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Gran Teatre del Liceu

Manon

JULES MASSENET

20.04.2023 —
03.05.2023

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Nova temporada 2023-24

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Dido & Aeneas

17.06.2023 —
22.06.2023

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La nit de Sant Joan

AL GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU

29.04.2023 —
30.04.2023

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Manon

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Manon

L’aclamada producció del director d’escena Olivier Py amb direcció musical de Marc Minkowski.

Manon (22/23) – Cap. 1: Un cop d’ull a la història

Manon – Trailer (22/23)

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LES BALLETS DE MONTE-CARLO | JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT

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Parsifal

RICHARD WAGNER

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JULES MASSENET

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Paisatge musical de la poesia del silenci de Jaume Plensa

AL FOYER DEL GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU

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En escena

  • Michael Fabiano

  • Blanca Li

  • Nikolai Schukoff

  • Nadine Sierra

  • Marc Minkowski

  • Sara Blanch

  • Xabier Anduaga

  • Marina Abramović

  • Sondra Radvanovsky

  • Alexandrina Pendatchanska

  • Xavier Sabata

  • Lidia Vinyes-Curtis

  • Luca Salsi

  • Josep Pons

  • Raquel Garcia-Tomàs

Destacats

  • BO Spring Festival

    Gaudeix del Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival i del Ciutat de Clàssica.

  • Annals del Liceu

    Consulta la informació des de l’any 1847 fins a l’actualitat.

  • Servei de bar

    Abans de l’inici de la funció adreça’t als punts de restauració habilitats.

  • Liceu+ Live

    Abona’t a la temporada digital del Liceu.

  • Telegram #LiceUnder35

    Vols rebre tota la darrera hora del #LiceUnder35?

  • Museus i Liceu

    Una història compartida entre els museus de Catalunya i el Gran Teatre del Liceu.

Actualitat

  • Josep Pons als BBC Proms amb la violinista María Dueñas

  • Els Max premien ‘La gata perduda’

  • ‘Manon’ de Massenet al Liceu sota la batuta de Minkowski

Totes les Notícies

Opera house Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona

The Gran Teatre del Liceu is one of the most important opera houses in Europe. The largest Wagner Festival after the Bayreuth Festival takes place here regularly.

The most important works of classical music have been performed by the greatest singers of the past two decades. Stars like Domingo, Pavarotti, Caballé, Callas and Tebaldi were here and will always have a special place in the heart of the audience.

History of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

The beginnings of the opera in Barcelona go back to the Sociedad Dramática de Aficionados in 1837. This union of liberal, armed citizen militia founded a musical conservatory. Under the direction of Queen Isabel II in 1838 it became the “Liceo Filármonico Dramático Barcelonés”.

The success of the building “Liceu Filármonico Dramátic” brought a group of leading citizens to plan a new opera house. They wanted to build a more splendid opera house than would have been possible under royal management. To finance this, they founded a company that accumulated profits from stock trading. The members of the “Societat de Propietaris”, the owners’ company, reserved most of the lodges.

On April 4, 1847, the Gran Teatre del Liceu was opened. It was built according to plans by architect Miquel Garriga i Roca. With 4,000 seats, it was the largest opera in Europe. From 1855 the Societat de Propietaris was solely responsible for the operation of the opera, since it had separated from the conservatory. In 1861, the Liceu was hit by a fire for the first time. The auditorium and the stage were completely destroyed. But only a year later, the opera house was reopened.

The Reconstruction of Liceu after the Fire in 1994

Since 1986, there have been plans to expand and modernize the building. Based on these plans, made by Solà Ignasi de Morales, the Liceu was rebuilt. The original was almost completely preserved, since as many undamaged parts as possible were reused.

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Thus, the magnificent foyer and the equally splendid hall of mirrors were reconstructed according to the original rooms. Below the concert hall, an auditorium with a restaurant was built as a break room for the guests, and the stage was equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The curtain has been modernized and was designed by Antoni Miró. The upper floor seats got TV technology installed, since not all seats have a view on the stage. The geometry of the otherwise faithfully recreated concert hall has been slightly adapted to modern acoustics.

The Gran Teatre del Liceu reopened in 1999 and now has nearly 2,300 seats on 6 levels. The Liceu is an integral part of Barcelona’s culture of today.

The financing of opera operations in the Liceu

From the very beginning, since the opening in 1847, theater and opera productions have been awarded to investors, who also received the proceeds from ticket sales. Excluded from this were the seats reserved for the Societat.

However, from around 1975 it became apparent that this type of financing was no longer profitable. A sponsorship from the city of Barcelona, ​​the Catalan regional government and the Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu, the official name of the “Societat de Propietaris”, took over the management of the house. The purely private form of sponsorship financing was converted to public financing in 1980 to save one of the internationally most famous operas.

The fire on January 31, 1994 almost completely destroyed the Liceu. This had an extraordinary social impact on Catalan society. There was debate as to whether the house should be rebuilt at all. A new legal basis was created for the reconstruction of this symbolic building. The assets and all rights were transferred to a foundation, the Fundació del Gran Teatre del Liceu. From now on, the house was completely in public ownership.

Liceu Grand Theater

Liceu Grand Theater was built in 1847 by Miquel Garriga y Roca on La Rambla and immediately became a symbol of the emerging Catalan bourgeoisie.

Michel Garriga y Roca built Grand Theater Liceu in 1847 on the Rambla. The theatre, which quickly became a symbol of the nascent Catalan bourgeoisie, unlike other major theaters of the era, was not financed by the monarchy (hence there is no royal box), but by private donations made in exchange for the right to use boxes or chairs. His program included mainly opera, and this continues to this day.

For more than 150 years, he survived such tragic events as the fire of 1861 or the bomb thrown by the anarchist Santiago Salvador in 1893, which resulted in about twenty victims.

A fire in 1994, an ode to , which almost completely destroyed the hall and the stage, Barcelona experienced as a real tragedy. A few weeks later, work began on the reconstruction of , completed five years later. Their result was a building that repeats the ornamental pattern of the old theater and retained its individuality as much as possible.

The refurbishment allowed the stage installations to be expanded and upgraded and equipped with the latest technology, including the revolving stage , which allows quick scene changes or three shows at the same time.

After the reconstruction, the theater was transferred to state property and is now owned by the Government of Catalonia, the City Hall of Barcelona, ​​the Council of the Province of Barcelona and the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

With an area of ​​1869 square meters and 2292 seats distributed between the stalls and five levels, the Liceu is one of the largest opera houses in the world .

The façade, which survived the fire, does not betray the ornamental richness of the interiors, in which a spacious vestibule with large columns, a large marble staircase, a Hall of Mirrors and a hall decorated with gilded and painted stucco attracts special attention. Curtain – designer’s work Anthony Miro .

Each season, the Liceu offers more than forty different performances with leading representatives of the world of contemporary opera (soloists, conductors and directors).

The program also includes concerts , dance performances , films , art readings and children’s performances . The theater offers several types of excursions. The Express tour starts in the historic lobby, passes through the Concert Hall, Salon of Mirrors and ends in the Foyer (a multifunctional space located under the stalls). Guided tours, a backstage tour, premium tours and special school tours are also offered. All information about them can be found on the theatre’s website. In addition, since 2016, the Òpera Samfaina gastronomic space has been opened with it, which includes several tasting areas.

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Liceo Theater in Barcelona was built with the money of private patrons. Miguel Garriga y Roca was the author of the Liceo project. He built a theater on the site of an old monastery, so from the first days of its existence, the theater had to be patronized by heavenly powers. But everything turned out quite differently. In 1847, there was a premiere on the stage of the Liceu, which opened the first theatrical season, and already in 1861 the theater building was completely engulfed in fire. During the year, the architect Josep Oriol Mestres restored the Liceu. From the previous creation of Miguel Garrigue y Roca, only the pseudo-Renaissance facade, stairs and the Hall of Mirrors remained – a large foyer, which is now decorated with portraits of the great opera geniuses who performed here.

But even after the reconstruction of the Liceu, his luck did not turn to the theater. On the evening of November 7, 1893, during the opening of the theatrical season, two bombs exploded in the hall, planted by the terrorist Salvador Santiago. More than 20 people died, many were injured. This explosion rocked Barcelona. What happened in the theater was a reflection of troubled times. The new theatrical season was opened only the next year, but those twenty seats that were occupied by the dead remained empty for a long time.
Thanks to the neutrality of Spain in the World War, the 1920s were the heyday of the Liceu Theater. All world celebrities gathered in Barcelona, ​​Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin sang “Godunov” on the stage of the Liseu, Diaghilev’s Russian seasons took place here. But in 1931, after the proclamation of the Spanish Republic, hard times come again for the theater. Liceo is not financed, constantly passes from one owner to another.

The period from 1940 to 1980 can be called “silver” in the history of the theatre. The best voices sound in it, Montserrat Caballe and Jose Carreras began their careers here, one premiere after another is played. But at 1994 – fire again. From an accidental spark, the curtain caught fire, and soon the flames engulfed all the premises of the theater. The Liceo was almost completely destroyed. The question arose about the expediency of its restoration. Liceo defended the public. All of Barcelona and almost all of Spain took part in the restoration of the Liceu.

Many famous artists, including Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, José Carreras, the late Alfredo Kraus, gave special concerts, the proceeds of which went to a specially created fund. The revived theater opened its season with the opera “Turandot” by Puccini.

Thanks to the Catalans, who do not want to part with their favorite theater, the new Liceu was built on the site of the former one. The architects preserved the remaining parts of the old theatre. The new hall is designed for a similar number of seats – 2700 and has the same horseshoe shape. During the construction process, the design of Miguel Garriga y Roca was improved in accordance with new technologies. Two new halls, rehearsal rooms, appeared in the Liceu. The theater is also equipped with new technical means: electronic monitors on each seat, so that visitors can watch the action on the libretto in any of the three languages ​​- English, Spanish or Catalan. The interior of the Liceo remains as luxurious as before: gold and polychrome stucco, glass and copper lamps, a handmade curtain and velvet upholstered chairs.

Almost the entire country took part in the restoration of the Liceu. Many famous artists, including Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, José Carreras, the late Alfredo Kraus, gave special concerts, the proceeds of which went to a specially created fund.