Spanish Theater Creators

As part of the 23rd edition of PELÍCULA-PELIKULA, Instituto Cervantes and Teatro Real, the Spanish Royal Theater, present this series of recordings of operas and ballets produced with the Royal Theater’s resident choir and orchestra. The Teatro Real is an opera house in Madrid, Spain, inaugurated in 1850 and reopened in 1997. It is considered the highest institution of the performing and musical arts in the country and one of the most prestigious opera houses in Europe.

Under its curatorship, the work of the best Spanish stage directors is presented in a series of titles that combine lyrical classics with reference works within the Spanish-themed repertoire such as Fuenteovejuna and Carmen by the company of Antonio Gades, or El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla in ballet version by the company of Victor Ullate. The series will close with El público, an opera based on Lorca's text, recreated by Spanish composer Mauricio Sotelo, and featuring great flamenco figures in its cast.