Spain Manuel de Falla, El retablo de Maese Pedro (concert version): Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Pablo Heras Casado (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 18.2.2023. (JMI)
El retablo de Maese Pedro at Teatro Real with neither puppets nor heroes
Madrid
Achille in Sciro is a triumph in Madrid, 279 years after its first performance there
Spain Francesco Corselli, Achille in Sciro: Teatro Real Chorus, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla / Ivor Bolton (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 17.2.2023. (JMI)
A satisfying though not outstanding Arabella in Madrid
Spain Richard Strauss, Arabella: Soloists, Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra / David Afkham (conductor). Teatro Real, Madrid, 28.1.2023. (JMI)
William Christie leads Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in a memorable new Madrid production
Spain Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Soloists, Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Teatros del Canal, Madrid, 21.1.2023. (JMI)
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)
