Spain Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher & Claude Debussy‘s La Damoiselle élue: Pequeños Cantores JORCAM (chorus director: Ana González); Chorus (chorus director: Andrés Máspero) and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Juanjo Mena (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16.6.2022. (JMI)
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Sonya Yoncheva stars in a concert version of Giordano’s Siberia at the Teatro Real
Spain Giordano, Siberia (concert version): Chorus (chorus director: Andrés Máspero), and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 6.5.2022. (JMI)
Teatro Real’s well-sung but sometimes disappointing production of Le nozze di Figaro
Spain Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 27 & 28.4.2022. (JMI)
Pablo Heras-Casado leads a convincing Götterdämmerung at the Teatro Real
Spain Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 23.2.2022. (JMI)
The Madrid premiere of de Pablo’s final opera, El Abrecartas: an homage to the Generation of ’27
Spain Luis de Pablo, El Abrecartas (The Letter Opener): Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Fabián Panisello (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 22.2.2022. (JMI)
Two solid casts are featured in the return of La bohème to the Teatro Real
Spain Puccini, La bohème: Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 18 & 19.12.2021. (JMI)
Manuel García’s five-opera cycle comes to an end in Madrid with Un avvertimento ai gelosi
Spain Manuel García, Un avvertimento ai gelosi: Members of Centro de Perfeccionamiento del Palau de les Arts / Rubén Fernández de Aguirre (conductor and piano ). Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 17.12.2021. (JMI)
An uneven presentation of Handel’s Partenope at the Teatro Real
United States Handel, Partenope: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 15 & 16.11.2021. (JMI)
