Teatro Real
| Teatro Real | |
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| Address | Plaza Isabel II, s/n |
| City | Madrid |
| Country | Spain |
| Architect | Antonio López Aguado, Custodio Moreno |
| Capacity | 1,746 |
| Type | Opera House |
| Opened | November 19, 1850 |
| Reopened | 1997 |
| Rebuilt | 1991-1997, Jaime González Varcárcel, Miguel Verdú Belmonte, Francisco Rodríguez Partearroyo |
| Closed | 1925 |
| www.teatro-real.com | |
| Teatro Real de Madrid | |
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| Native name: Spanish: Teatro Real de Madrid |
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| Location: | Madrid, Spain |
| Official name: Teatro Real de Madrid | |
| Type: | Non-movable |
| Criteria: | Monument |
| Designated: | 1993[1] |
| Reference #: | RI-51-0008289 |
The Teatro Real (literally Royal Theatre) or simply El Real (as it is known colloquially), is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain.[2][3]
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[edit] History
After thirty-two years of planning and construction, a Royal Order on 7 May 1850 decreed the immediate completion of the "Teatro de Oriente" and the building works were finished within five months. The Opera House, located just in front of the Palacio Real, the official residence of the Queen who ordered the construction of the theatre, Isabel II, was finally inaugurated on 19 November 1850, with Donizetti's La Favorite.[3] In 1863, Giuseppe Verdi visited the theatre for the Spanish premiere of his La Forza del Destino. In 1925, the Ballets Russes of Diaghilev performed in the theatre with the presence of Nijinsky and Stravinsky).[3][4][5]
From 1867 it housed the Madrid Royal Conservatory until 1925 when a Royal Order on 6 December called for eviction owing to the damage that the construction of the Metro de Madrid had caused to the building). The theatre reopened in 1966 as a concert theatre and the main concert venue of the Spanish National Orchestra and the RTVE Symphony Orchestra. In 1969, the 14th Eurovision Song Contest was held at the theatre, featuring an onstage metal sculpture created by surrealist Spanish artist, Salvador Dalí.[3][5]
In the 1990s, the house was remodelled to host opera again and reopened in 1997. The remodelling was based on the old classical style of opera house with only basic modernizations leaving many seats without a view of the theatre. A considerable percentage of seats have a limited or zero view of the stage and a live stream of operas and ballets is projected on the upper side walls of the house so that the entire audience can follow the performance regardless of their view of the stage. The first opera program performed for the reopening was Manuel de Falla’s El sombrero de tres picos and La vida breve, which was immediately followed by the world premiere of Spanish composer Antón García Abril's Divinas Palabras (actually commissioned to open the house) with Plácido Domingo in the cast.[5] The company staged the first modern revival of Vicente Martín y Soler's Il burbero di buon cuore in 2007.
[edit] The company
The theatre stages around seventeen opera titles (both own productions and co-productions with other major European opera houses) per year, as well as two or three major ballets and several recitals.[3] The orchestra of the Teatro Real is the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. The current general director is Gerard Mortier.
[edit] Artistic Directors (from 1995)
- Stéphane Lissner (1995-1997)
- Luis Antonio García Navarro (1997-2001, Artistic and music Director)
- Emilio Sagi (2001-2005)
- Antonio Moral (2005-2010)
- Gerard Mortier (2010- )
[edit] Music Directors (from 1997)
- Luis Antonio García Navarro (1997-2001, Artistic and music Director)
- Jesús López Cobos (2003-2010)
[edit] Most represented operas at the Teatro Real
| Author | Opera | Premiere | Last performance | Performances |
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| Verdi | Rigoletto | 1853 | 2009 | 371 |
| Verdi | Aida | 1874 | 1998 | 361 |
| Verdi | Il trovatore | 1854 | 2007 | 342 |
| Rossini | Il barbiere di Siviglia | 1850 | 2005 | 317 |
| Donizetti | La favorita | 1850 | 2003 | 288 |
| Meyerbeer | L'Africaine | 1865 | 1923 | 268 |
| Meyerbeer | Les Huguenots | 1858 | 2011 | 243 |
| Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor | 1851 | 2001 | 242 |
| Gounod | Faust | 1865 | 2003 | 239 |
| Verdi | La Traviata | 1855 | 2005 | 229 |
| Donizetti | Lucrezia Borgia | 1851 | 1919 | 218 |
| Wagner | Lohengrin | 1881 | 2005 | 206 |
[edit] See also
- Madrid Symphony Orchestra
- Spanish National Orchestra
- RTVE Symphony Orchestra
- Community of Madrid Orchestra
- Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra
- National Auditorium of Music
- Teatro Monumental
- Zarzuela
[edit] References
- ^ Database of protected buildings (movable and non-movable) of the Ministry of Culture of Spain
- ^ "Teatro Real (Timeout Madrid)". http://www.timeout.com/madrid/music/venue/13686/teatro-real. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ a b c d e "Teatro Real, Madrid's premier opera house". gomadrid.com. http://www.gomadrid.com/sights/teatro-real.html. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ "Ficha Teatro Real de Madrid" (in spanish). http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/histesp/monumentos/192.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ a b c "Cultural Institutions: Teatro Real". esMADRID.com. http://www.esmadrid.com/en/portal.do?IDM=440&NM=3&TR=C&IDR=653. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
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Coordinates: 40°25′06″N 3°42′37″W / 40.41833°N 3.71028°W
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