The Gran Theatre del Liceu will be joining forces with other prominent summer festivals in the region for a series of performances. The Liceu d’Estiu will offer up a number of open-air concerts alongside the Festival Cruïlla XXS, Castell de Peralada, Jardins de Pedralbes, and Grec y Auditori de Girona. The first set of concerts kick off on July 9 {…}
The Spanish government seems to be taking a proactive approach to revitalizing culture around the country. Just weeks after the country’s Minister of Culture and Sport announced that he wanted to rescheduled all canceled events, the country has unveiled specific measures it plans to take to revitalize culture in the country. The government released an official document outlining the next {…}
Spain’s minister of culture and sport José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes has stated that the best way to help artists through the current crisis is to rescheduled performances that were recently canceled. The official stated publicly that he has no desire to cancel events that were unable to take place as a result of the spread of COVID-19. Rodríguez Uribes has, {…}
The Teatro Real and the Gran Teatre del Liceu are joining forces to showcase operas on the streaming platform MyOperaPlayer.com The company will offer free streams starting on March 19 with programming already set through March 25. It all begins with “Aida” followed by “Madama Butterfly,” “Romeo et Juliette,” “Un Ballo in Maschera,” “La Traviata,” “La Bohème,” and “Macbeth.” The {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona has announced a cast change for its upcoming production of “Pagliacci.” The company announced that Marcelo Alvarez will replace Fabio Sartori as Canio who has canceled due to personal reasons. Álvarez is well known for his interpretation of Canio as he has performed the role with the Metropolitan Opera and at the Budapest Summer {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu is set to make history presenting a Zarzuela in cinema for the first time ever. The opera that will obtain said distinction is Amadeu Vives’ “Doña Francisquita,” with the presentation set for Nov. 12, 2019. Óliver Díaz conducts a Lluís Pasqual’s production that stars María José Moreno in the title role alongside Celso Albelo as {…}
(Credit: A Bofill) “Luisa Miller,” which premiered in 1849, marks the inflection point from the early Verdi style, strongly influenced by the formal structure of the Bel-canto operas, to the mature Verdi who looked for a dramatic communion between the text, the vocal line, the music, and the characters. We can even appreciate an evolution within the opera, where the {…}
On July 26, 2019, Piotr Beczala continued making history as he encored during his final performance of Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. The tenor encored the aria “Quando le sere al Placido” after receiving a rousing ovation during his final performance. It’s not the first time the tenor encores at the famed Barcelona theater. During the {…}
(Credit: Chris Singer) Anna Pirozzi has canceled her participation in “Aida” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu during the 2019-20 season. The soprano, who has been performing the role at the Arena di Verona, has noted that she will be retiring the role after the summer 2019 performances. Instead, Jennifer Rowley will be taking over the production as the titular {…}
Ekaterina Bakanova is one of today’s rising stars, performing some of the most demanding roles in the lyric repertoire and making important house debuts around the world. In the past few years, she has steadily conquered such houses as the Royal Opera House, Semperoper Dresden, Wexford Opera Festival, Teatro La Fenice, and Teatro Regio di Torino. This week she will {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced its 2019-20 season with numerous new productions, revivals, rarely performed works and concerts by some of the biggest stars in the world. Franc Aleu makes his operatic debut directing a new production of Puccini’s “Turandot” with Irene Theorin in the title role alongside Jorge de Leon and Ermonela Jaho as Liù. Lise Linstrom {…}
