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Musical Events and Dance > Opera
For lovers of Wagner Opera the first week of September will have the rare opportunity to hear the Bayreuth Festival in Barcelona.
It rarely happens that Bayreuth productions have taken place outside the Festspielhaus, but Barcelona and the Gran Teatre de Liceu will have the honor that for a second time in its history will host from September 1 to September 6 the Bayreuth Festival company presenting 3 Operas in concert version from this season Bayreuth Festival of 2012, that will have just closed the Festspielhaus. The first time that the whole Bayreuth Festival company left the Festspielhaus...
Bayreuth Festival in Barcelona
For lovers of Wagner Opera the first week of September will have the rare opportunity to hear the Bayreuth Festival in Barcelona.
It rarely happens that Bayreuth productions have taken place outside the Festspielhaus, but Barcelona and the Gran Teatre de Liceu will have the honor that for a second time in its history will host from September 1 to September 6 the Bayreuth Festival company presenting 3 Operas in concert version from this season Bayreuth Festival of 2012, that will have just closed the Festspielhaus. The first time that the whole Bayreuth Festival company left the Festspielhaus...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, February/March 2011.
Parsifal is sacred festival drama in three acts with Libretto and Music by Richard Wagner. The Opera is loosely based on Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, a 13th century epic poem on the life of Parzival (Percival) knight of the court of King Arthur, and his quest for the Holy Grail, and on Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail.
The opera was first performed on 26 July 1882 at the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth. Wagner first conceived the work in April 1857 but it was not finished until twenty-five years...
Parsifal, Sacred festival drama
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, February/March 2011.
Parsifal is sacred festival drama in three acts with Libretto and Music by Richard Wagner. The Opera is loosely based on Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, a 13th century epic poem on the life of Parzival (Percival) knight of the court of King Arthur, and his quest for the Holy Grail, and on Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail.
The opera was first performed on 26 July 1882 at the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth. Wagner first conceived the work in April 1857 but it was not finished until twenty-five years...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, December 2010
This coproduction from The Welsh Naional Opera (Cardiff) and The Opéra National de Lyon with Music direction of Fabio Luisi and stage direction of Peter Stein of The “commedia lirica” ,Giuseppe Verdi's last Opera, "Falstaff", will be performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona during the month of December with The Liceu Symphony Orchestra and the Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus having on stage two different casts (the second with a nearly complete Spanish cast at reduced prices) being in the leading...
Falstaff - Giuseppe Verdi
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, December 2010
This coproduction from The Welsh Naional Opera (Cardiff) and The Opéra National de Lyon with Music direction of Fabio Luisi and stage direction of Peter Stein of The “commedia lirica” ,Giuseppe Verdi's last Opera, "Falstaff", will be performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona during the month of December with The Liceu Symphony Orchestra and the Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus having on stage two different casts (the second with a nearly complete Spanish cast at reduced prices) being in the leading...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Carmen at the Gran Teatre del Liceu – September/October 2010 and July 2011
Carmen, Opéra-Comique in four acts by Georges Bizet, will be on stage at the Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona from September 27 to October 17 of 2010 and again from July 21 to July 30 of 2011.
The new coproduction between the Gran Teatre del Liceu from Barcelona, the Teatro Massimo from Palermo and the Teatro Reggio from Torí with stage director Calixto Bieito is based on the one created by Bieito for the Peralada Festival in 1999 and that has been presented in different International theaters...
Carmen – Georges Bizet
Carmen at the Gran Teatre del Liceu – September/October 2010 and July 2011
Carmen, Opéra-Comique in four acts by Georges Bizet, will be on stage at the Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona from September 27 to October 17 of 2010 and again from July 21 to July 30 of 2011.
The new coproduction between the Gran Teatre del Liceu from Barcelona, the Teatro Massimo from Palermo and the Teatro Reggio from Torí with stage director Calixto Bieito is based on the one created by Bieito for the Peralada Festival in 1999 and that has been presented in different International theaters...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Gluck at the Gran Teatre del Liceu – September 2010
Openening the 2010-2011 season of the Gran Teatre del liceu it will be presented for the first time in Spain the second version d'Iphigenie auf Tauris from music composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787). The Opera was first performed on May of 1779 at the Académie de Musique de París, and a second version in german was first performed in October 1781 at the Burgtheater de Viena.
This second version of d'Iphigenie auf Tauris clearly marks his returns to Viena and the end of his Parisian...
Iphigenie auf Tauris - Christoph Willibald Gluck
Gluck at the Gran Teatre del Liceu – September 2010
Openening the 2010-2011 season of the Gran Teatre del liceu it will be presented for the first time in Spain the second version d'Iphigenie auf Tauris from music composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787). The Opera was first performed on May of 1779 at the Académie de Musique de París, and a second version in german was first performed in October 1781 at the Burgtheater de Viena.
This second version of d'Iphigenie auf Tauris clearly marks his returns to Viena and the end of his Parisian...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
The Valkyrie, first journey. Gran Teatro del Liceo , May 2008
From the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner.
This time with only two opportunities in May 28 and 31, to listen to this Opera with an excellent cast of voices led by Placido Domingo and accompanied by René Pape, Waltraud Meier, Alan Held, Evelyn Herlitzius, Jane Henschel, Silvana Dussmann, María Rodríguez, Eugenia Maria Bethencourt, Jane Dutton.
Music drama in three acts. Die Walküre (1870) is the first day in the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard...
Die Walkure - Richard Wagner
The Valkyrie, first journey. Gran Teatro del Liceo , May 2008
From the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) by Richard Wagner.
This time with only two opportunities in May 28 and 31, to listen to this Opera with an excellent cast of voices led by Placido Domingo and accompanied by René Pape, Waltraud Meier, Alan Held, Evelyn Herlitzius, Jane Henschel, Silvana Dussmann, María Rodríguez, Eugenia Maria Bethencourt, Jane Dutton.
Music drama in three acts. Die Walküre (1870) is the first day in the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Wagner at the Gran Teatre del Liceu - March/April 2008
From March 19 to April 10 Richard Wagner is back at the Ramblas Coliseum with the Grosse Romantische Oper, Tannhäuser in a new co production between the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Paris National Opera and the Tokyo Opera Nomori. Tannhäuser was first performed in Spain at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 11 February 1887-
Tannhäuser, written between 1843 and 1845, is probably the most mature of the young Wagner's operas and the richest in dramatic ideas and musical inventiveness. The theme of redemption through love,...
Tannhauser
Wagner at the Gran Teatre del Liceu - March/April 2008
From March 19 to April 10 Richard Wagner is back at the Ramblas Coliseum with the Grosse Romantische Oper, Tannhäuser in a new co production between the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Paris National Opera and the Tokyo Opera Nomori. Tannhäuser was first performed in Spain at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 11 February 1887-
Tannhäuser, written between 1843 and 1845, is probably the most mature of the young Wagner's operas and the richest in dramatic ideas and musical inventiveness. The theme of redemption through love,...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu - February /March 2008.
Elektra is a one-act opera-defined as a «Tragödie»- by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapted from his drama of 1903—the first of many such collaborations between composer and librettist, based on Sophocles' eponymous tragedy. It was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on January 25, 1909, and remains a part of the standard operatic repertoire.
This new Co production between the Gran Teatre Liceu and La Monnaie-De Munt from Brussels is conducted by Sebastián Weigle...
Elektra by Richard Strauss
Gran Teatre del Liceu - February /March 2008.
Elektra is a one-act opera-defined as a «Tragödie»- by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal adapted from his drama of 1903—the first of many such collaborations between composer and librettist, based on Sophocles' eponymous tragedy. It was first performed at the Dresden State Opera on January 25, 1909, and remains a part of the standard operatic repertoire.
This new Co production between the Gran Teatre Liceu and La Monnaie-De Munt from Brussels is conducted by Sebastián Weigle...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, November 07 to January 08
Opera in four acts. Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. The premiere took place at the Cairo Opera House, which had been inaugurated two years earlier, in 1869 (the year of the opening of the Suez Canal) on 24 December 1871. First performed in Barcelona on 16 April 1876 at the Teatre Principal. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 25 February 1877. It has become the most frequently performed title in the theatre's history.
One of the prime attractions of this particular co-production, between the...
Aida - Guiseppe Verdi
Gran Teatre del Liceu - Barcelona, November 07 to January 08
Opera in four acts. Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Music by Giuseppe Verdi. The premiere took place at the Cairo Opera House, which had been inaugurated two years earlier, in 1869 (the year of the opening of the Suez Canal) on 24 December 1871. First performed in Barcelona on 16 April 1876 at the Teatre Principal. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 25 February 1877. It has become the most frequently performed title in the theatre's history.
One of the prime attractions of this particular co-production, between the...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Barcelona, October-November 2007
The Pocket Size Opera and New Creations Festival will be in Barcelona from October 24 till November 25. The Festival shows this year four new premières from Contemporary composers Joan Albert Amargós, Agustí Charles, Lleonard Balada and Jordi Rossinyol.
Amargós together with Toni Rumbau and Luca Valentino will confront in the guise of a magic show and cabaret the principal character and the audience with the subject of death. Agustí Charles together with the dramatist marc Rosich will present a type of opera buffa but with...
Festival d'̉pera de Butxaca i Noves Creacions.
Barcelona, October-November 2007
The Pocket Size Opera and New Creations Festival will be in Barcelona from October 24 till November 25. The Festival shows this year four new premières from Contemporary composers Joan Albert Amargós, Agustí Charles, Lleonard Balada and Jordi Rossinyol.
Amargós together with Toni Rumbau and Luca Valentino will confront in the guise of a magic show and cabaret the principal character and the audience with the subject of death. Agustí Charles together with the dramatist marc Rosich will present a type of opera buffa but with...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Umberto Giordano at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. September-October 2007
To open the 2007-2008 season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Opera Andrea Chénier; Drama istorico in four acts. Libretto by Luigi Illica. Music by Umberto Giordano. First performed on 28 March 1896 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. First performance in Spain at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 12 November 1898.
Andrea Chénier, the most famous opera by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948), is also one of the most popular musical works in Italian Verismo style.
Production from New National Theatre, Tokio, conducted by...
Andrea Chenier
Umberto Giordano at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. September-October 2007
To open the 2007-2008 season at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Opera Andrea Chénier; Drama istorico in four acts. Libretto by Luigi Illica. Music by Umberto Giordano. First performed on 28 March 1896 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. First performance in Spain at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 12 November 1898.
Andrea Chénier, the most famous opera by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948), is also one of the most popular musical works in Italian Verismo style.
Production from New National Theatre, Tokio, conducted by...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Vincenzo Bellini at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
For closing the season 2006-2007 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu it will be on stage the Opera Norma, Lyric tragedy in two acts. Libretto by Felice Romani based on the work by Alexandre Soumet. Music by Vincenzo Bellini. First performed on 26 December 1831 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 16 October 1847.
Norma (1831) is unquestionably one of Bellini's great operas, and one of the finest in the bel canto repertory and the entire history of opera.
Co production between the Gran Teatre del Liceu and...
Norma - Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini at the Gran Teatre del Liceu
For closing the season 2006-2007 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu it will be on stage the Opera Norma, Lyric tragedy in two acts. Libretto by Felice Romani based on the work by Alexandre Soumet. Music by Vincenzo Bellini. First performed on 26 December 1831 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. First performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 16 October 1847.
Norma (1831) is unquestionably one of Bellini's great operas, and one of the finest in the bel canto repertory and the entire history of opera.
Co production between the Gran Teatre del Liceu and...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
French Opera at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, June-July 2007
Manon (1884) is Massenet's most popular and famous work and a veritable paradigm of French opera. Based on L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost (Amsterdam, 1731), it follows the original more closely than most other operas on the same topic. It tells the tale of two adolescents -an attractive young girl on her way to a convent and a provincial nobleman who has fallen madly in love with her- who elope to Paris. There life's harsh realities uncover their true characters. Manon is...
Manon - Jules Massenet
French Opera at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, June-July 2007
Manon (1884) is Massenet's most popular and famous work and a veritable paradigm of French opera. Based on L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost (Amsterdam, 1731), it follows the original more closely than most other operas on the same topic. It tells the tale of two adolescents -an attractive young girl on her way to a convent and a provincial nobleman who has fallen madly in love with her- who elope to Paris. There life's harsh realities uncover their true characters. Manon is...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Palau 100 – Palau de la Musica Catalana, May 2007
Tancredi, was written for the Fenice Opera Theater and was premiered in February 1813 with enormous success; opera in two acts by composer Rossini and librettist Luigi Lechi, based on Voltaire's play Tancrède (1759)
This production is one of the first collaborations between René Jacobs, conductor, and the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, and the first rendition of a Rossini opera on period instruments.
At the Modernist Concert Hall of the Palau de la Musica Catalana in concert version. With the English Voices,...
Tancredi – Giocchino Rossini
Palau 100 – Palau de la Musica Catalana, May 2007
Tancredi, was written for the Fenice Opera Theater and was premiered in February 1813 with enormous success; opera in two acts by composer Rossini and librettist Luigi Lechi, based on Voltaire's play Tancrède (1759)
This production is one of the first collaborations between René Jacobs, conductor, and the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, and the first rendition of a Rossini opera on period instruments.
At the Modernist Concert Hall of the Palau de la Musica Catalana in concert version. With the English Voices,...
Musical Events and Dance > Opera
Wagner at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, April 2007
From April 4 to April 25 there will be ten opportunities to listen to the Romantische Oper Der fliegende Holländer /“The Flying Dutchman”/ considered the first of Wagner's mature operas, composed in 1843 and first performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 12 December 1885.
Libretto and music by Richard Wagner based on the text Aus den Memorien des Herren von Schnabelewopski by Heinrich Heine.
Conducted this time by Sebastian Weigle, the Music Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona since 2004, with Allan Titus on...
Der fliegende Holländer
Wagner at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, April 2007
From April 4 to April 25 there will be ten opportunities to listen to the Romantische Oper Der fliegende Holländer /“The Flying Dutchman”/ considered the first of Wagner's mature operas, composed in 1843 and first performed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu on 12 December 1885.
Libretto and music by Richard Wagner based on the text Aus den Memorien des Herren von Schnabelewopski by Heinrich Heine.
Conducted this time by Sebastian Weigle, the Music Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona since 2004, with Allan Titus on...
