Royal Flamenco is back with its seventh edition. The festival returns to the Teatro Real in Madrid focusing, once again, on the most outstanding dancers of the moment who will offer in a memorable show their different and enriching ways of interpreting the tradition of flamenco dance, with its different languages . They will do it accompanied by prestigious musicians and singers in an environment as spectacular as the Teatro Real ballroom. After an inauguration by Eduardo Guerrero, the Teatro Real, in co-production with SO-LA-NA, will offer the show on November 27 Patricia Donn in concertfor the first time on the tablao of this Madrid temple. The Barcelona dancer will offer an unforgettable journey through the different styles of flamenco, which will extend from the ancestral depths and the most flamenco roots to contemporary freshness.
Donn will stop at the powerful Threshing machineevoking the songs of the forges of Seville, Jerez and Cádiz, to the rhythm of the hammers of the anvil and will travel the promenade of Havana to the rhythm of Tangos. He won’t leave Cuba to perform with his iconic shawl Guajiraswith a touch of sugar cane and rum, to return again to Andalusia and display all the intensity of La Solea And Buleriain an authentic display of passion and virtuosity. Additionally, Donn will incorporate innovations such as The hummingbird ringwhere tradition masterfully mixes with innovation, to culminate with celebration Rumbawhich serves as a beautiful bridge between America and Spain. All this, accompanied by the dance of Dani Caballero, Israel Cerreduela on guitar, Iván Losada on percussion, Barnabás Hangonyi (Batio) on cello, as well as the voice of Saúl Quirós to celebrate the richness of flamenco, where voice, guitar and dance intertwine to excite and captivate the audience with every measure. An audience that will be able to enjoy this show only on November 27, 28 and 29 at 8:00 p.m., in the Ballroom of the Teatro Real.
Balance between veteran and young artists
Although as expected, Patricia Donn’s show is not the only one of this edition of Royal Flamenco which will continue with El Yiyo on December 11, 12, 13 and 14, which will close the year with At my leisurean immersive experience that reflects the many facets of the flamenco dancer through an emotional journey through their experiences and environments. Already in 2025, Ricardo Fernández del Moral, on guitar and vocals, accompanied by the dance of Belén López, will arrive at the tablao of the Teatro Real on January 29, 30 and 31 with the poetry of Federico García Lorca and the epic adventures of Don Quixote of La Mancha. On February 19, 20 and 21, it’s Paula Rodríguez’s turn with The beating of the shawl on a shocking sensory journey as dancer Amador Rojas presents Your flamenco March 26, 27 and 28. Spring being already advanced, on April 23, 24 and 25, Lucía Campillo arrives with Stellamasterfully merging Spanish dance and flamenco, and on May 20, 21 and 22 the exception to this cycle arrives, led by singer Manuel Moreno Maya, The Pelemaster of flamenco with more than five decades of experience, whose deep and heartbreaking voice will evoke with his show the most authentic roots of this art. Pure and wild. To close, on June 18, 19 and 20, Paula Comitre embodies the essence of flamenco through the body as a means of expression with Named body.
Thus, in June 2025, it will conclude another year Royal Flamencoa cycle that is part of the policy of promotion and defense of flamenco undertaken by the Teatro Real. For this, it stands out, for example, by having integrated it into its audiovisual platform. MyReaderOpera, where you can enjoy an extensive video library of opera, dance, concerts and flamenco streaming from theaters around the world, as well as live broadcasts of the Teatro Real opera season. Also, under the name Authentic flamenco, International tours of flamenco artists are being organized and currently have more than 500 performances scheduled in 48 cities in 14 countries in America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania.
