Madrid – Seen and Heard International

Madrid’s Teatro Real is back in business with La traviata

30/12/202021/07/2020 by José Irurzun

Spain Verdi, La traviata: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Semi-staged performane live streamed from Teatro Real, Madrid, 15.7.2020. (JMI)

Teatro Real’s *La traviata.* (c) J. del Real

Madrid’s Ring cycle continues with a satisfying Die Walküre

30/03/202015/02/2020 by José Irurzun

Spain Wagner, Die Walküre: Teatro Real Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 12 & 14. 2. 2020. (JMI)

*Die Walkűre* (‘Magic Fire’ scene, first cast) © Javier del Real

An imaginative production of Die Zauberflöte continues to enchant Madrid audiences

30/03/202014/02/2020 by José Irurzun

Spain Mozart, Die Zauberflöte: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Kornilios Michailidis (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 13.2.2020. (JMI)

The Madrid premiere of George Benjamin’s first opera, Into the Little Hill

30/03/202012/02/2020 by José Irurzun

Spain Benjamin, Into the Little Hill: Members of the Teatro Real Orchestra / Tim Murray (conductor), Teatros del Canal, Madrid, 11.2.2020. (JMI)

*Into the Little Hill* (c) J. del Real/G. Florence

Happy Birthday in Madrid to William Christie and Les Arts Florissants on their Baroque Odyssey tour

24/02/202016/12/2019 by José Irurzun

Spain A Baroque Odyssey – Handel, Purcell, Charpentier, D’Ambruis, Lully, Rameau: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), Marcel Beekman (tenor), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Lisandro Abadie (bass-baritone), Les Arts Florissants / William Christie and Paul Agnew (conductors). Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, 15.12.2019. (JMI)