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Teatro Real´s PALCO DIGITAL widens its content with the incorporation of the acclaimed production “Brokeback Mountain"

The new PALCO DIGITAL, Teatro Real´s audiovisual portal, has the support and sponsorship of ENDESA during the 2014/2015 season

Teatro Real´s audiovisual portal, PALCO DIGITAL, includes, on the basis of broadening the offered content, some of the most representative titles that have been show on their stage, such as “Brokeback Mountain, an opera composed by Charles Wuorinen with a libretto by the writer Annie Proulx a new production held by the Teatro Real will be available online starting on the 7th of November.

“Brokeback Mountain”, the novel by Annie Proulx was adapted for a film of the same name by Ang Lee and was very successful, winning 3 Oscars (8 nominations), the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival, 4 Golden Globe Awards amongst other prizes.

The world’s premiere of this opera took place in the Teatro Real the 28th of January, 2013, with Titus Engel as the musical director and the Belgian scene director Ivo van Hove. The American tenor Tom Randle brings life to the character of Jack Twist and the Canadian bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch plays the part as Ennis Del Mar.

Besides this new addition, the PALCO DIGITAL offers other productions that are in demand such as Philip Glass´s “The Perfect American” commissioned by the Teatro Real in Madrid in co-production with the English National Opera in London, currently on DVD for an international market, as well as the awarded recordings of “Iolanta and Persephone”, “Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci”, “Tosca”, “La bohème”, “La traviata”, “Luisa Fernanda”, “Le nozze di Figaro”, “Cosi fan tutte”, directed by Michael Haneke, or the Great Homage to Teresa Berganza. Soon we will add other titles for example “Alceste” or “Les contes d’Hoffmann”
 
The PALCO DIGITAL grants access to other audiovisual live content and a wide range of operas and shows recorded in the Teatro Real, as well as additional content which allows one to understand the productions more deeply. You may enjoy this service an unlimited number of times purchasing a semester ticket, season tickets or a single viewing of a chosen piece in the video library or a live transmission by paying a simple ticket.

PALCO DIGITAL, the Teatro Real’s audiovisual portal, has the support of Endesa.

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