TOPSHOT - Spanish actor Jose Carpe tries on his clown suit in the dressmaking workshop of a new production of "The Bartered Bride", the comic opera in three acts by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana staged by French opera and theatre director Laurent Pelly at the Teatro Real in Madrid on March 28, 2026. The opera premieres on April 14, 2026 at Madrid's Teatro Real with a large part of its costumes and props and scenery made from recycled material in accordance with the theatre's sustainability policy. The opera will also be performed at the Opera National in Lyon, France, the Oper Kholn in Cologne, Germany, and at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP via Getty Images)