What is Teatro Real?
[[File:Teatro Reale (1850 san. 1997) an der Plaza de Isabel II in Madrid Spanien - Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann P1150196.jpg|thumb|upright=1.41|Teatro Real de Madrid from the east at the Plaza de Isabel II—the other side of the theatre (2016)]] '''Teatro Real''' (Royal Theatre) or simply ''El Real,'' is a major [[opera house]] in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.timeout.com/madrid/music/venue/13686/teatro-real| title=Teatro Real| website=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Madrid]]| access-date=2020-07-25| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905063729/http://www.timeout.com/madrid/music/venue/13686/teatro-real| archive-date=2009-09-05}}</ref><ref name=premier>{{cite web |website=gomadrid.com |url=http://www.gomadrid.com/sights/teatro-real.html |title=Teatro Real, Madrid's premier opera house |access-date=2009-10-22}}</ref> It was founded in 1818 and opened on 19 November 1850. It closed in 1925 and reopened in 1966. It has 1,746 seats. Today the Teatro Real opera is one of the great theaters of [[Europe]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Opera houses]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Madrid]]