https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's main opera house, the Teatro Real in Madrid, defended itself Monday after it had to cancel a performance when a small group of spectators loudly protested against being seated too close to each other amid a spike in Covid-19 infections. https://www.thelocal.es/20200922/protest-over-lack-of-social-distance-cancels-madrid-opera Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:23:33 +0200 protest-over-lack-of-social-distance-cancels-madrid-opera Spanish opera star Placido Domingo said Sunday he had tested positive for the new coronavirus, adding he and his family were "in good health". https://www.thelocal.es/20200323/spanish-opera-star-placido-domingo-tests-positive-for-coronavirus Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:00:11 +0100 spanish-opera-star-placido-domingo-tests-positive-for-coronavirus Scandal-hit opera star Placido Domingo on Thursday said his apology over sexual harassment allegations had given a "false impression" but cancelled his appearance in an upcoming performance in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20200227/placido-domingo-says-apology-gave-false-impression-but-drops-spain-show Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:45:19 +0100 placido-domingo-says-apology-gave-false-impression-but-drops-spain-show Spain's culture ministry on Wednesday cancelled opera star Placido Domingo's participation in an upcoming Madrid show, a day after he accepted "full responsibility" in a sexual harassment scandal. https://www.thelocal.es/20200226/spain-cancels-placido-domingo-show-over-sexual-harassment-scandal Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:04:34 +0100 spain-cancels-placido-domingo-show-over-sexual-harassment-scandal Opera star Placido Domingo, who is facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment, on Tuesday apologised for "the hurt" caused to his accusers, saying he accepted "full responsibility" for his actions. https://www.thelocal.es/20200225/placido-domingo-opera-star-truly-sorry-over-sex-harassment Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:38:24 +0100 placido-domingo-opera-star-truly-sorry-over-sex-harassment Placido Domingo, the legendary opera singer facing myriad sexual harassment accusations, is withdrawing from all future performances at New York's Metropolitan Opera, both he and the institution announced Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190925/opera-star-placido-domingo-withdraws-from-all-future-met-performances Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:18:04 +0200 opera-star-placido-domingo-withdraws-from-all-future-met-performances Opera legend Placido Domingo on Sunday received a standing ovation at the Salzburg Festival, his first performance since he was accused of sexually harassing women. https://www.thelocal.es/20190826/placido-domingo-gets-standing-ovation-in-salzburg-in-first-performance-since-sexual-harassment-claims Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:33:22 +0200 placido-domingo-gets-standing-ovation-in-salzburg-in-first-performance-since-sexual-harassment-claims Spain's world-famous opera singer Montserrat Caballé, known for her velvet-edged voice and radical rock duet with Queen singer Freddie Mercury, died in Barcelona on Saturday at the age of 85. https://www.thelocal.es/20181006/spanish-opera-star-montserrat-caballe-dies-aged-85 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 17:31:12 +0200 spanish-opera-star-montserrat-caballe-dies-aged-85 Bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni is not a typical Italian. Nor is he a typical opera singer. https://www.thelocal.es/20181001/interview-luca-pisaroni-madrid-faust-teatro-real Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:52:50 +0200 interview-luca-pisaroni-madrid-faust-teatro-real An opera celebrating the story of an octogenarian artist whose attempt to restore a fresco of Christ went disastrously wrong has had its US workshop premier in Arizona. https://www.thelocal.es/20180523/curtain-up-for-botched-jesus-comic-opera Wed, 23 May 2018 18:07:14 +0200 curtain-up-for-botched-jesus-comic-opera More than 40,000 people have signed a petition to prevent a real bull from appearing in an opera at Madrid’s Royal Theatre. https://www.thelocal.es/20160511/drop-bull-from-starring-in-opera-madrid-moses Wed, 11 May 2016 14:47:35 +0200 drop-bull-from-starring-in-opera-madrid-moses A romantic comedy by Richard Wagner is such a rare treat that opera-lovers flocked to Madrid’s Teatro Real for the dress rehearsal of “The Ban on Love” on Tuesday. Martin Roberts was there for The Local. https://www.thelocal.es/20160218/no-sex-please-were-german-wagner-comedy Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:54:18 +0100 no-sex-please-were-german-wagner-comedy Montserrat Caballé, the operatic soprano who famously sang 'Barcelona' with Freddy Mercury, has been charged with allegedly defrauding the Spanish tax system out of more than half a million euros. https://www.thelocal.es/20140429/spanish-opera-singer-charged-with-fraud Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:30:00 +0200 spanish-opera-singer-charged-with-fraud Cowboys embrace in their underwear, singing in rich tenor and baritone voices in a modern opera adaptation of the Oscar-winning film "Brokeback Mountain" opening in Madrid on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140126/gay-cowboy-opera-brokeback-mountain-staged-in-spain Sun, 26 Jan 2014 13:10:00 +0100 gay-cowboy-opera-brokeback-mountain-staged-in-spain "Brokeback Mountain", the Oscar-winning epic about the relationship between two cowboys in the American West, is coming to the stage as an opera, with a world premiere in Madrid this month. https://www.thelocal.es/20140121/brokeback-mountain-opera-premieres-in-spain Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:06:00 +0100 brokeback-mountain-opera-premieres-in-spain Spain's national library said on Wednesday it had discovered a rare fragment of an opera score handwritten by 19th century Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini lying within its archives. https://www.thelocal.es/20130919/rare-opera-manuscript-turns-up-in-madrid Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:39:00 +0200 rare-opera-manuscript-turns-up-in-madrid Spanish tenor Placido Domingo is being treated in a Madrid hospital for a pulmonary embolism, a blockage of an artery of the lungs, his publicist said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130710/opera-star-domingo-in-hospital-with-blood-clot Wed, 10 Jul 2013 10:57:02 +0200 opera-star-domingo-in-hospital-with-blood-clot