The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its production of “Carmen.” The company said that for the Jan. 3 performance (Liceu Under35) and next Sunday, Jan. 7, the titular role will be played by the mezzo Rinat Shaham. She will replace Varduhi Abrahamyan who is indisposed. Shaham is a mezzo who has performed in Vienna, Rome, {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its performance of “Turandot” on December 15, 2023. The company revealed that Alejandro Roy would take on the role of Calaf, substituting for Martin Muehle who is ill. Roy joins a cast that includes Catherine Foster in the title role and Maria Agresta as Liù. This is the latest {…}
(Credit: Uwe Arens) The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its Dec. 13, 2023 performance of “Turandot.” The company said, “In today’s performance of ‘Turandot‘, the titular role will be played by Catherine Foster, substituting for Ekaterina Semenchuk, who is still indisposed. This will mark the second performance for Foster in the production after jumping in {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its Dec. 9 performance of “Turandot.” The company said, “In the performance of ‘Turandot’ today, Saturday 9 December, the role of Liù is sung by the soprano Marta Mathéu, replacing Adriana González, who is ill.” Mathéu will join a cast that includes Elena Pankratova, Siegfried Jerusalem, Michael Fabiano, Marko {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced cast changes for its production of Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur.” The company said that Roberto Alagna will join the cast, while Jonas Kaufmann will cancel his participation in the opera. Alagna will sing on June 17, 20, and 26, while Freddie De Tommaso will perform on June 19, 22, and 29, 2024. Meanwhile, Eleonora Buratto {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced that it will be renewing the contracts of Pablo Assante and Àlex Ollé. Assante will continue to lead the Cor del Liceu for another four years. He has headed the ensemble since 2021. Meanwhile, Ollé will be renewed as resident artist of the theater for one more year with the possibility of two {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its Oct. 8 performance of “Eugene Onegin.” The Barcelona theater said, “In today’s performance of ‘Eugene Onegin’, the tenor Josep Bros plays the role of Vladimir Lenski, replacing Alexey Neklyudov.” Bros is currently performing the role of Lenski in the second cast of “Onegin.” He is a well-known Catalan {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has canceled all upcoming streams on its Liceu + Live due to contract and image rights agreements. In a press statement, the company said, in March 2022 the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the representatives of the Chrous and Orchestra started conversations about renewing audiovisual rights contracts. However, neither party has yet to reach an {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu closed the 2022-23 season with a balanced book. During the 2022-23 season, the Barcelona theater had a 51 million budget, which was up 9.4 percent from the year before. Forty-eight percent of the budget came from donations of public administrations and 7.9 million euros came from patrons, The company also noted that there were 273,000 {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu has announced a cast change for its performance of Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea” on July 19, 2023. The company said that tenor Mark Milhofer is suffering from aphonia and will not be able to sing at the performance. However, he will act the role on stage while Marcel Beekman will sing the role of Arnalta. {…}
(© David Ruano) Sondra Radvanovsky was among one of the many winners of the Golden Medal from the patrons of the Gran Teatro del Liceu. In an official press statement, the organization noted that Radvanovsky’s award was the result of a long and close relationship with the Gran Teatre del Liceu where the soprano has appeared in numerous productions over {…}