Operas in Madrid
Madrid with all its cultural heritage will not let you be bored for one minute. When it comes to musical entertainment in this city, one of the most interesting places to visit is the Zarzuela Theatre. It's one of very few venues in the world where you can see and listen to the unique genre of a traditional Spanish opera – the Zarzuela. For more traditional and international repertoire go to Teatro de Madrid which features classics and often invites dance and opera companies from abroad.
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Teatro Real
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Address: Plaza Isabel II s/n
Phone: +34 902 244 848
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Price: 4 - 251 EUR
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Website: http://www.teatro-real.es/
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The Teatro Real, or the Royal Theatre in Madrid, is one of the most grand operatic venues in the world. Inaugurated in 1850 with Donizetti’s ‘La Favorite’, and under the aegis of Queen Isabella II, the Theatre overlooks the Palacio Real, the official residence of His Royalty the King of Spain. The Royal Theatre is associated with the famous work of Verdi ‘La Forza del Destino’, which was presented on its stage for the first time. After remaining idle for a long period, the site reopened as a concert hall in the 1960s, and a few decades later in the 1990s, it was refurbished to become an opera house. In 1997, the site was restored to its original 19th-century splendour and was chosen as the permanent home of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid.
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Teatro de Madrid
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Address: Avenida de la Ilustración s/n, La Vaguada
Phone: +34 917 405 274
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Website: http://www.teatromadrid.com/
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This theatre is the home of one of the most important international dance companies. Specialising in contemporary dance, ballet, flamenco and zarzuela, the well-known Spanish opera, this site is a principal Madrid venue. It has hosted the dancing groups Compañía Nacional de Danza, Momix and the American Ballet Company, plus the Culbert Ballet. With a seating capacity of 800 people, it opened in 1992 in the modern part of town, in the vicinity of the La Vaguada shopping mall. International companies that have performed here include Peter Sellars, the Batsheva Dance Company, Robert Wilson, Grupo Corpo, Gelabert Azzopardi, Royal Shakespeare Company, Ballet Nacional de Ucrania, Castafiore, Ballet de Biarritz, Ballet Nacional de Portugal, and many more. Local performing groups have included La Fura dels Baus, el Ballet de María Rosa, Ballet de Zaragoza, Carmen Cortés, La Cuadra de Sevilla, Ballet de la Comunidad de Madrid, etc.
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Teatro Fígaro
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Address: Doctor Cortezo 5
Phone: +34 913 600 829
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Website: http://www.teatrofigaro.com/
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This theatre began operating as a small venue concentrating on contemporary comedies, theatrical pieces by Spanish playwrights and adaptations of international plays. Currently, the 935-seater is geared towards a more diversified audience, and also offers larger productions, operas, contemporary dancing and an array of cutting-edge hybrid genres. Following the fate of many post-war Madrid theatres, it operated as a cinema for several decades after the war, before being completely refurbished to host live performances in 1967. The first act performed here was a production of' Las Criadas', with the famous Catalan actress Nuria Espert.
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Teatro de la Zarzuela
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Address: Calle Jovellanos 4
Phone: +34 915 245 400
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Website: http://teatrodelazarzuela.mcu.es
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The Zarzuela Theatre (Teatro de La Zarzuela) is strictly devoted to the production and promotion of one particular genre: the Spanish traditional opera, or the Zarzuela. Being a particular type of a musical comedy, the Zarzuela combines theatrical and vocal elements in a peculiar blend of opera and drama. Thus, this theatre is mostly thought to promote Spanish culture, showing the country’s best works of the Zarzuela repertoire.
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