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La TraviataTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 28 | |
Lisette Oropesa réveille les braises de la passion lyrique |
 7 Aug 20 / Wanderer |
Mille grazie a tutti! |
| 30 Jul 20 / Operaclick (Ita) |
La Traviata (III reparto) en los tiempos del coronavirus |
| 28 Jul 20 / Beckmesser |
more reviews [+]
Reality as a staging concept |
| 25 Jul 20 / Bachtrack |
Lisette Oropesa protagoniza 'La traviata' en el Teatro Real de Madrid |
| 23 Jul 20 / Platea Magazine |
Madrid’s Teatro Real is back in business with La traviata |
| 22 Jul 20 / Seen and Heard |
La maladie vaincue |
| 22 Jul 20 / Forum Opéra |
La traviata en el Teatro Real: hacer cercanas las distancias |
| 22 Jul 20 / Opera World (Spanish) |
La Traviata renouvelle l’amour à distance au Teatro Real |
| 19 Jul 20 / Opera Online |
E nel terzo mese, il Teatro Real è risorto |
| 17 Jul 20 / L'Ape musicale |
Une Traviata dans un moment d’exception |
| 17 Jul 20 / ConcertoNet (French) |
La verdad del canto verdiano en La Traviata del Teatro Real |
| 14 Jul 20 / Beckmesser |
El Teatro Real, primer teatro de España en subir a escena una ópera con "La traviata" |
| 9 Jul 20 / Platea Magazine |
Marina Rebeka, Michael Fabiano, Artur Ruciński shine as opera returns to Madrid |
| 7 Jul 20 / OperaWire |
El Real vuelve a dar ejemplo |
| 6 Jul 20 / Scherzo |
Verdi en la cuadrícula |
| 6 Jul 20 / El Correo |
Madrid’s Teatro Real returns to the stage, with a socially distanced production of ‘La Traviata’ |
| 4 Jul 20 / El Pais (English) |
El Teatro Real hace "historia" al romper su "silencio" de 90 días con 'La Traviata' |
| 3 Jul 20 / El Periódico |
«La traviata» vuelve al Teatro Real tras la crisis del coronavirus bajo la direccion de Nicola Luisotti |
| 3 Jul 20 / Codalario |
‘La traviata’ que rompió el miedo en el Real |
| 3 Jul 20 / El Cultural |
Una traviata in maschera |
| 3 Jul 20 / El Pais |
Emoción frente a virus |
| 3 Jul 20 / La Razón |
Y el telón del Teatro Real volvió a alzarse |
| 2 Jul 20 / El Mundo |
«La traviata» rompe noventa días (y un minuto) de silencio en el Teatro Real |
| 2 Jul 20 / abc.es |
‘Traviata’ con distancia Real |
| 2 Jul 20 / La Vanguardia |
El virus de la ópera: el Teatro Real desafía la pandemia |
| 2 Jul 20 / La Tercera |
Vuelve la Ópera al Teatro Real de Madrid: Una Traviata pandémica en un ambiente bien organizado |
| 2 Jul 20 / El Cierre Digital |
'La Traviata' llega al Teatro Real para estrenar la nueva normalidad sin abrazos y con mascarillas |
| 2 Jul 20 / Cope |
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Raising the curtain
Lisette Oropesa on singing a socially-distanced Traviata.
Lisette Oropesa on singing a socially-distanced Traviata.
Roundtable: Artists talk about the Teatro Real's 'Traviata'
At the beginning of July, the Teatro Real de Madrid kicked off a project that many other opera houses around the world observed attentively - a live performance with social distancing.
At the beginning of July, the Teatro Real de Madrid kicked off a project that many other opera houses around the world observed attentively - a live performance with social distancing.
Teatro Real in Madrid is presenting a socially distanced "La traviata"
What it's like to perform 'La traviata' live for an audience in the age of coronavirus.
What it's like to perform 'La traviata' live for an audience in the age of coronavirus.
Teatro Real to broadcast ‘La Traviata’
The broadcast, which will be held on July 15 and will star Marina Rebeka, Michael Fabiano, and Artur Rucinski. Nicola Luisotti conducts the Teatro Real’s Chorus and Orchestra.
The broadcast, which will be held on July 15 and will star Marina Rebeka, Michael Fabiano, and Artur Rucinski. Nicola Luisotti conducts the Teatro Real’s Chorus and Orchestra.
Lana Kos: “Ahora todos podemos ser Violeta”
La soprano, junto a Marina Rebeka, Ruth Iniesta, Ekaterina Bakanova, y Lisette Oropesa, interpretará el emblemático personaje de Violeta de “La Traviata” en la reapertura de Teatro Real.
La soprano, junto a Marina Rebeka, Ruth Iniesta, Ekaterina Bakanova, y Lisette Oropesa, interpretará el emblemático personaje de Violeta de “La Traviata” en la reapertura de Teatro Real.
Madrid's Teatro Real reopens with socially distanced opera
Verdi’s La Traviata reimagined with cast and orchestra wearing face masks.
Verdi’s La Traviata reimagined with cast and orchestra wearing face masks.
Three TalesTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Alteración de la ópera |
| 26 Mar 20 / Platea Magazine |
La video opera Three Tales a Madrid |
| 26 Mar 20 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita) |
Die WalküreTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 19 | |
A confusing Die Walküre |
| 13 Mar 20 / ConcertoNet (English) |
Fiasco de Robert Carsen en una mediocre Die Walküre en el Teatro Real |
| 11 Mar 20 / Opera World (Spanish) |
Tomas Konieczny delivers revelatory performance in Robert Carsen’s exquisite production |
| 8 Mar 20 / OperaWire |
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Arquitectura moderna |
| 5 Mar 20 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Il Wagner di Heras-Casado e Carsen è un esempio di ottima integrazione |
| 4 Mar 20 / GBOPERA |
La valquiria: cuando falta la épica |
| 4 Mar 20 / Opera World (Spanish) |
Addio Brünhilde, ma senza pathos |
| 2 Mar 20 / L'Ape musicale |
La beauté wagnérienne malgré tout |
| 27 Feb 20 / ConcertoNet (French) |
Dans le texte |
| 26 Feb 20 / Forum Opéra |
Stuart Skelton and Adrianne Piezconka were as ardent a pair of Völsung twins as you’ll encounter |
| 18 Feb 20 / Music OMH |
La valquiria en el Teatro Real: Wagner al desnudo |
| 18 Feb 20 / El Español |
Instantes fugaces del mejor Wagner con La Valquiria en el Teatro Real |
| 18 Feb 20 / Beckmesser |
‘La Valquiria’, la nieve sepulta el amor incestuoso de Wagner en el Teatro Real |
| 18 Feb 20 / shangay |
Éxito de Pablo Heras-Casado como director de La valquiria, de Wagner |
| 18 Feb 20 / El Imparcial |
'La valquiria' monumental de Wagner conquista el Real |
| 18 Feb 20 / El Independente |
El feminismo de Wagner triunfa en el Teatro Real con 'La valquiria' |
| 18 Feb 20 / La Vanguardia |
La valquiria en Real: más dudas que admiración |
| 18 Feb 20 / Scherzo |
Madrid’s Ring cycle continues with a satisfying Die Walküre |
| 17 Feb 20 / Seen and Heard |
Inusitée |
| 17 Feb 20 / Concertclassic.com |
Into the Little HillTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 3 | |
Benjamin o della fascinazione timbrica |
| 25 Feb 20 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita) |
La Veronal heads Into the Little Hill in Madrid |
| 18 Feb 20 / Bachtrack |
The Madrid premiere of George Benjamin’s first opera, Into the Little Hill |
| 13 Feb 20 / Seen and Heard |
Die ZauberflöteTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 10 | |
La flauta mágica en el Teatro Real. Caricatura mozartiana |
| 19 Feb 20 / Opera World (Spanish) |
Stanislas de Barbeyrac and Olga Peretyatko shine in Kosky & Andrade’s lifeless production |
| 18 Feb 20 / OperaWire |
Senza flauto, senza Lumi |
| 16 Feb 20 / L'Ape musicale |
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La Flûte au cinéma muet est de retour |
| 16 Feb 20 / ConcertoNet (French) |
An imaginative production of Die Zauberflöte continues to enchant Madrid audiences |
| 15 Feb 20 / Seen and Heard |
Un fluire implacabile di immagini, sempre più originali, sempre più divertenti |
| 13 Feb 20 / GBOPERA |
Aquí se incorporan todos los códigos inherentes al cine mudo |
| 5 Feb 20 / Operaclick (Ita) |
Recuperar la inocencia |
| 29 Jan 20 / Bachtrack (Spanish) |
Pita la Flauta |
| 28 Jan 20 / Beckmesser |
La flauta mágica en el Real: angelus kitsch |
| 27 Jan 20 / Bachtrack (Spanish) |
Il PirataTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 17 | |
Yolanda Auyanet and Celso Albelo are remarkable in inventive production plagued by musical letdowns |
| 31 Dec 19 / OperaWire |
La audiencia respondió como debía y se esperaba |
| 27 Dec 19 / Operaclick (Ita) |
El triunfo del pirata |
| 25 Dec 19 / Opera World (Spanish) |
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Le Pirate, enfin |
| 23 Dec 19 / ConcertoNet (French) |
Yoncheva / Camarena, duo saisissant |
| 21 Dec 19 / Classique News |
Le astrazioni del Pirata |
| 18 Dec 19 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita) |
Javier Camaren è l’interprete perfetto per il personaggio di Gualtiero |
| 9 Dec 19 / GBOPERA |
La came du lyricomane |
| 9 Dec 19 / Forum Opéra |
Sonya Yoncheva and Javier Camarena are brilliant in Bellini’s Il pirata at the Teatro Real |
| 6 Dec 19 / Seen and Heard |
La novia del pirata |
| 4 Dec 19 / El Mundo |
El victorioso rescate del Pirata |
| 4 Dec 19 / abc.es |
“Il pirata” o el gozo del belcanto |
| 4 Dec 19 / La Razón |
Javier Camarena è uno stupefacente Gualtiero |
| 4 Dec 19 / Operaclick (Ita) |
‘Il pirata’, Javier Camarena y Sonya Yoncheva lo dan todo en el Teatro Real (y desatan la locura) |
| 3 Dec 19 / shangay |
Asignatura aprobada (con nota) |
| 3 Dec 19 / El Pais |
Yoncheva et Camarena dans Il Pirata : un vent de folie souffle sur le Teatro Real |
| 3 Dec 19 / Opera Online |
“Il Pirata” o el gozo del Belcanto |
| 3 Dec 19 / Beckmesser |
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Q & A: Tenor Javier Camarena
Javier Camarena on why ‘Il Pirata’ has been the most challenging Role of his career.
Javier Camarena on why ‘Il Pirata’ has been the most challenging Role of his career.
L'elisir d'amoreTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 15 | |
Entre la ira de Riccardo Muti y el sarcasmo de Groucho Marx |
| 3 Dec 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Sofisticada trivialidad |
| 13 Nov 19 / Opera World (Spanish) |
Camarena, un Nemorino ejemplar |
| 12 Nov 19 / Beckmesser |
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Le retour de l’élixir magique |
| 8 Nov 19 / ConcertoNet (French) |
Este filtro no hace efecto |
| 7 Nov 19 / Bachtrack (Spanish) |
A rather disappointing L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro Real |
| 5 Nov 19 / Seen and Heard |
El “Elixir” del ahorro en todos los repartos |
| 5 Nov 19 / Beckmesser |
Un Elisir d'amore entre lo bufo y lo erótico: segundo reparto en el Real |
| 2 Nov 19 / Bachtrack (Spanish) |
Fiesta de la espuma en el Teatro Real con ‘L'elisir d'amore’ |
| 31 Oct 19 / El Independente |
El amor en la fiesta de la espuma |
| 31 Oct 19 / El Español |
Aquí sí hay playa |
| 31 Oct 19 / El Pais |
Había muchas expectativas con la nueva puesta en escena de Damiano Michieletto |
| 31 Oct 19 / Periodista Digital |
'El elixir de amor', cantando arias en Magaluf |
| 31 Oct 19 / El Mundo |
Amiable Donizetti en el Real |
| 31 Oct 19 / La Razón |
El «elixir» de Dulcamara |
| 31 Oct 19 / abc.es |
Don CarloTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 14 | |
Il Teatro Real inaugura la Stagione 2019/20 nel suo duecentesimo anniversario |
| 13 Oct 19 / OperaeOpera |
Sergio Escobar, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Maria Agresta lead a wondrous cast in Verdi’s ‘Magnus Opus’ |
| 9 Oct 19 / OperaWire |
Claustrofóbico Don Carlo en el Teatro Real |
| 2 Oct 19 / Opera World (Spanish) |
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Un brillant début de saison |
| 1 Oct 19 / ConcertoNet (French) |
Il tenore ispano-argentino Marcelo Puente è un eccellente Don Carlo |
| 28 Sep 19 / GBOPERA |
Don Carlo torna a Madrid |
| 26 Sep 19 / Il Giornale della Musica (Ita) |
Don Carlo doesn't find his place in Madrid |
| 24 Sep 19 / Bachtrack |
Don Carlo, primer y segundo reparto |
| 24 Sep 19 / Beckmesser |
“Don Carlo”, peligro de ladrillazo |
| 24 Sep 19 / Beckmesser |
Teatro Real begins the 2019-2020 season with Verdi’s Don Carlo |
| 23 Sep 19 / Seen and Heard |
Atrapados en El Escorial |
| 23 Sep 19 / El Pais |
Lo más gris de la monarquía y el peligro de la religión |
| 23 Sep 19 / El Correo |
Otro ladrillo en el muro |
| 23 Sep 19 / El Asombrario |
«Lloró y amó por todos nosotros» |
| 23 Sep 19 / Codalario |
Il TrovatoreTeatro Real, MadridNo. of reviews: 19 | |
El nuevo montaje de “Il Trovatore” en el Real |
| 20 Aug 19 / Beckmesser |
Ekaterina Semenchuk, Maria Agresta lead a tremendous cast in Verdi’s monumental melodrama |
| 29 Jul 19 / OperaWire |
For fans of Giuseppe Verdi, Madrid was the place to be in July |
| 26 Jul 19 / Opera News |
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Three appealing cast combinations for Teatro Real’s Il trovatore |
| 24 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard |
Segundo reparto de Il Trovatore en el Teatro Real: triunfa Leonora |
| 24 Jul 19 / Opera World (Spanish) |
Propuesta escénica olvidable |
| 24 Jul 19 / Opera World (Spanish) |
El Trovador, 2º y 3º reparto |
| 23 Jul 19 / Beckmesser |
Verdi y sus cantantes |
| 22 Jul 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Un’esecuzione concentrata sull’espressività musicale uno dei migliori successi della stagione madrilena |
| 16 Jul 19 / GBOPERA |
Un Trouvère d’experts au Teatro Real de Madrid |
| 15 Jul 19 / Opera Online |
Si hay algo que caracteriza esta producción del Real es la entrega absoluta de los participantes |
| 15 Jul 19 / Operaclick (Ita) |
Il Trovatore, pasado, rescoldo y la ceniza |
| 9 Jul 19 / Beckmesser |
Falsa austeridad en Il trovatore de Francisco Negrín |
| 8 Jul 19 / Bachtrack (Spanish) |
Verdi a la parrilla |
| 8 Jul 19 / El Pais |
«Il trovatore» on fire |
| 8 Jul 19 / La Razón |
‘Il trovatore’, la traca final del Teatro Real llega con Verdi (y con Orgullo) |
| 8 Jul 19 / shangay |
Un ‘Trovatore’ impoluto en el Real |
| 8 Jul 19 / El Pais |
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12 to 27 Nov 2020
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18 Dec 2020 to 10 Jan 2021
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9 to 17 Jan 2021
Strauss, R
18 Jan 2021
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News & Articles
| Teatro Real in Madrid is presenting a socially distanced "La traviata" |
What it's like to perform 'La traviata' live for an audience in the age of coronavirus. |
| 13 Jul 2020 / ABC News |
| Teatro Real to broadcast ‘La Traviata’ |
The broadcast, which will be held on July 15 and will star Marina Rebeka, Michael Fabiano, and Artur Rucinski. Nicola Luisotti conducts the Teatro Real’s Chorus and Orchestra. |
| 11 Jul 2020 / OperaWire |
| Madrid's Teatro Real reopens with socially distanced opera |
Verdi’s La Traviata reimagined with cast and orchestra wearing face masks. |
| 1 Jul 2020 / The Guardian |
| Teatro Real announces ‘La Traviata’ casts |
The Teatro Real, Madrid has announced the complete casts for its performances of Verdi’s “La Traviata” which will take place in July this year. |
| 23 Jun 2020 / OperaWire |
| Teatro Real de Madrid announces July 1 reopening with Verdi classic |
The Teatro Real de Madrid has announced that it is preparing to reopen its theater on July 1 with a performance of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” |
| 2 Jun 2020 / OperaWire |
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