Via gtl torn t, the 2008-2009 season of Teatro Real (.pdf file): it's a rich, juicy temporada, with big stuff such as Juan Diego Florez's sparkling Duke in Roberto Abbado's Rigoletto (OC might be there, we'll see; esp since in the cast there are also our beloved Ciofolina, aka Patrizia Ciofi, and maestro Leo Nucci); flashy stuff such as a Alvarez-heavy Un ballo in maschera with Marcelo Álvarez, Violeta Urmana, Carlos Álvarez and Elena Zaremba; La Damnation de Faust with Olga Borodina, Piotr Beczala, Ildar Abdrazakov and Simón Orfila. But also little gems such as Haendel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Janacek's always awesome Katya Kabanova. Rolando Villazon will appear in a night of arias & zarzuela with Placido Domingo.