Teatro Real Concerts 2024

It was nice but if you don’t have much time in Madrid you can definitely skip it.

Just saw Rigoletto. It was amazing. I really enjoyed it. I was worried I wouldn't understand anything but the gave subtitles in Spanish and English - it helped alot and the performance was wonderful.

We attended the theater to watch L'Orfeo. That is a beautiful work with a great message of loss, love, and living. The venue is beautiful and regal. The seating area has a grand chandelier hovering over the audience. The theater seats were comfortable and enough for a big guy like myself. The balconies are gilded and beautifully detailed. The royal box balcony is front and center. It's majestic quality makes for a perfectly romantic and exquisite night out. You can reserve a table to sit during intermission in a gorgeous room with spectacular paintings of the royal family. The venue is accessible to those with wheelchair use. The taxi hub is conveniently located behind the theater. I purchased the tickets online and felt the process was easy and convenient. The problem is here: I purchased the tickets based on its recommendation of best seats at the time. When we took our seats, we noticed jumbo screens placed around the theater for patrons to watch. Unfortunately, even though we purchased front row balcony seats to the left of the stage, we could not see the theater actors. We relied on the screens to see what was going on below us, which was a huge disappointment. If we wanted to view the stage actors, we had to lean over the balcony. The people behind us had to stand to catch a glimpse over us. That was the case all around the theater. Unless you purchase seats that are directly facing the theater stage, straight on, and within the middle third, you will not have a visible position. The jumbo screens show video but they do not capture the essence or the detail that the human eye can capture from the seats. I spent 80% of the time reclined in my seat, watching the screens and wishing the theater had disclosed the limited visibility when tickets were being purchased. I would recommend this venue, but be conscious of the limited visibility issue when purchasing tickets. It's better to buy the less expensive tickets up high that are centrally located than the closer, side balcony seats.

VISIBILITY!!!!! OJO! ATTENTION PEOPLE, if you are going to purchase a seat that is marked 'REDUCED VISIBILITY' it is very lightly that there is no visibility! I purchased 2 seats for 'Rigeletto)' December 2023 that was marked reduced visability. When we took our seats, to my 'horror' I realised that we had no view of the stage. Non what so ever. The top of the curtains was our view and to add to misery my view if the the screen from the opposite side of the Teatro was blocked by the spotlights! We left the theatre because there was no point in staying in darkness. On writing to the theatre to complain they replied that they have notified clients that some seats had reduced visability but also mean NO visibility!!! Is this lawful? Or honest to your clients? 118€ each for seats that has 'NO VISIBILITY'. By writing a few lines of disclaimer makes it ok?to take money from clients to SEE an opera performed on stage knowing that there is 'NO VISIBILITY' in certain seats. I purchased the tickets assuming that such a theatre (REAL) would not have sold me seats without visibility. I am complaining here not because I want the refund but for the Teatro Real to reconsider there policy of selling seats without visibility of the stage and scenery to the public. Pauline Williams A very Dissatisfied Client

I feel sorry for those like me who bought premium tickets to «Rigoletto» Rigoletto in a woman's dress and stockings is simply unbearable to watch. I leave my seat 5 minutes after I started. Women dancing twerk to verdi? drag queen joke? In addition, the sound in the theater is poorly tuned, the volume of the orchestra was floating A hundred beautiful people gathered in the hall, ladies in dresses and men in suits. I saw their outraged faces when they started what was happening on stage. this is a shame for everything and the Spanish theater