Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia
I Festival del Mediterrani
The "Opera Season" may be over for now but the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia (opera house) is currently hosting an arts festival that includes a mix opera, ballet/dance & music concerts, through July 1st.
To get tickets to performances in the Reina Sofia organizers suggest that tickets be purchased online but speaking from experience (wink, wink) it is probably easiest to call or visit the ticket office in person.
The ticket office (NW end of the building, across the round about from the Fallas Museum) is open daily and is the best option to assure a good seat choice - most of nice folks in the ticket office speak English.
Or you can call, Monday thru Friday, between 12:30 and 6:30 and should be able to talk to someone who speaks English. The office number is +34 902 202 383
A couple of other notes:
- Do NOT accept seats on the side. While the building is amazing to look at outside and the acoustics are very good inside there is a design flaw on the interior layout. The seats on either side of the theatre will only allow you to see half the stage - at best. And only if you sit twisted 90 degrees in your seat, draped over the railing. Very uncomfortable!
- DO go see an opera - in any language! The seat in front of you will have a small screen with subtitles in multiple languages - just push the small unmarked button to the right of the screen to get your language of choice. Very cool!
- Last minute/same day tickets are often available. The maybe purchased by visiting the ticket office in person a few hours before the evening performance. Call the ticket office, 902 202 383 to confirm the exact time tickets will be released and get there an hour early - just in case.
Note: The open air "Opera" last night (which was apparently pretty fantastic) was/is free and will be repeated this next Thursday evening, June 19th, at 10:30 PM.
It took us three or four attempts (flooding, stage problems, and Internet/language hurtles) before we managed to finally see a performance in the Sofia Reina but it was well worth it when we finally got there.
Enjoy!
Vicky MacFeidh
