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The Teatro Real (Royal Opera of Madrid) is an opera house in Madrid, Spain. [1] [2] Located at the Plaza de Oriente, opposite the Royal Palace, and known colloquially as El Real, it is considered the top institution of the performing and musical arts in the country and one of the most prestigious opera houses in Europe.
The Teatro Real is considered the leading institution of the performing arts in Spain, the foremost national opera house and one of the most important Spanish cultural institutions. The theatre also enjoys significant international prestige.
The origins of the Teatro Real. Fernando VII, by Royal Order of 7th of January 1817, ordered the remodelling of the Plaza de Oriente and the construction of an opera house on the same site,...
Situated in one of the most important and historic areas in the heart of Madrid, the Teatro Real is the centre of one of the most ambitious urban developments of the 19th century in the...
History of the Theatre. Our background. The origins of the current Teatro Real site can be dated to 1738, during the reign of Philip V, when the Real Teatro de losCaños del Peral opened with a production of the opera Demetrio, composed by Johann Adolph Hasse and with a libretto by Pietro Metastasio.
Located in one of the most important historical quarters of Madrid, the Teatro Real is at the hub of the Spanish capital’s most ambitious 19th-century town planning project: next to the Austrias district and facing the Royal Palace. The inside space of 78.210 square metres in the Teatro Real make this iconic building unique. The main ...
The great secret that hides behind the walls of the Teatro Real is its stage house, the space that the artists share with all types of technical devices which make set changes possible, in...
