May . 2014La del Soto del ParralThe action happens in Segovia, in the middle of the XIXth century. In a hillock there rises a rustic farm known as "El Soto del Parral", where Germán, a farmer, lives wife his Aurora, helped by Damián, an awkward young boy with sleeping problems, and Catalina, a spirited maid, stubborn in marrying Damián.View more
November . 2013Luisa FernandaLuisa Fernanda is a romantic zarzuela in three acts by Federico Moreno Torroba. It has been performed more than 10,000 times. The libretto, in Spanish, is by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández Shaw. The first performance took place at Teatro Calderón inMadrid on March 26, 1932. It was Moreno Torroba’s fourth zarzuela, his first to receive great acclaim.View more
August . 2013Madama ButterflyMadama Butterfly is an opera in two acts with music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto in Italian of Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. Puccini based its opera partly on John Luther Long’s story Madame Butterfly (1898), which was dramatized by David Belasco. Puccini also based on the novel Madame Chrysanthème (1887) of Pierre Loti.View more
May . 2013El Asombro de DamascoThe Amazement of Damascus is a zarzuela in two acts inspired by One Thousand and One Night, with book by Antonio Paso y Cano and Joaquín Abati, and music by Pablo Luna. It first open at the Teatro Apolo of Madrid on September 20th 1916. View more
May . 2012The Saffron RoseThe Saffron Rose, free adaptation of the comedy of Felix Lope of Vega El Perro del Hortelano, narrates an impossible love story between two members of different social classes, in the rural Spanish region of La Mancha. View more
May . 2011Doña FrancisquitaOne of the biggest zarzuelas, based freely on the comedy of Lope de Vega “La Discreta Enamorada”, paints the portrait of a romantic Madrid in a poetical and faithful manner, creating colorful, vivacious and fresh pictures. View more
July . 2010Summer PerformanceIn a single scenographic frame, with a uniform costume design with small variations, extracts from operas by Richard Strauss and operettas.View more
May . 2010Le Nozze di FigaroDavid McVicar’s acclaimed production sets the action in a French château in 1830 on the eve of revolution, amplifying the opera’s undercurrents of class tension. The entire household is drawn into the notoriously complex plot, which covers all shades of human emotion: from spirited playfulness, to deep despair. View more
April . 2010Powder Her FaceCarlos Wagner’s energetic production of Thomas Adés explicit essay on lust, glamour, fame and celebrity.View more
March . 2010TamerlanoGraham Vick's stunning and majestic production of Handel's vivid tragedy, Tamerlano, with Richard Hudson-s extravagant Baroque-Islamic designs emphasizing the brilliance of one of Handel’s finest dramatic achievements. View more
January . 2010The Rake's ProgressFall and redemption in an outstanding production of The Rake's progress by Robert Lepage, set in the United States of the 50's, bringing brilliantly to life Tom Rakewell's vulnerability and the steadfastness of Anne Trulove.View more
December . 2009Der RosenkavalierOscar-®-winning film director John Schlesinger’s dazzling production of Staruss’ opera set in 1740’s Vienna. View more