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Lise Davidsen, Asmik Grigorian, Pretty Yende, Serena Sáenz, Xabier Anduaga, Javier Camarena, Michel Fabiano & Saioa Hernández Lead Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2025-26 Season

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2025-26 season. The season opens with “The Cunning Little Vixen,” featuring Peter Mattei, Anaïs Masllorens, David Alegret, Elena Tsallagova, Alejandro López, Milan Perišić, Sara Bañeras, Angela Brower, Mireia Pintó, Laura Brasó, and Mercedes Gancedo. Josep Pons conducts the production by Barrie Kosky. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-30, 2025 Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” will star Anthony Roth Costanzo, {…}

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Teatro Real & Gran Teatre Del Liceu Performances Affected by Power Outage

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The Tearo Real de Madrid and Gran Teatre Del Liceu have been affected by the power outages in Spain. The Teatro Real announced that due to the widespread power outage, the dress rehearsal for “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” is canceled. Meanwhile, the Barcelona theater said, the performance of “La sonnambula” scheduled for today, Monday, April 28th due to the {…}

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Gran Teatre del Liceu to Host 2025 ‘Concert for Peace’

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu will host the 2025 “Concert for Peace,” in collaboration with the Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation. This initiative, which began in 2022 in response to the outbreak of war in Ukraine, now returns in favor of peace, solidarity, and understanding between peoples, reaffirming the musical world’s commitment to universal rights. Given the increase in armed {…}

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Pretty Yende Cancels Participation in Gran Teatre del Liceu Concert with Nadine Sierra

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Pretty Yende has canceled her participation in a concert with Nadine Sierra on April 6, 2025, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The company said that for personal reasons Yende will no longer participate. As a result, Nadine Sierra will perform alone. The program was set to include arias and duets by Mozart, Bellini, Verdi, Gounod, Delibes, Mascagni, Puccini, Leoncavallo, {…}

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New Cast Change for the Gran Teatre del Liceu’s ‘Lohengrin’

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its performance of “Lohengrin” on March 24. The company said that Miina-Liisa Värelä will sing the role of Ortrud replacing the originally scheduled Iréne Theorin, who currently has an infection in the vocal chords. Värelä already sang the March 17 performance also replacing Theorin. Värelä is a soprano who {…}

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Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces New Cast Change for ‘Lohengrin’

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its March 21 performance of “Lohengrin.” The company said that soprano Okka von der Damerau will take on the role of Ortrud replacing Iréne Theorin, who is still suffering from an infection in one of her vocal cords. Von der Damerau performed on March 19, also replacing Theorin. The {…}

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Gran Teatre del Liceu Announces Cast Change for Mozart’s Requiem

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The Gran Teatre de Liceu has announced a cast change for its concert of Mozart’s Requiem. The company said soprano “Emőke Baráth joins today’s concert of Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ at the Sagrada Família replacing Anna Prohaska, due to a medical prescription.” Baráth has performed at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Salzburger Mozarteum, Opéra national du Rhin, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and Teatro dell’Opera di {…}

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Asmik Grigorian Replaces Lise Davidsen in Gran Teatre del Liceu Gala

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The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its July 2 gala with Matthias Goerne. The company said that soprano Asmik Grigorian will headline the concert alongside Goerne, replacing Lise Davidsen, who announced on Friday that she was expecting twins and would be withdrawing from projects until 2026. The company said that the Norwegian soprano had to {…}

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Barcelona Institutions, Including the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Team Up for Micro-Operas

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The CCCB, the MACBA, and the Liceu have announced “Micro-operas of Today,” an innovative proposal by three key cultural institutions in Barcelona. The project gathered artists from various fields to offer a fresh perspective on traditional opera and rethink it from a contemporary and inclusive viewpoint. Starting from a shared concern about the climate crisis, interspecies communication, and the acoustics of nature, {…}