by Juan Paz Canalejo · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478126422
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«La caja de las magias: Las escenografías históricas en el Teatro Real» is Juan Paz Canalejo's study, in paperback, published by the Madrid City Council.
The work analyses the evolution of painted decorations on backdrops used in operas at the Teatro Real in Madrid between 1850 and 1925, from the inauguration of the coliseum to its closure due to imminent ruin, thus documenting the history of Spanish stage design and its cultural impact.
Published in 2006. The edition comprises 319 pages in Spanish and includes a bibliography.
For scholars of opera, stage design and the cultural history of 19th-century Madrid.
