon W. Murrah, Adèle Charvet, Deniz Uzun, Juan Sancho, Daria Proszek, and Álvaro Zambrano.

Performance Date: Sept. 27, 2025

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Ermonela Jaho stars in Mascagni’s “Iris” alongside Gregory Kunde, Jongmin Park, Gabriele Viviani, Carmen Solís, and Pablo García-López. Daniele Callegari conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 4 & 7, 2025

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The company will perform a double bill of Bela Bartók’s “The Miraculous Mandarin” and “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Christoph Fischesser and Evelyn Herlitzius star in Bartok’s opera in a production by Christof Loy with Gustavo Gimeno conducting.

Performance Dates: Nov. 2-12, 2025

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Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” will star Viola Blache, Gwendoline Blondeel, Erika Tandiono, Carinne Tinney, Stefanie True, Zsuzsi Tóth, Jan Kullmann, Vojtech Semerád, Kieran White, Rory Carver, Jan Kullmann, Vojtech Semerád, Marcus Farnworth, Lóránt Najbauer, and Sebastian Myrus. Lionel Meunier conducts and Emile Laywers directs.

Performance Date: Nov. 15, 2025

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Aigul Akhmethsina, J’Nai Bridges, and Ketevan Kemoklidze share the title role in Bizet’s “Carmen” in Damiano Michieletto’s production. They will star alongside Charles Castronovo, Michael Fabiano, Lucas Meachem, Luca Micheletti, Dmitry Cheblykov, Adriana González, and Miren Urbieta-Vega. Eun Sun Kim and Iaki Encima conduct.

Performance Dates: Dec. 10, 2025-Jan. 4, 2026

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Paul Dukas’ “Ariane et Barbe-Bleue” will star Gianluca Buratto, Paula Murrihy, Silvia Tro Santafé, Aude Extrémo, Jaquelina Livieri, Maria Miró, Renée Rapier, and Luis López Navarro. Pinchas Steinberg conducts the production by Àlex Ollé.

Performance Dates: Jan. 26-Feb. 20, 2026

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Francesco Lanzillotta conducts Verid’s “I Masnadieri” in concert with a cast that includes Alexander Vinogradov, Piero Pretti, Mattia Olivieri, and Lisette Oropesa.

Performance Dates: Feb. 10 & 14, 2026

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Francisco Coll’s “Enemigo del pueblo” makes its world premiere starring Marta Fontanals-Simmons, José Antonio López, Moisés Marín, Brenda Rae, and Isaac Galán.

Performance Dates: Feb. 12 -18, 2026

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Lully’s “Armide” will be conducted by Vincent Dumestre and star Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Cyril Auvity, Marie Perbost, Eva Zaïcik, Tomislav Lavoie, Timothée Varon, and David Tricou.

Performance Date: Feb. 15, 2026

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Jakub Józef Orliński, Marco Saccardin, Beth Taylor, Sophie Rennert, Sabine Devieilhe, and Yuri Minenko star in Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto.” Francesco Corti conducts.

Performance Dates: Feb. 19 & 21, 2026

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Deborah Warner directs Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Ivor Bolton conducts an ensemble cast that includes Iestyn Davies, Liv Redpath, Joan Leyba, Thomas Oliemans, Christine Rice, Sam Furness, Jacques Imbrailo, Simone McIntosh, Jacquelyn Wagner, Simon Keenlyside, Clive Bayley, Rupert Charlesworth, Henry Waddington, John Graham-Hall, and Andrew Shore.

Performance Dates: March 10-22, 2026

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Gustavo Gimeno conducts Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” in a production by Laurent Pelly. The opera stars Manel Esteve, María Rey-Joly, Svetlana Aksenova, Natalia Tanasii, Toni Marsol, Monica Bacelli, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso, Moisés Marín, Pavel Černoch, Sean Pannikar, Günther Groissböck, Martin Winkler, Jaroslav Březina, Rocío Pérez, and Ihor Voievodin.

Performance Dates: April 14-30, 2026

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René Jacobs conducts Vivaldi’s “Il Giustino” with Raffaele Pe, Katharyna Kasper, Christophe Dumaux, Robin Johannsen, Siyabonga Maqungo, Helena Rasker, Olivia Vermeulen, and Francesc Ortega i Martí.

Performance Date: April 25, 2026

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Carlo Rizzi conducts Gounod’s “Roméo et Juliette.” The work will star two casts: Nadine Sierra and Javier Camarena lead the first cast, while Golda Schultz and Ismael Jordi headline the second. Roberto Tagliavini, Jean Teitgen, Andrzej Filończyk, Carles Pachon, Héloïse Mas, and Carmen Artaza also star. Thomas Jolly directs the production.

Performance Dates: May 27-June 13, 2026

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Magdalena Kozena headlines Handel’s “Ariodante” alongside Erika Baikoff, Shira Patchornik, Christophe Dumaux, and Emiliano González Toro. Andrea Marcon conducts.

Performance Date: June 2, 2026

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Fernando Velázquez’s “Los Estunmen” will be directed by  Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs.  Fernando Velázquez conducts the work.

Performance Dates: June 2-14, 2026

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The season concludes with Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” starring Artur Rucinski, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, George Petean, Marina Rebeka, Saioa Hernández, Anna Netrebko, Ksenia Dudnikova, Anita Rachvelishvili, Teresa Romano, Clémentine Margaine, Piotr Beczała, Vittorio Grigolo, Celso Albelo, and Yusif Eyvazov. Nicola Luisotti and François López-Ferrer conduct Francisco Negrín’s production.

Performance Dates: June 29-July 20, 2026

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Concerts 

Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniusas perform the music of Tchiakovsky and Rachmanioff.

Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2025

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The Teatro Real will present Concierto Concurso Tenor Viñas, which Julio García Vico will conduct.

Performance Date: March 15, 2026

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Gerald Finley performs arias from Rossini, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and John Adams alongside Leo Hussain and Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real.

Performance Date: April 18, 2026

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Anna Netrebko performs German, Russian, and French songs with Pavel Nebolsin.

Performance Date: June 30, 2026