Lise Davidsen, Sondra Radvanovsky, Saioa Hernández & Xabier Anduaga Lead Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2022-23 Season

By Francisco Salazar

The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2022-23 season featuring two world premieres and classic works with international stars.

Here is a look at the new season.

Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” will star Carlos Chausson, Alessandro Corbelli, Andrzej Filonczyk, Carles Pachón, Xabier Anduaga, Iván Ayón-Rivas, Sara Blanch, and Serena Sáenz. Josep Pons conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 9, 2022

La gata perduda“will have its world premiere with Pau Armengol, Rocío Martínez, Marta Infante, Albert Casals, and Dianne Ico. Alfons Reverté conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 5 & 7, 2022

Vittorio Grigolo and Yonghoon Lee star in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Saioa Hernández, Hibla Gerzmava, Gianluca Buratto, Krzysztof Baczyk, Ksenia Dudnikova, Judit Kutasi, Juan Jesús Rodríguez, and Àngel Òdena. Riccardo Frizza conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 27-Nov. 8, 2022

Puccini’s “Il Trittico” will star Ambrogio Maestri, Brandon Jovanovich, Lise Davidsen, Mireia Pintó, Ermonela Jaho, Daniela Barcellona, Ruth Iniesta, and Iván Ayón-Rivas. Susanna Mälkki conducts Lotte de Beer’s new production.

Performance Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 15, 2022

Aleksandra Kurzak, Maria Agresta, Monica Zanettin, and Sondra Radvanovsky star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Roberto Alagna, Joseph Calleja, Antonio Corianò, Evgeny Nikitin, George Gagnidze, and Luca Salsi.

Performance Dates: Jan. 4-21, 2023

Luca Salsi and Carlos Álvarez star in Verdi’s “Macbeth” alongside Erwin Schrott, Simón Orfila, Sondra Radvanovsky, Anna Pirozzi, Francesco Pio Galasso, and Celso Albelo. Jaume Plensa directs the new production with Josep Pons conducting.

Performance Dates: Feb. 16-March 3, 2023

Magdalena Kožená, Erin Morley, Elizabeth DeShong, Anna Bonitatibus, Valerio Contaldo, and Alex Rosen star in Handel’s “Alcina.” Marc Minkowski conducts.

Performance Date: Feb. 17, 2023

Gilda Fiume, Vanessa Goikoetxea, Benedetta Torre, Antonia Ahyoung Kim, Rinat Shaham, Leonor Bonilla, and Marta Mathéu star in “7 Deaths of Maria Callas” by Marina Abramović. Josep Pons conducts.

Performance Dates: March 9-11, 2023

Josep Pons conducts the world premiere of “Alexina B.” Marta Pazos directs the production which stars Lídia Vinyes-Curtis, Alicia Amo, Elena Copons, Xavier Sabata, Mar Esteve, and Fabian Lara.

Performance Dates: March 18-22, 2023

Nadine Sierra, Amina Edris, Javier Camarena, and Pene Pati star in Massenet’s “Manon” with Alexandre Duhamel, Jarrett Ott, Laurent Naouri, and Jean-Vincent Blot. Marc Minkowski conducts the production by Olivier Py.

Performance Dates: April 20-May 3, 2023

Nikolai Schukoff, Elena Pankratova, René Pape, Matthias Goerne, and Evgeny Nikitin star in Wagner’s “Parsifal” with Josep Pons conducting the production by Claus Guth.

Performance Dates: May 25-June 7, 2023

Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” will be performed in a concert performance.

Performance Dates: June 8 & 9 2023

David Hansen, Xavier Sabata, Nahuel di Pierro, Josep Ramon Olivé, Thobela Ntshanyana, Natalia Labourdette, Milan Perišic, Magdalena Kožená, Julie Fuchs, and Deanna Breiwick star in Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” with Jordi Savall and Luca Guglielmi conducting. Calixto Bieito directs.

Performance Dates: July 10-21, 2023

Concerts 

Cecilia Bartoli will perform alongside Gianluca Capuano in a program of music by Handel, Hasse, Porpora, Leo, Caldara, and Fasch.

Performance Date: Oct. 29, 2022

Lise Davidsen, Waltraud Meier, and Iréne Theorin perform scenes from Wagner, Strauss and others. Josep Pons conducts.

Performance Date: Nov. 13, 2022

The Tenor Viñas Contest: final audition and competition will be held.

Performance Dates: Jan. 27 & 29, 2023

Benjamin Appl and James Baillieu perform “Winterreise.”

Performance Dates: March 23-25, 2023

Sara Blanch, Xabier Anduaga, and Giulio Zappa perform arias and duos by Bellini (“La sonnambula” and “I puritani”), Donizetti (“Lucia di Lammermoor” and “La fille du régiment”), and Verdi (“Rigoletto”).

Performance Dates: March 24, 2023

Josep Pons conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with Victoria Karkacheva.

Performance Dates: April 2, 2023

Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczala perform arias and duos by Verdi, Puccini and other composers of verismo.

Performance Dates: July 13 & 16, 2023

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