The Teatro Real de Madrid is set to present the world premiere of “El Abrecartas” this February. The final opera by composer Luis de Pablo, with a libretto by Vicente Molina Foix, will open on Feb. 16 and is set to run for six performances through the 26th. The opera is set to star tenors Airam Hernández (Federico García Lorca), {…}
(Credit: Teatro Real official website) The Teatro Real has announced the cancelation of the performance of Puccini’s “La bohème” scheduled for Jan. 2, 2022, due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the house. The Teatro Real completely reshuffled the cast for the performance on Dec. 29, 2021, in an attempt to present the opera despite a growing number of COVID-19 cases. {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) The board of the Teatro Real in Madrid has renewed General Director Ignacio García-Belenguer and Artistic Director Joan Matabosch’s contract until 2026. Additionally, the board approved that Ivor Bolton would remain Music Director until July 2025. During the meeting it was also approve that on March 3, there were be an hommage to the great composers {…}
The Teatro Real in Madrid has changed its production of “Le Nozze di Figaro.” The company announced that the originally announced production by Lotte de Beer will be replaced by Claus Guth’s staging fromthe 2006 Salzburg Festival. The Guth production will mark the fourth staging from the director at the Teatro Real under Artistic Director Joan Matabosch. Guth has already directed {…}
(Credit: Teatro Real official website) The Teatro Real has announced several cast changes for the title role in Verdi’s “Nabucco.” The company noted that baritones Amartuvshin Enkhbat and George Petean have dropped out of the production and as a result, Gabriele Viviani, George Gagnidze, and Luca Salsi will sing the title role. They will join Luis Cansino, who will also {…}
(Credit: Teatro de Madrid) The Teatro Real de Madrid opened its 2021-22 season with Rossini’s opera buffa “La Cenerentola” based on the famous tale of “Cinderella.” This is Teatro Real’s second post-lockdown season and is still presenting the works with social distancing and obligatory masks for members of the choir and extras. With “La Cenerentola” the Teatro was able to {…}
INAEM is preparing to strike on Oct. 13, 2021. Following a strike on Oct. 8 that suspended a performance of “Los Gavilanes” at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the union representing technical workers in Spain, has its eyes set on disrupting the opening night performance of “Centenario Antonio Rui Soler” featuring the Ballet Nacional de España. The strike will also {…}
Every Friday, Polina Lyapustina delivers a short essay on some of the most essential topics in the industry with the intent of establishing a dialogue about the opera world and its future. After going from constantly looking for updates on the pandemic to seamless freedom of attending events, we could easily miss that October is already here. October means the summer is {…}
MarqueeTV has announced its Autumn / Winter 2021 season. On the opera front, audiences will get a chance to check out a series of operas from Opera Australia including “Aida,” “Carmen,” “La Bohème,” “La Traviata,” “Madama Butterfly,” and “Turandot.” Meanwhile from Teatro alla Scala, the company will present such operas as “Così fan tutte,” “Il Viaggio a Reims,” “Nabucco,” “Simon {…}
This review is from the last performance of Tosca the 24th July 2021 The Teatro Real de Madrid closed the season with one of the most anticipated performances of “Tosca.” It was set to be a major event with Anna Netrebko returning to the Madrid stage in an opera for the first time since 2001, singing alongside Yusif Eyvazov and {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) The Teatro Real de Madrid closed its season with 16 performances of “Tosca” and an incredible cast of three sopranos: Sondra Radvanovsky, Maria Agresta and Anna Netrebko; and four tenors: Joshep Calleja, Michael Fabiano, Jonas Kaufmann and Yusif Eyvazov. Kaufmann joined the cast alongside Radvanovsky and Carlos Álvarez for two performances. The expectations for the German {…}