Teatro de la Zarzuela

Opera in three acts. Broadcast live from El Teatro de la Zarzuela on November 18, 2018.

Joaquín Gaztambide’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first performed at the Teatro del Circo in 1852. Participating in the revival of this comic opera are Miguel Ángel Gómez-Martínez, the veteran musical director, who considers Gaztambide to be “interesting, enjoyable and the holder of an extraordinary musical quality”, and Marco Carniti, the stage director, who wants to make us enjoy the beauty of a work which cheerfully veers between dream and reality. The libretto has been completely revamped and the action moved to Rome in the 1950s. Broadcast live from the Teatro de la Zarzuela on February 10th, 2019.

The King Who Raved was created by Ramos Carrión, Vital Aza and Chapí in 1891; it is a milestone in the history of lyric theatre and on the stage of the Teatro de la Zarzuela. For few kings, not even the most popular kings of history, nor those most loved by their people, will have been so acclaimed, so applauded, or so hoorayed as our King in this kingdom of La Zarzuela.

With this new production by the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the Italian stage director Davide Livermore and the British musical director Karel Mark Chichon show us a series of pictures of customs that shine through in Luisa Fernanda.

Operetta in two acts. A production by Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao, co-produced by Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo, Teatro Calderón de Valladolid and Teatro Español de Madrid.

Zarzuela in one act.

A zarzuela created by Nando López, with music from great composers like Ruperto Chapí, Federico Chueca, Gerónimo Giménez, José Serrano and Pablo Sorozábal. Part of 'Project Zarza': a zarzuela by, and for, young people.

Zarzuela in one act. Broadcast live from El Teatro de la Zarzuela on March 6, 2020.

Musical comedy in two acts. A vaudeville theatre where nobody wants to show who they are for fear of exposing what they lack.

Zarzuela based on the play with the same name by Miguel Mihura. European premiere. Broadcast live from El Teatro de la Zarzuela on November 27, 2019.

Lyric comedy in three acts. New production from El Teatro de la Zarzuela, in co-production with Gran Teatre del Liceu and Ópera de Lausanne. Broadcast live from Teatro de la Zarzuela on May 29, 2019.

Zarzuela in three acts. Broadcast live from El Teatro de la Zarzuela on April 12, 2019.

Considered the greatest musical success of Pablo Luna's career, this operetta was released at the end of 1923 in El Teatro de la Zarzuela. Many consider it the best of his compositions, bolstered by an inspired and amusing libretto. After its premiere, it went on to be produced in Cuba, Mexico and continued its life cycle on stage until the 1950s.

Sainete in two acts. Part of Project Zarza: zarzuela made by youth for youth.

La del manojo de rosas, the Teatro de la Zarzuela's most emblematic and popular production, turns 30 years old. At its premiere in September 1990, it was very well received by the public and critics, and has continued to be so during the last three decades. Several generations of singers, artists, technicians and the public have enjoyed what is now Sorozábal's best-known zarzuela.

Lyric comedy in three acts. Broadcast live from El Teatro de la Zarzuela on October 17, 2019.

Broadcast live from the Teatro de la Zarzuela on October 17, 2020.

Lyric farce in one act. This new adaptation preserves all musical numbers, but alters the spoken dialogue, situating the story in a modern community centre. Broadcast live from the Teatro de la Zarzuela on March 1, 2019.