(Credit: Javier del Real) Nadine Sierra made history at the Teatro Real de Madrid with an encore in “Roméo et Juliette.” As reported by the company, following a seven minute ovation after her aria “Amour ranime mon courage,” the soprano offered an encore on June 13, her final performance of the run. This is the latest encore the soprano gives {…}
(Credit: Javier de Real) Some operas carry the weight of national myth—and that weight can obstruct a purely musical experience. Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride” is very much one of them. When it was first performed in Prague in 1866, the Czech nation had no state of its own, and this first opera in the Czech language became something far greater {…}
Composer Francisco Coll has announced that he will no longer conduct his opera “Enemigo del pueblo” at the Teatro Real. The composer took to social media and said, “Unfortunately, due to a recent minor transient ischemic attack, I must withdraw from conducting my opera ‘Enemigo del pueblo’ at the Teatro Real in Madrid. I am deeply saddened not to be {…}
On Sept. 25, the Teatro Real is set to stream Verdi’s “Otello” mon My Opera Player. The opera will star Brian Jagde in his role debut as Otello alongside Asmik Grigorian as Desdemona and Gabriele Viviani as Iago. Nicola Luisotti will conduct the production by David Alden. The cast will be rounded out by Airam Hernández, Albert Casals, In Sung {…}
New York City’s leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY is set to present Teatro Real: Crescendo, a one-night only concert at Manhattan’s All Souls NYC on Oct. 5, 2025. Four of Spain’s most promising young singers from from Teatro Real’s prestigious “Crescendo” school will make their New York debut in an intimate performance of beloved operatic arias. This special performance {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real / Teatro Real) Twenty years after its triumphant—and undeniably provocative—debut at the Salzburg Festival, Willy Decker’s “La Traviata” stormed the stage of Madrid’s Teatro Real. It is striking how a production that once shocked audiences has become a recognized classic, revealing its timeless, almost metaphysical essence. Premiered in 1853 at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice, “La Traviata” {…}
MyOpera is set to present Verdi’s “Attila” on May 17, 2025 from the Teatro Real. The performance will be broadcast live, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as Odabella, Christian Van Horn in the title role of Attila, Artur Rucinski as Ezio, and Michael Fabiano as Foresto. The cast is rounded out by Moisés Marín and Insung Sim. Nicola Luisotti conducts the concert {…}
The Tearo Real de Madrid and Gran Teatre Del Liceu have been affected by the power outages in Spain. The Teatro Real announced that due to the widespread power outage, the dress rehearsal for “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” is canceled. Meanwhile, the Barcelona theater said, the performance of “La sonnambula” scheduled for today, Monday, April 28th due to the {…}
Arte.tv is set to present Donizetti’s “Maria Stuarda” from the Teatro Real. The production, which was filmed on Dec. 20, 2024, will be streamed on May 5, 2025. The production by Sir David McVicar stars Lisette Oropesa in the title role alongside Aigul Akhmetshina as Elisabetta. The cast also includes Ismael Jordi as the Earl of Leicester, Roberto Tagliavini as {…}
The title role of “Mitridate” is by far the most difficult Mozart role and one of the hardest of the entire tenor repertoire. It requires extreme security in the high register, as it is constantly going up to high Bs and high Cs, and a strong middle and low register, too. Teatro Real‘s production featured tenor Siyabonga Maqungo in the {…}
Teatro Real presented a new production by Claus Guth of the unknown and rarely performed Mozart opera: “Mitridate.” The opera is a work that the talented Mozart composed when he was 14 -years -old and that followed the rigid structure of the XVIII century Italian opera, and therefore conforms with a series of recitatives (secco and accompagnato with piano forte {…}