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"You have to be proactive in conquering the 'new normal'. We are not going to sit back." Joan Matabosch has presented in this way the 2020-2021 season of the Teatro Real , which will feature 15 opera shows (seven of them, new productions) and which aims to mark the recovery of the Madrid coliseum after the severe blow caused by the pandemic of Covid-19 for the performing arts.
The presentation ceremony took place this Tuesday behind the scenes of 'Achilles in Sciros': the star montage of the current 2019-2020 season, which had to be released on March 17 and had to be suspended by the declaration of the state of alarm, after a failed attempt to 'premiere' the world via streaming. Stalagmites and scaffolding that should have disappeared months ago, but had to be abandoned on the run before the theater closed.
And there they would continue for several months if it were not for the efforts of Matabosch, who has managed to reopen Real's doors on July 1 with the presentation of the production of 'La Traviata' which was scheduled as the culmination of the current season. Now, explained the artistic director, the staging of Verdi's opera will become "a prologue, an aperitif before the banquets" of the 2020-2021 program, which will serve to know the conditions under which it can be carried out. . Matabosch has pointed out that it is "a semi-staged version, not a concert", although he did not want to give details on gauging and security measures due to the "changing situation" that the stage sector can go through due to the impact of the coronavirus.
Disbanded by the stage box, in compliance with security measures and social distancing, those attending the presentation (which has also been broadcast 'online' as "a first step towards normality that we all needed") have listened to Matabosch promise that both the 'Achilles' and the other three mounts that could not be represented (the superintendent did not want to talk about "canceling") "will be done in the future, in the years to come", without specifying whether they will be within three, four or five exercises.
Regarding the one that starts this fall (if there is no regrowth or some other sanitary problem), Matabosch pointed out that "it is indeed a season in which adjustments have had to be made, but it has not affected the quality and ambition of it. " Thus, the inaugural title 'Un Ballo in Maschera', by Verdi (with two inaugural galas: one on September 16 for those under 35 years of age, within the policy of reinforcing attention to young audiences, and another on September 18 , with the assistance of public figures) was not what was originally planned. "We have had to be imaginative in the face of such exceptional conditions as those of the pandemic," Matabosch said. But it is exactly the season we want to present. "
This was also stated by the general manager of the coliseum, Ignacio García Belenguer, who has adjusted the percentage to ensure that "the season is 98% the same". He also expressed a wish: "We are confident that the gauging will be normalized in September." And it is that the box office is one of the three economic bras on which the artistic activity of the Real is sustained. On the other two, the director general has spoken of "good support from the sponsors and the administrations", with whom they had a meeting this Monday during the meeting of the board of trustees of the theater. "Without a doubt, all this has an economic cost that we will assume," he concluded.
As for the main dishes, the presentation of a new staging of 'Peter Grimes', by Benjamin Britten , considered one of the great operas of the 20th century, stands out. It is a co-production with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Paris Opera and the Dell'Opera Theater in London that will be seen first in Madrid. The same as Dvorák's 'Rusalka', which has a spot on the show in November. Also highlights the third part of the 'Wagnerian' Tetralogy that is being carried out by the Principal Guest Music Director, Pablo Heras-Casado , who arrives at 'Sigfried' ready to remove the aura of 'Cinderella' from the 'Ring'.
Carlos Álvarez transvestite in 'Viva la Mamma' (version of Donizetti's 'Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali') and a cast led by Anna Netrebko and Jonas Kaufmann in a final 'Tosca' also mark a program that those responsible for the Real hope to see. develop smoothly.
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