About Us

(Madrid, 1942). Lawyer, businessman and academician.

Gregorio Marañón joined the Board of Trustees and the Executive Board of the Teatro Real in 1995, at the time the Foundation was constituted. After resigning from both bodies in 1996, he was again appointed trustee and member of the Executive Board in 2004.In December 2007 he was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees and its Executive Board; he was re-elected in 2012, 2018 and 2021.

Gregorio Marañón is a full member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Historical Sciences of Toledo, a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Telmo and a founding member of the Academy of Social Sciences and Humanities of Castilla-La Mancha.  He chairs the Ortega-Marañón Foundation, and is honorary chairman of the Royal Foundation of Toledo. He is a trustee of the National Library, of the National Historical Archive of Nobility, of the Museum of the Army, and an honorary trustee of the Norman Foster Foundation.

Gregorio Marañón is Chairman of Air City Madrid Sur. He chairs the Board of Directors of Universal Music España and is a member of the Board of Directors of Patrimonio Nacional (National Heritage). He is also a member of the Board of Agbar.

He has been awarded the Great Cross of Queen Isabel la Católica, the Great Cross of Alfonso X el Sabio, the Gold Medal for Fine Arts, the Gold Medal of the Community of Madrid, the Gold Medal of the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha and the Gold Medal of the Madrid City Council. He is a Commander of the French Légion d’Honneur and a Commander of the Order of the Star of the Republic of Italy.

Gregorio Marañón holds honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Castilla-La Mancha and from King Juan Carlos University. He received the Mariano de Cavia Award for journalism.
 

(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).

(Madrid 1962) Secretary General of the Teatro Real and Secretary of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee since November 2022. She has been a member of the Cuerpo Superior de Administradores Civiles del Estado since 1988. She holds a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and is on leave of absence from the Technical Management Scale of the Autonomous University of Madrid. During her professional career and until her appointment as Secretary General of the Teatro Real, she has held the posts of Head of the Human Resources Management Service at the National Employment Institute, Deputy Director General of Human Resources Planning and Selection at the Directorate General of the Civil Service, Director of the Civil Service College at the National Institute of Public Administration, Inspector General of Services at the Ministry of Science and Technology, Secretary General of the National Geographic Institute and Secretary of the High Geographic Council and Deputy Director General of Economic Action at the Higher Council for Scientific Research. She also holds the title of Quality Evaluator in the EFQM methodology applied to the Public Administration, has carried out extensive teaching work in civil servant training schools and business schools and is the author of numerous publications and articles on public policy management and administration.

(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. 

Director of Strategic Communications, Corporate Affairs 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.

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.  

Bachelor's degree in Information Sciences from the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Master's in Corporate and Institutional Communication from the Complutense University of Madrid, and expertise in Internet Marketing from ESIC Business & Marketing School. Until her appointment in 2012 as Director of Communication and Marketing at the Teatro Real, she has worked in various areas of the communication sector. After starting her career in media within the Vocento Group and the Servimedia Agency, she has mainly focused on institutional and corporate communication, as well as strategic communication consultancy in different sectors. With over 13 years of experience in this field, she held the position of Communication Director at the Spanish Data Protection Agency for over 7 years, among other roles.