About Us

(Madrid, 1942). Lawyer, businessman and academic. Joined the Board of Trustees of and Executive Commission of the Teatro Real in 1995 when the Foundation was constituted, resigned the following year. Returned in 2004 and was appointed a member of the new Board and member of the Executive Commission. Appointed President of the Board and the Executive Commission in December 2007 and was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. 

Academic Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Academia Europea de las Artes, Ciencias y Letras. Honorary  Academic Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas of Toledo, and a corresponding Academic Member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes of  San Telmo. President of the Teatro de la Abadía, Honorary President of the Real Fundación de Toledo, First Vicepresident of the Fundación Ortega-Marañón  and a Patron of the  Museo del Ejército, the Archivo Histórico Nacional, the Real Fábrica de Tapices and the Centro Internacional de Toledo para la Paz. 

President of Logista and Air City Madrid Sur as well as the Board of Directors of Universal Music España. Spokesperson on the Board of Directors of Patrimonio Nacional.

Holder of the Gran Cruz de Alfonso X el Sabio;  the Medalla de Oro a las Bellas Artes; Medalla de Oro  of the Comunidad de Madrid; Medalla de Oro of Castilla-La Mancha. Comendador of the Italian Orden della Stella; Comendador of the French Légion d’Honneur Comendador.   

(Zaragoza, 1967). Director General of the Teatro Real since April 2012 and a member of the governing board of the institution. Vice President of the Asociación de Teatros de Ópera de España.  A member of the Cuerpo Superior de Administradores Civiles del Estado since 1995. Law degree from the University of Zaragoza and studies in Political Science and Sociology from the UNED. Masters degrees in Public Policy from the Carlos III University of Madrid and in Public Leadership from the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra.  Awarded the Encomienda al Mérito Civil by the King and Queen of Spain in 2003.   

Until the appointment in 2012 as CEO of the Teatro Real, his professional career  included positions in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport; Vice Secretary General of the Delegación del Gobierno in  Madrid; Director of Coordinación de Medios of Patrimonio Nacional, of the Ministerio de la presidencia; and Secretario General de la Agencia Española de Protección de Datos.  As well, he has extensive experience on the teaching staff at the Madrid Universities of Carlos III, the Complutense and the Autónoma.

(Pamplona, 1977). Assistant Director General of the Teatro Real since September 2015. Holds a degree in Publicity and Public Relations from the University of Navarra and a Masters in Programa de Dirección Directiva (PDD) from the IESE (2013). Preceding the appointment at the Teatro Real, the his professional career was at the publicity agencies of Contrapunto, RMG and Konecta and in events such as the Jornada Mundial de la Juventud in 2011, Mundial de Natación in 2013, the V Centenario del Greco in 2014 or LaLiga (LFP).

Graduate in Law from the University of Castilla La Mancha, specialising in Public Law and Political Science from the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies. She has been a member of the Cuerpo Superior de Administradores Civiles del Estado since 2003. Her training includes the INAP Management Development Programme, the Specialist Course in State Protocol and Ceremonial at the University of Oviedo in collaboration with the Diplomatic School, the Annual Leadership Programme for Public Management at the IESE Business School of the University of Navarra and the Advanced Specialisation Course in Public Communication (Communication and Media Studies at INAP).

During her professional career, until her appointment in 2021 as Secretary General of the Teatro Real, she has performed her duties as Vocal-Advisor to the Director General of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Secretary General of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) where she completed her duties with studies in Sociology at the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard (RCCH) and participated in the Juries of the National Sociology and Political Science Award in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016, Area Coordinator and Head of Area of the Directorate General for Terrorism Support, and Head of Service of Classification of Contractors and Register of Contracts of the Ministry of Finance.

(Barcelona, 1961). Holds a degree in Media Studies from the Universidad Autónoma of Barcelona, studied Sociology at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and has a degree in Piano, Voice and Harmony. Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona between 1997 and 2012.  Appointed Artistic Director of the Teatro Real in 2013. Founder and President of Ópera Europa. Jury member of numerous international music and voice competitions  

Ivor Bolton studied at the University of Cambridge (Clare College), Royal College of Music and National Opera Studio London. Has worked in the most prestigious opera houses of Europe and is frequently seen at the Opéra national de Paris, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Nederlandse Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, Semperoper Dresden, and Festival International d'Aix-en-Provence, Theater a der Wien or the Hamburg State Opera. Has been a Guest conductor at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires, Sidney Opera House and the San Francisco Opera. Director of the prestigious Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg since 2004. 

Since 2014, Pablo Heras-Casado has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Real. Born in Granada (Andalusia), he has conducted and conducts the most prestigious symphonic orchestras and chamber music ensembles worldwide. Has collaborated with the New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Freiburger Barockorchester and the New York Metropolitan Opera. Recordings with Deutsche Grammophon and Harmonia Mundi.  Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St Luke’s (New York) from 2011-2017. His repertory includes both symphonic works and opera and extends from the Historically Informed Performance (HIP) to the current day.  

Between 1980 and 1996, he was part of the Technical Direction team of the Centro Dramático Nacional de Madrid, in the position of Assistant Technical Director. From 1997-2005, he was Head of Staging at the Teatro Real and Assistant Technical Director from 2006-2012. Appointed Technical Director of the Teatro Real in 2018. 

Between  1999 and  2014, he was a company member of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden where he was Head of the Staff Directors department. As a stage director, he has directed for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Paris Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Opera de Bordeaux, the Teatro Regio in Turín, the Grand Theatre of Geneva, the Rome Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Australia, Pinchgut Opera in Sydney (where he was born), the Canadian Opera Company, the Washington National Opera, the Czech National Opera, the Minnesota Opera, the BBC Proms and the Liceu of Barcelona. He has trained and worked with young singers at the Royal College of Music of London, Yale University, the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme of London's Royal Opera House and the Fundación Albéniz.  

A member of staff of the Teatro Real since 2003, at present she heads the Department of Private Sponsorship. Between 1993 and 2003, Accounts Director of cultural institutions, fundamentally the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.  Member of the Board of Directors of Opera Europa since 2011, member of the Consultant and Founder committee of the Fundraising Academy of Opera Europa. Professor of the Opera Management Course of Opera Europa. Holds a degree in Modern Languages from Westminster College London and Masters Degrees in Business and Marketing from the ESEM and Women and Leadership from the Fundación del Pino.  For more than 20 years, the world of culture has been the focus point of her professional career. 

Holds a degree in Economics and Business from the Universidad del País Vasco. MBA from the IE.  Masters in Digital Marketing from KSCHOOL and a degree in piano from the Conservatory of Music of Bilbao.  10 years as Director of Publicity for Canal+ TV and previously for the Banco Santander and Repsol. Joined the Teatro Real in September 2014 as Director of Corporate Events and since February 2016, Director of Institutional Relations. 

Director of Press and Media Relations. She holds a PhD in Journalism from the Universidad Carlos III and, until joining the Teatro Real, she was Editor-in-Chief of the Efe Agency, where she has been the head, at different stages, of its Culture and Entertainment, Society and Science and Future sections. She has also been Editor-in-Chief of News at Telecinco, founder and director of Cable Canal Salud and founding partner of the communication magazine Joiner, and has extensive experience in the university and teaching field.

Holds a degree in Media Studies from the Universidad Pontificia of Salamanca, and Masters Degrees in “Comunicación Empresarial e Institucional” from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and “Experto en Marketing en internet” from the ESIC Business & Marketing School. Before joining the Teatro Real as Director of Communications and Marketing in 2012, her professional career was linked to the world of media: first at the Grupo Vocento  and the Agencia Servimedia, and then she specialized in Institutional and Business Communication and Consulting for Strategic Communication for 13 years. Head of Communication for the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos for more than 7 years.

Curro graduated in Journalism at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and received his Masters in Arts Policy & Management at the University of London.  He began his career at the Teatro Real in June 2005 in the Department of Sponsorship and External Relations.  In 2012 he transferred to the Department of Communications & Marketing until September 2014 when he moved to London to further his cultural management skills through Arts Marketing & Fundraising in the academic setting and later as Development Manager in the National Opera Studio.  During his time in the United Kingdom, he acquired a deep understanding of the British cultural industry in balancing the creative and commercial aspects of the artistic product.  In 2018 he returned to the Teatro Real as Deputy Director of Marketing and since November 2020 he has worked as Director of Marketing, Sales and Customer Experience, a role which oversees the management and implementation of digital marketing, commerce and customer support strategies, amongst other areas.

Passionate about music and opera since he was a child, Curro has published reviews of operatic performances in Ópera Actual.  He plays the piano and bassoon and has been a member of a number of choirs specialised in early Music in Madrid and London.