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Teatro Real opens new season with Puccini’s Manon Lescaut

King Felipe VI presided over the opening of the Teatro Real's 2026/2027 season with a production of Giacomo Puccini’s ‘Manon Lescaut’. This marks the opera’s return to the Madrid venue after a 102-year absence.

The production is a co-production with the Cologne Opera and features direction by Carlos Wagner and musical direction by Nicola Luisotti. The cast includes Sondra Radvanovsky, Michael Fabiano, Saioa Hernández, and Jorge de León.

While the King attended the premiere, Queen Letizia was in Belgium for the World Cancer Research Day 2026. The event was attended by Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun and Teatro Real President Gregorio Marañón.

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Carlos Wagner · Felipe VI · Giacomo Puccini · Nicola Luisotti · Teatro Real