A Musical Fantasy from Spain

Teatro Real returns to Carnegie Hall with María Dueñas and Saioa Hernández in a Spanish program led by David Afkham.

Teatro Real, The Royal Opera of Madrid, returns to Carnegie Hall for the third time. The program features the Violin Concerto in D Major by Korngold, a composer who fled the nazis and succeeded in Hollywood. The Concerto is played by Spanish violinist María Dueñas with the Orchestra of Madrid’s Teatro Real. This performance marks the American debut of the Spanish soprano Saioa Hernández. She sings arias from zarzuelas (Spanish operettas) and Spanish operas by Serrano, Penella, along with Falla’s La vida breve. David Afkham leads the Orchestra of the Teatro Real.

The artistic team features renowned talents including violinist María Dueñas, soprano Saioa Hernández, and distinguished conductor David Afkham, all performing alongside the Orchestra of Madrid’s Teatro Real.

Program

Part I

• Joaquín Turina (1882–1949): Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 (Exaltación, Ensueño, Orgía)
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957): Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35 (Moderato nobile, Romance, Finale – Allegro assai vivace)

Part II

• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Alborada del gracioso (The Jester’s Aubade)
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946): La vida breve (¡Allí está! Riyendo junto a esa mujé, Danza)
• Manuel Penella (1880–1939): El gato montés (Juntos desde chavalillos)
• José Serrano (1873–1941): Los claveles (¿Qué te importa que no venga?)
• Maurice Ravel: La valse, Poème choréographique pour orchestre

María Dueñas

María Dueñas is a spanish violinist. She is the winner of Princess of Girona Award and first prize winner in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, who has chosen to perform Korngold’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, the composer who fled the Nazis and triumphed in Hollywood.

Saoia Hernández

Saioa Hernández is a Spanish soprano closely associated with the Teatro Real. The Madrid-born singer, who won the Best Singer award at the International Opera Awards, will perform arias from zarzuelas by José Serrano and Manuel Penella, as well as a monologue from Falla’s La vida breve.

Teatro Real

Teatro Real (Royal Opera of Madrid) is an independently-run public foundation with significant social involvement in its governing and funding bodies, and the participation –at state, regional and local level– of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, the Regional Government of Madrid and Madrid City Council. It is deemed Spain’s major institution for the musical and performing arts, and is the leading national opera house, with significant and growing global outreach. In recent years, aided by solid, professional and independent management, the Theatre has received numerous accolades, including the International Opera Award as the World’s Best Opera Company.