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Madrid

Nadine Sierra is Violetta in an excellent La traviata at Madrid’s Teatro Real

29/06/2025 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Henrik Nánási (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 24.6.2025. (JMI)

Act III of Teatro Real’s La traviata © J. del Real

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A concert version of Handel’s Tamerlano in Madrid falls below expectations

20/05/202519/05/2025 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Handel, Tamerlano (concert performance): Soloists, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16.5.2025. (JMI)

Conductor René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester and Soloists © J. del Real

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An excellent Madrid production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s tale of the tsar

16/05/202506/05/2025 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real / Ouri Bronchti (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 2.5.2025. (JMI)

Svetlana Aksenova (Militrisa) and Bogdan Volkov (Gvidon) © J. del Real

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Handel’s Jephtha is presented for the first time in Madrid’s Teatro Real

16/05/202504/05/2025 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Handel, Jephtha (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Il Pomo d’Oro / Francesco Corti (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 1.5.2025. (JMI)

Joyce DiDonato © J. del Real

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New production at Teatro Real of Mitridate, re di Ponto, Mozart’s first opera

28/03/2025 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Mozart, Mitridate, re di Ponto: Soloists, Teatro Real Orchestra / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.3.2025. (JMI)

Franco Fagioli (Farnace) in a scene from Teatro Real’s Mitridate, re di Ponto © Javier del Real

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An intriguing double bill of operas by Falla and Torres in Madrid

26/02/202525/02/2025 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Falla, La vida breve & Torres, Tejas verdes: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real / Jordi Francés (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.2.2025. (JMI)

Teatro Real’s La vida breve © Javier del Real

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An uneven staging of Eugene Onegin at Madrid’s Teatro Real

06/02/2025 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Gustavo Gimeno (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 3.2.2025. (JMI)

Bogdan Volkov (Lensky) and Iurii Samoilov (Onegin) in the duel scene © J. del Real

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A disappointing Idomeneo from René Jacobs and the Freiburger Barockorchester in Madrid

26/01/202525/01/2025 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Mozart, Idomeneo, re di Creta (concert version): Soloists, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.1.2025. (JMI)

Freiburger Barockorchester’s concert performance of Idomeneo © Teatro Real

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