The Teatro Real de Madrid is set to broadcast Verdi’s “Nabucco” on July 15. The company will showcase the production by Andreas Homoki around the world. Nicola Luisotti conducts the opera with a cast that includes George Gagnidze, Michael Fabiano, Roberto Tagliavini, Saioa Hernández, Elena Maximova, Simon Lim, Fabián Lara, and Maribel Ortega. The opera is part of the company’s {…}
The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced a cast change for its production of “Hadrian.” The company noted that Santiago Ballerini will sing the role of Antinous replacing Xabier Anduaga. Ballerini has performed with the Atlanta Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Opera San Antonio, Teatro Colon, Caramoor, and Teatro de la Zarzuela. His repertoire includes the music of Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, {…}
The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced its 2022-23 season featuring nine company premieres. Opera Philip Glass’ “Orphée” opens the season with Jordi Francés conducting Rafael Villalobos’ production. The chamber work stars María Rey-Joly, Isabella Gaudí, Sylvia Schwartz, Natalia Labourdette, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso, Juan Antonio Sanabria, Edward Nelson, Karina Demurova, Pablo García-López, and Emmanuel Faraldo. Performance Dates: Sept. 21-25, 2022 Nicola Luisotti, Diego García Rodríguez, {…}
The Teatro Real has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of Honegger’s “Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher.” The company announced that Oscar winner Marion Cotillard will take on the title role replacing the originally announced Irene Escolar. The new production by Àlex Ollé will also star Sébastien Dutrieux, Sylvia Schwartz, Elena Copons, Enkelejda Shkoza, Charles Workman, and Torben Jügens. {…}
Teatro Real presented two concert performances of the iconic French opera “Lakmé,” with French specialist singers Sabine Devielhe and Stéphane Degout, accompanied by the award-winning young tenor Xavier Andagua. “Lakme,” by Léo Delibes, is a preeminent example of a narrative style of French opera which became incredibly popular towards the end of the 19th century: a story set in a {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) The Teatro Real succumbed to the latest wave of infections of the new Omicron variant, with COVID once again causing cancellations of opera performances across Europe. But Teatro Real remained determined not to cancel performances and (despite some controversy on how many people were infected) pushed forward to keep the theatre open for the sold-out performances {…}
(Credit: Javier del Real) The Teatro Real’s former General Director Miguel Muñiz has died. Muñiz, who was the General Director between 2004 and 2012, was born in Orense in 1939 and received a degree in Ciencias Económicas at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and worked in many areas. In 1982 he was named General Secretary at the Economía y Planificación {…}
(Credit: Teatro Real official website) The Teatro Real has announced multiple cast changes for the performance of Puccini’s “La bohème” on Jan. 4, 2022. The company noted that Raquel Lojendio will replace Ruth Iniesta in the role of Musetta, while Ailyn Pérez replaces Ermonela Jaho as Mimì. Gabriel Bermúdez will also replace Joan Martín-Royo in the role of Schaunard, and {…}
(Credit: Teatro Real official website) The Teatro Real has announced a completely new cast for the performance of Puccini’s “La bohème” on Jan. 3, 2022. Per the official statement, Francesco Demuro replaced Andeka Gorrotxategi as Rodolfo, Ailyn Pérez replaced Eleonora Buratto in the role of Mimì, Javier Franco replaced Andrzej Filonczyk as Marcello, and Gabriel Bermúdez replaced Manel Esteve in {…}
(Credit: Teatro Real official website) The Teatro Real in Madrid was forced to change a big part of the cast for the Dec. 29 presentation of Puccini’s “La bohème.” Per Platea Magazine, only two singers from the formerly announced cast have appeared onstage – Krzysztof Baczyk in the role of Colline, and Joan Martín-Royo as Schaunard. The company announced that {…}
(Credit: Gemma Escribano) Soprano Marina Monzó will perform the role of Die Königin der Nacht in the upcoming production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” at the Bayerische Staatsoper, replacing the originally scheduled Sabine Devieilhe. Monzó joins a cast that includes Pavol Breslik as Tamino, Olga Kulchynska as Pamina, and Günther Groissböck as Sarastro. The cast also includes Eliza Boom, Daria Proszek, {…}