Address

Teatro Real
Plaza Isabel II s/n
28013 Madrid

About 'Teatro Real'

After thirty-two years of planning and construction, a Royal Order on 7th May 1850 declared the immediate termination of the "Teatro de Oriente" and the building works are 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 10 October 1850, with Donizetti's La Favorite. In 1863, Giuseppe Verdi visited the theater for the Spanish premier of La Forza del Destino. In 1925 the Ballets Russes of Diaghilev performed in the theatre with the presence of Nijinsky and Stravinsky).[1]

Teatro Real west façadeFrom 1867 it housed the Madrid Royal Conservatory until 1925 when a Royal Order on 6th December calls for eviction due to the damage that the construction of the Metro de Madrid had caused on the building). The theater reopened in 1966 as a concert theater 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 a metal sculpture on stage which was created by surrealist Spanish artist, Salvador Dalí.

In the 1990s, when the theater was remodeled to host opera again.Since its reopening in 1997, the theater has recouped the fame and the excellence that it possessed on the 19th century. The first opera program performed after the reopening was Manuel de Falla’s El sombrero de tres picos and La vida breve.
 

How to get to 'Teatro Real'

Metro: Stop Ópera 2 and 5 Bus: Stop Plaza Isabel II 3, 25 and 39

Some further Events at this venue

Sunday, May 27th 2012. 18:00:
Tuesday, June 12th 2012. 20:00:
Thursday, June 14th 2012. 20:00:
Saturday, June 16th 2012. 20:00:
Monday, June 18th 2012. 20:00:
Tuesday, June 19th 2012. 20:00:
Wednesday, June 20th 2012. 22:00:
Thursday, June 21st 2012. 20:00:
Friday, June 22nd 2012. 20:00:
Sunday, June 24th 2012. 18:00: