The Royal Theater joins, one more year, to the celebrations of World Opera Day, which is commemorated next monday, 25 October. That day, to 13.00 and to the 19.00 hours, there will be two performances in the Royal Theater Float installed, this time, in the Plaza de Isabel II (Opera).
soloists of the Head of the Royal Theatre Orchestra will perform the String Quartet No. 15 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Suite water music de George Frideric Handel, in a version for brass quintet. (see program below).
The Royal Theater float, with its embouchure, curtains and wings, It is a small traveling stage created from the transformation of a trailer truck like the ones that are usually used for the transport and storage of the scenery., opera props and costumes. Its interior can adapt to different scenographies, screenings or exhibitions, according to the needs of each event or performance. This stage alive, with the capacity to take shows and concerts of different formats to the entire Spanish peninsular territory, is one of the initiatives framed in the program Teatro Real – Near you', approved by the Council of Ministers as 'Event of Exceptional Public Interest’, effective from the current season to the 2022-2023.
In anticipation of World Opera Day, the Royal Theater will offer during the weekend, from tomorrow, free access to three titles on its platform MyOperaPlayer: morning, Friday 22 October, Lohengrin, Richard Wagner; Saturday, 23 October, Turandot, Giacomo Puccini; and Sunday, 24 October, Così Fan Tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (art sheets below).
The Royal Theater will join, through their social networks, to various international initiatives promoted by OPERA EUROPA, LATIN AMERICA OPERA Y OPERA AMERICA, who have decided to celebrate World Opera Day together under the title of Opera Reboot (opera reboot), to celebrate the reopening of lyrical theaters after the stoppage caused by the pandemic (Hashtags #WorldOperaDay y #DíaMundialDeLaÓpera. The three associations, Have proposed, Likewise, three topics for discussion:
- GREEN OPERA: re-evaluated production models, considering eco-responsible options
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: recognize that the diversity of citizens can be better reflected in the sector, in the workforce, on stage and in the audience
- EMPLOYMENT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENT: prepare young artists and professionals at the start of their careers
WORLD OPERA DAY CELEBRATION | AGENDA
Friday, 22 October
Free access on this day to Lohengrin, Richard Wagner, in My Opera Player
Production of the Berlin Staatsoper
Recording: 2020
Director musical: Matthias Pintscher
Stage-manager: calixto Bieito
Leading roles: René Pape, Roberto Alagna, Life Miknevičiūtė, Martin Gantner, Ekaterina Gubanova y Adam Kutny
Berlin Staatsoper Choir and Orchestra
Saturday, 23 October
Free access on this day to Turandot, Giacomo Puccini, in MyOperaPlayer
Royal Theatre production, in co-production with the Canadian Opera Company of Toronto, the National Theater of Lithuania and the Houston Grand Opera
Recording: 2018
Director musical: Nicola Luisotti
Stage-manager: Bob Wilson
Leading roles: Irene Theorin, Gregory customer, Yolanda Auyanet, Andrea Mastroni, Raúl Giménez, Joan Martin-Royo, Stephen Vincent, Juan Antonio Sanabria and Gerardo Bullon
Headlines Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Little Singers of ORCAM
Sunday, 24 October
Free access on this day to Così Fan Tutte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and MyOperaPlayer
Royal Theatre production, in co-production with De Munt / Monnaie de Bruselas
Recording: 2013
Director musical: Sylvain Cambreling
Stage-manager: Michael Haneke
Leading roles: Anett Fritsch, Paola Gardina, Andreas Wolf, Juan Francisco Gatell, Kerstin Avemo y William Shimell
Headlines Choir and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Monday, 25 October, EUROPEAN OPERA DAY
Performances in the Plaza de Isabel II, to 13.00 and to the 19.00 hours
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b
- Allegro moderato
- Andante
III. Menuetto and trio
- Allegretto but not too much
Santa Monica Mihalache and Daniel Chirilov, violins
Laure Gaudron, viola
Mikolaj Konopelski, cello
GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL
Suite water music, version for brass quintet by Frederic Mills
- Cheerful lively
- Air
III. Hornpipe
- Allegro majestic
Ricardo Garcia and Oscar L.. Martin, trumpets
George Monte, horn
Alexander Galan, trombone
Ishmael Cantos, tuba