Spain Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Teatros del Canal, Madrid, 21.1.2023. (JMI)
William Christie leads Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in a memorable new Madrid production
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Nadine Sierra triumphs in her debut at Teatro Real in La sonnambula
United Kingdom Bellini, La sonnambula: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real / Maurizio Benini (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 18 and 19.12.2022. (JMI)
Madrid opens the opera season with myriad Aida casts and a surprise
Spain Verdi, Aida: Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real / Nicola Luisotti (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 24, 25, 26.10.2022. (JMI)
Teatro Real’s four Nabucco casts and ‘Va, pensiero’ was encored every night
Spain Verdi, Nabucco: Teatro Real Chorus (chorus director: Andrés Máspero), Teatro Real Orchestra / Nicola Luisotti and Sergio Alapont (conductors). Teatro Real, Madrid, 16, 18, 19 & 20.7.2022. (JMI)
Madrid pays homage to Plácido Domingo at the Teatro Real
Spain Verdi, Giordano, Massenet, Thomas: Plácido Domingo (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Teatro Real Orchestra / Jordi Bernácer (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 17.7.2022. (JMI)
Excellent production of works by Honegger and Debussy at the Teatro Real
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)
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)
