Opera
Pietro Mascagni
Iris
04 Oct, 25 - 07 Oct, 25
Premiere at the Teatro Real
The Teatro Real premieres Iris, by Pietro Mascagni, in a concert version, with Daniele Callegari as musical director and Ermonela Jaho performing the title role. After her brilliant performances in Madama Butterfly, La Traviata and Adriana Lecouvreur, she has become one of the most acclaimed singers at the Teatro Real in recent years.
Melodramma in three acts
Music by: Pietro Masagni (1863-1945)
Libretto: Luigi Illica
Concert version
Artistic team
Conductor: Daniele Callegari
Chorus director: José Luis Basso
Cast
The blind man
Jongmin Park
Iris
Ermonela Jaho
Osaka
Gregory Kunde
Kyoto
Gabriele Viviani
Dhia / Geisha
Carmen Solís
A shopkeeper
The ragpicker
Pablo García-López
Coro y Orquesta Titulares del Teatro Real
Synopsis and more information
Iris is a naive young woman who attracts the attention of a nobleman, Osaka. He kidnaps her to take her to a luxurious apartment in the Yoshiwara district. She thinks she is dreaming or in Paradise. Osaka intends to seduce her but only succeeds in terrifying her. He soon tires of the affair and of Iris's simplicity, leaving her in the hands of Kyoto, a pimp.
He takes her to his brothel, where she is cursed by her father and, full of shame, throws herself into a well.
Her body ends up in the sewer drain, where a ray of sunlight shines on the clothes wrapping her. The half-dead Iris comes to life. In her delirium she hears the voices of her father, Osaka and Kyoto, all telling her about the brutality of life. The sun rises and proclaims its infinite love. Iris dies in the blazing sun, transformed into the flower that bears her name.
Releases
Protective Friend
07 July
2025Supporter and Benefactor Friend
08 July
2025Patron friends
09 July
2025Subscribers friend
10 July
2025Tickets on sale
11 July
2025Performances
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04 October 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
07 October 2025
19:30
Main Auditorium
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