Choirmaster: Francesc Bonnín
Singing teacher: Manuel Velasco
The Cor del Teatre Principal was created in 1983 and has been led by Rafel Nadal (1983-1989), Francesc Bonnín (1989-2012), José M. Moreno (2012-2015) and Pere Víctor Rado (2015-2021). Manuel Velasco is currently a singing teacher, and from January 2022, Francesc Bonnín will once again be the choirmaster.
The choir has performed major works by the most important lyrical authors such as Verdi (Il trovatore, Don Carlo, La Traviata, Nabucco, Rigoletto, Aida, Macbeth, Un ballo in maschera and Falstaff); Puccini (La bohème, Tosca, Le villi, Suor Angelica, Turandot, La fanciulla del West, Madama Butterfly); Montsalvatge (Una voce in off); Mozart (Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Die Zauberflöte); Rossini (Il barbiere di Siviglia, L’Italiana in Algeri, La Cenerentola); Bellini (Norma); Donizetti (Lucia di Lammermoor, L’elisir d’amore, Il Campanello); Mascagni (Cavalleria rusticana); Leoncavallo (Pagliacci) Giordano (Andrea Chénier); Bizet (Carmen, Les Pêcheurs de Perles); Wagner (Der Fliegende Höllander); Gounod (Faust); Cilea (Adriana Lecouvreur); Offenbach (The Tales of Hoffmann); Saint-Saëns (Samson and Delilah); Boito (Mefistofele); Bretón (Lovers of Teruel); Arrieta (Marina); Gluck (Orfeo ed Euridice)... and zarzuelas Gigantes y Cabezudos, Doña Francisquita, Luisa Fernanda, La Tabernera del Puerto, Marina, Los gavilanes, El huésped del sevillano, La viuda alegre, etc.
As a result of all this work, it has been able to collaborate with international artists such as E. Obratzova, D. Zajick, A. Milo, C. Álvarez, V. Sardinero, A. Cupido, C. Chausson, J. Pons, F. Cossotto, K. Rydl, M. Manguerra, I. Vinco, A. M. Sánchez, J. Bros, R. Kabaivanska, N. Martinucci, P. Giuliacci, G. Casolla, F. Patané, L. Flanighan, D. Mazzola Gavazzeni, I. Salazar... y con directores como F. Mónica, L. Remartínez, P. Bender, E. Colomer, G. Simon, N. Santi, E. Khon, R. Gandolfi, G. Carella, F. Haider, M. Amiliato, J. Acs, C. Davis, R. Palumbo, R. Paternostro, F. M. Carminati, etc.
Besides the many performances in Mallorca, the choir has also performed at the Santander Festival (1994), Gstaad Festival (Switzerland) (1989), Sant Lluís Summer Concerts (Menorca), Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao, Basilica of Sant Pere in the Vatican (2004) and at the Berliner Philharmonie with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in a concert dedicated to Beethoven (2015). The choir is a regular contributor during the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears (Symphony Orchestra of the Balearic Islands) seasons.
The choir has performed (in some cases for the first time) and recorded music by Mallorcan composers, such as the choral music of Antoni Noguera, El pi de Formentor and Nuredduna by Bernat Julià, L’enamorada by B. Poquet, El castell d’iràs i no tornaràs by B. Porcel, Rua Fosca by J. Santandreu and M. Brunet (on DVD, which won a “Premi 31 de desembre” from the Obra Cultural Balear (OCB)), Angelus and La Balanguera by Joan Valent, La Balanguera by Joan Martorell, 20th Anniversary Concert of the Cors de la FTPP (on DVD), and the cantata El Rei Jaume I by Antoni Parera Fons.
In 2008, it received the Ramon Llull prize from the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. In addition, it was awarded the Medal of honour and gratitude from the Consell de Mallorca (Council of Mallorca) and a distinction from the Obra Cultural Balear (Balearic Cultural Work) for their work.