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Inside Ariane et Barbe-Bleue: A Conversation with Joan Matabosch
Platform Members, Roadshow
About the event
On 22 January, the Teatro Real in Madrid hosted a special event as part of the VII Young Talents Cycle of the Banco Sabadell Foundation, bringing together around 150 young participants. The evening opened with an encounter led by Joan Matabosch, Artistic Director of the Teatro Real, who offered an in-depth introduction to Ariane et Barbe-Bleue by Paul Dukas. The talk explored the opera’s central themes of truth, fear, and freedom—drawing on Charles Perrault’s Bluebeard—and provided young audiences with direct insight into the upcoming production.
The event continued with a recital from the Young Talents series, featuring emerging artists from the Reina Sofía School of Music. This free cultural programme, developed in collaboration with the Banco Sabadell Foundation and organised by the Friends of the Teatro Real Foundation, offered young patrons a formative artistic experience while supporting the professional development of the next generation of performers.
PLATFORM MEMBER TEATRO REAL
Teatro Real, (Royal Opera of Madrid), is an independently-run public foundation with significant social involvement in its governing and funding bodies, and the participation —at state, regional and local level— of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, the Regional Government of Madrid and Madrid City Council. It is deemed Spain’s major institution for the musical and performing arts, and is the leading national opera house, with significant and growing global outreach.
This was the member’s 2025–2026 roadshow, supported by the FEDORA Platform and co-funded by the European Union.
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