The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona has announced that Anna Netrebko will perform her acclaimed recital “Night and Day” on January 27, 2021. The soprano, who is also scheduled to appear in concert performances of “Il Trovatore” at the Liceu, will showcase music by Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Bridge, Debussy, Dvořák, Fauré, Leoncavallo, R. Strauss, Charpentier, and Offenbach. Netrebko has {…}
(Credit: https://inesrivadeneira.jimdofree.com/) Inés Rivadeneira has died at the age of 91 on August 3, 2020. The mezzo-soprano was born in Lugo, Spain but moved to Valladolid at the age of two, where she lived until the age of 18. In Valladolid, she started singing in a choir and when she turned eighteen, Rivadeneira moved to Madrid, to study singing at {…}
As theaters turn to the 2020-21 season, the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Royal Opera House are making decisions. While the Teatro Real de Madrid has confirmed a summer production of “La Traviata” per soprano Ekaterina Bakanova’s Twitter account, according to La Vanguardia, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona has canceled the opening night production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.” {…}
UPDATED: The Entire Run of the Production has been canceled. The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced that the opening of Wagner’s “Lohengrin” has been canceled. The theater revealed that due to the restrictions placed by the government of Catalunya to only hold events of 1,000 people or less, the Liceu decided to cancel the opening performance on March 19 {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona has announced a cast change for its Jan. 23, 2020 performance of Verdi and Ghislanzoni’s “Aida.” The company announced that Yonghoon Lee will sing the role of Radamès, replacing Luciano Ganci due to illness. Lee is currently starring in Cast A of “Aida” at the Liceu and performed the role on Jan. 22 {…}
(Credit: © A. Bofill) The Gran Teatre del Liceu has canceled its Oct. 18, 2019 performance of Puccini’s “Turandot.” The company announced that due to force majeure the performance scheduled for Oct. 18 would no longer take place and was rescheduled for Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. It also announced that those that were unable to attend could contact the {…}
(Credit: © A. Bofill) Iréne Theorin will take over the role of Turandot on Oct. 16, 2019. The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona announced that due to illness Lise Lindstrom will not sing tonight’s performance of Puccini’s final work. Theorin opened the Liceu’s 2019-20 season in “Turandot” and performed the title role yesterday Oct. 15 in a performance that {…}
When the the Gran Teatre del Liceu announced that legendary octogenarian Italian regista Pier Luigi Pizzi would be directing a new production of “La Gioconda” with Iréne Theorin making her title role debut, it was on paper at least, a must-see event. Unfortunately the parchment tended to perforate even before the prima when the celebrated Swedish diva canceled and second-cast {…}