In today's broadcast, after the news, we talk to the directors behind the ambitious initiative of Madrid's Royal Opera to take top Spanish flamenco to dozens of cities in nearly twenty countries around the world. The initiative is called "Authentic Flamenco," and beginning in May three different flamenco troupes will take their their dancing, singing, guitar playing, and percussion on tour to perform before audiences from New York to Seoul and from London to Aukland, Sydney, and Singapore. For more information about the tour, which ends in December, consult the website: authenticflamencoshow.com . The tour's recent presentation at the Teatro Real included a brief but highly impressive performance by a selection of dancers, singers and musicians. One of them, the dancer Amador Rojas, is shown in the photo accompanying this podcast.