In which city is the Liceu Opera House?
"completely rebuilt between 2007 and 2008 to make it more accessible. Liceu is the first station of Barcelona Metro network with a themed decoration. The walls are illuminated and decorated with pictures of leaves of the London Plane trees that can be found on La Rambla. There is also a ceramic mural made by the Escola Massana in the station's southern vestibule. Liceu (Barcelona Metro) Liceu is a Barcelona Metro station situated under the La Rambla between Gran Teatre del Liceu and Mercat de la Boqueria in the Barri Gòtic, part of Barcelona's district of Ciutat Vella. It is served"
"Liceu has also been the location for the Spanish premieres of prominent operas. Amongst them are: The theatre is managed by a general director or intendant (""empresari"" or ""administrador""). From 1980 there is also an artistic director (""director artístic""). General directors: Artistic directors: The theatre has had its own orchestra from its foundation in 1847, the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu. It is the oldest still working orchestra in Spain. Its first conductor was Marià Obiols. Orchestra music directors and chief conductors: The current music director of the company is Josep Pons, since 2012. In November 2017, the"
"Cities Study Group and Network. The has also been part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a City of Literature since 2015. Barcelona has many venues for live music and theatre, including the world-renowned Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house, the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, the Teatre Lliure and the Palau de la Música Catalana concert hall. Barcelona also is home to the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra (Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, usually known as OBC), the largest symphonic orchestra in Catalonia. In 1999, the OBC inaugurated its new venue in the brand-new Auditorium"
"Liceu is both a receiving and producing house, with two or three new productions staged each year. The Liceu company consists of a permanent orchestra and choir and some singers for the supporting roles. Leading roles are usually sung by guest singers. Stagecraft is in part produced internally by the theatre (alone or together with other opera houses) and also rented from other external houses. Until the 1990s Liceu had its own ballet company which was at its best in the 1920–1930s under Joan Magriñà. Most of the performed operas were from the Italian and German schools of 19th century:"
"Weill, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Britten, Schönberg, Hindemith, etc., along with Baroque and classical composers Monteverdi, Handel and Gluck. Ballet seasons are an important part of the theatre's activities with some of the best known companies in the world performing, including Diaghilev and Béjart. The adjacent Liceu metro station is named for the theatre. Most performed operas in the history of Liceu are (in January 2009): As a prominent theatre the Liceu has been the location for the premieres of several works of theatre and music, and for the Spanish premieres of a lot of musical works. Among these premieres are: The"
"with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, the Orchestre National de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, the Chile Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Bilken Philharmonic Orchestra in Ankara and Orchestre national du Capitole du Toulouse, among others. Additionally he is a regular guest at summer festivals like Aspen Music Festival, Texas Music Festival Houston, Wintergreen Festival in the USA, Londrina Festival in Brasil and Moritzburg Festival in Germany. Recognized also for his work with operatic repertoire, Maestro Caballé Domenech made his opera debut at Barcelona's Liceu conducting performances of Mozart's Così fan tutti. Subsequent productions at the Liceu include"
"Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra The Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra (; ) is a symphony orchestra based in Barcelona, Spain. Since April 1999, the Orchestra has had its headquarters at L'Auditori. Prior to that, from its foundation to 1998, the orchestra was resident at the Palau de la Música Catalana. In addition to the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, founded in 1847 and devoted to opera and ballet, Barcelona has had several symphonic orchestras since 1888. From 1910 to 1924, a private-based Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona gave its concerts in the Teatre Eldorado, led by"
"Liceu conducting Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's ""Sly"" in the Liceu's first ever performance of the opera. His other European opera performances have included ""Fedora"", with Agnes Baltsa in the title role and Plácido Domingo and José Carreras alternating in the role of Count Loris Ipanov at Zurich Opera (1998); ""The Merry Widow"" (1998), ""Manon"" (2004) and ""Don Pasquale"" (2006) at the Festival de Ópera de Las Palmas; ""The Barber of Seville"" at the Opéra National de Bordeaux (2003); ""Rigoletto"" at the Teatro Principal de Mahon (2003); ""Aida"" at the Romanian National Opera, Bucharest (1999) and the Deutsche Oper Berlin (1999); ""Werther"" at"
"such labels as Decca, EMI, Auvidis, Koch, Claves and Naxos Records. As the city's main orchestra, the OBC has performed many world premières of musical compositions, including the following: Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra The Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra (; ) is a symphony orchestra based in Barcelona, Spain. Since April 1999, the Orchestra has had its headquarters at L'Auditori. Prior to that, from its foundation to 1998, the orchestra was resident at the Palau de la Música Catalana. In addition to the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, founded in 1847 and devoted to opera"
"the European City of the Year 2019. Oper Leipzig has become one of the most prominent opera houses in Germany. It was founded in 1693, making it the third oldest opera venue in Europe after La Fenice (Venice, Italy) and the Hamburg State Opera (Hamburg, Germany). Leipzig is also home to the University of Music and Theatre ""Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"". It was during a stay in this city that Friedrich Schiller wrote his poem ""Ode to Joy"". The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, established in 1743, is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world. The name Leipzig is derived from"
"localities of the Costa Brava, especially during the summer months when these songs are sung outdoors accompanied by a ""cremat"" of burned rum. Performances of opera, mostly imported from Italy, began in the 18th century, but some native operas were written as well, including the ones by Domènec Terradellas, Carles Baguer, Ramon Carles, Isaac Albéniz and Enric Granados. The Barcelona main opera house, Gran Teatre del Liceu (opened in 1847), remains one of the most important in Spain, hosting one of the most prestigious music schools in Barcelona, the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu. Several lyrical artists trained by"
"halls and festivals, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago in the United States; London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in the United Kingdom; Milan’s Teatro alla Scala; Venice’s La Fenice, the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as well as Florence’s Teatro Comunale; the Vienna State Opera in Austria; the Opéra National (Bastille) and Théâtre de Chatelet, both in Paris, as well as Toulouse’s Théâtre de Capitole and the Marseille Opera in France; Madrid’s Teatro Real and Barcelona’s Grand Teatre del Liceu in Spain;"
"""Anna Bolena"" on 17 April. At this point Liceu was the biggest opera house in Europe with 3,500 seats. Other operas performed in the Liceu during the first year were (in chronological order): ""I due Foscari"" (Verdi), ""Il bravo"" (Mercadante), ""Parisina d'Este"" (Donizetti), ""Giovanna d'Arco"" (Verdi), ""Leonora"" (Mercadante), ""Ernani"" (Verdi), ""Norma"" (Bellini), ""Linda di Chamounix"" (Donizetti) and ""Il barbiere di Siviglia"" (Rossini). The building was severely damaged by fire on 9 April 1861, but it was rebuilt by the architect Josep Oriol Mestres and opened on 20 April 1862, performing Bellini's ""I puritani"". From the old building only the façade,"
"Berlin in 1994; Wagner's ""Tristan und Isolde"" at La Scala in 2007; Janáček's ""From the House of the Dead"", shown at several festivals and the Metropolitan Opera; and, as his last staging, ""Elektra"" by Richard Strauss, first performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July 2013. He was awarded the Europe Theatre Prize in 2008. Chéreau was born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire. His father, Jean-Baptiste Chéreau, was a painter, and his mother, Marguerite Pelicier, was a graphic designer. He attended school in Paris. Early on he was taken to the Louvre and became interested in the arts, cinema, theatre and music. At"
"Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, in 1986. He also performed in ""Turandot"", when the Liceu was reopened in 1999, following the fire which had destroyed the theatre five years earlier. He has taken part in several hundred performances of more than thirty operas from a wide repertoire, in particular operas by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, and those from the bel canto repertoire including: ""Rigoletto"", ""Aida"", ""Turandot"", ""Il trovatore"", ""La bohème"", ""Macbeth"", ""Lucia di Lammermoor"", ""La forza del destino"" and ""Il barbiere di Siviglia"", ""Samson et Dalila"", and ""Thaïs"". He has sung in world premières of ""Cristóbal Colón"", by"
"Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya"", from 1993 to 2001. He was principal conductor of the City of Granada Orchestra (""Orquesta Ciudad de Granada"") from 1994 to 2004. In 2003, he became artistic director and principal conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra. In October 2010, the Gran Teatre del Liceu announced the appointment of Pons as its next music director, as of September 2012, for an initial contract of 6 years. In November 2017, the Liceu announced the extension of Pons' contract through the 2021-2022 season. Pons has conducted commercial recordings for such labels as harmonia mundi. His honours include the City"
"Liceu: Linked to the theatre is the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu, a music college founded in 1837 which is part of the same corporation. The ""Círculo del Liceo"" is an exclusive private club located in the Liceu building. The ""Círculo"" opened in November 1847, a few months after the Liceu opera house, with 125 founding members, according to its earliest records. The club's facilities include numerous elegant lounges, conference rooms, a restaurant, a library and other services. For the society's first 150 years, only men were permitted to become members; women were allowed access solely as guests of"
"Ópera do Tejo The Ópera do Tejo (, ""Tagus Opera"") or Real Casa da Ópera (""Royal Opera House"") was a luxurious opera house in Lisbon, Portugal. It was inaugurated on March 31, 1755, and destroyed by the major earthquake on November 1 of the same year. The theater was located in the historic center of Lisbon, next to the Tagus River in the Ribeira das Naus area, attached to the old Ribeira Palace. The project was commissioned by José I of Portugal for the Italian architect Giovanni Carlo Galli da Bibbiena. The hall had capacity for 600 people on the"
"performing at the theatre and the following opera to be performed was Puccini's ""Turandot"". Public and institutional response was unanimous on the need to rebuild a new opera house on the same site with improved facilities. The new Liceu is the result of a series of actions to preserve those parts of the building unaffected by the fire, the same ones as had survived the 1861 fire. The auditorium was rebuilt with the same layout, except for the roof paintings which were replaced by new art works by Perejaume, and state-of-the-art stage technology. In order to rebuild and improve the"
"(1855) led to the crowning of Giuseppe Verdi as the king of opera. In 1866 Mozart was staged at the Liceu for the first time with ""Don Giovanni"". 1883 is a landmark when Wagner's ""Lohengrin"" is first performed. From there, and especially from the 1880s to 1950s, Wagner become one of the most beloved and highly regarded composers at Liceu. The theatre had the first staged performance of ""Parsifal"" outside Bayreuth on December 31, 1913, after the Bayreuth monopoly ended (although performance started 30 minutes before the deadline of 00:00 on January 1, 1914) with Francesc Viñas in the title"
"Town Hall in London in 1967. Its US premiere followed in 1968 with a performance in Baltimore. Among other performances, ""Lucio Silla"" was given by the Santa Fe Opera in 2005 and in Warsaw in 2011 and by The Classical Opera Company in London in 2012. In 2013 the Gran Teatre del Liceu produced the opera in Barcelona and it was performed at both the Mozartwoche Salzburg and Salzburg Festival ""Lucio Silla"" was staged at Madrid's Teatro Real in 2017 as part of the program for its bicentennial celebration. In November 2017, La Monnaie in Belgium produced and performed the"
"Liceu in Barcelona; Cavalleria Rusticana in Cagliari, Barcelona and Palermo; and Adriana Lecouvreur (Principessa di Bouillon) in Palermo. She recently performed: Salome at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; Parsifal (Kundry) at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin; Don Carlos at the Semperoper in Dresden; Aida in Berlin and Munich; Das Lied von der Erde in Oviedo, Antwerp and Gent; Carmen and Bluebeard's Castle in Rome; and Missa Solemnis in Palermo. Her future plans include: Aida and Rusalka (Jezibaba) in Barcelona; Die Frau ohne Schatten (Die Amme) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York; Ciarondejska (Princess Evpraksija) in Antwerp; Bluebeard's Castle"
"Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) The Metropolitan Opera House (also known as The Met) is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the theater was designed by Wallace K. Harrison. It opened in 1966, replacing the original 1883 Metropolitan Opera House at Broadway and 39th Street. With a seating capacity of approximately 3,800, the house is the largest repertory opera house in the world. Home to the Metropolitan Opera Company, the facility also hosts the American Ballet Theatre in"
"2 of Puccini's ""La bohème"" were performed. A private concert to test the acoustics attended by employees, architects, and others involved in the renovation occurred on 6 May 2010. Teatro Colón The Teatro Colón (Spanish: ""Columbus Theatre"") is the main opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic, and is acoustically considered to be amongst the five best concert venues in the world. The other venues are Berlin's Konzerthaus, Vienna's Musikverein, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boston's Symphony Hall. The present Colón replaced an original theatre"
"Teatro Colón The Teatro Colón (Spanish: ""Columbus Theatre"") is the main opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic, and is acoustically considered to be amongst the five best concert venues in the world. The other venues are Berlin's Konzerthaus, Vienna's Musikverein, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boston's Symphony Hall. The present Colón replaced an original theatre which opened in 1857. Towards the end of the century it became clear that a new theatre was needed and, after a 20-year process, the present theatre opened on"
"seen at the historic Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park. The Lyric Opera of Chicago, founded in 1954, performs in the Civic Opera House. The Civic Opera House was built in 1929 on the east bank of the Chicago River and is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America with 3,563 seats. The Lyric Opera purchased the Civic Opera House from the building's owner in 1993. The Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago was founded by Lithuanian Chicagoans in 1956, and presents operas in Lithuanian. It celebrated fifty years of existence in 2006, and operates as a not-for-profit organization. It is noteworthy"
"Liceu announced the extension of Pons' contract through the 2021-2022 season. The choir was consolidated during the 1960s by its conductor Riccardo Bottino (1960–1982). From 1982 the choir conductors were (1982–1993), with Vittorio Sicuri (1982–1990), and Andrés Máspero (from 1990). The present choir conductor is William Spaulding. During the second half of the 19th century, a school of stagecraft and theatrical scenery was developed at the Liceu. After the beginnings with Joan Ballester, well known for his setting for L'Africaine, the leading scenographer was Francesc Soler i Rovirosa, working in the 1880–1900s. The style was very realistic using painted paper"
"in Pittsburgh, PA, with musical direction by Andres Cladera and stage direction by Karla Boos, opened in October 2012. The performers listed are those on the 2006 Deutsche Grammophon recording. The first recording was released by Deutsche Grammophon on 9 May 2006. It immediately reached the top of the classical music ""Billboard"" charts. It was recorded by the artists for whom it was written, including Dawn Upshaw as Xirgu, Kelley O'Connor as Lorca, Jessica Rivera as Nuria, and conducted by Robert Spano with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and women of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Both the recording and the"
"Haydn's Il mondo della luna, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Granados's Maria del Carmen, and Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. He has also led Liceu productions at the Savonlinna Festival and at La Fenice in Venice. Subsequently, Josep Caballé Domenech was invited by further European opera companies, including Le nozze di Figaro at the State Opera Stuttgart, Vienna's Volksoper (new production of ""Tosca"", among others) and Theater an der Wien with Plácido Domingo in the principal role, Teatro San Carlo Lisbon, Capitol du Toulouse, ABAO in Bilbao, Komische Oper Berlin, Teatre Royal du Versailles in Paris, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Essen Aalto-Theater and Semperoper"
"opera houses around the world, like the Gran Teatre del Liceu, La Fenice, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Lisbon), Teatro Real, La Scala, Maestranza de Sevilla, Teatro Regio di Torino and the Teatro di San Carlo (Naples). She has made appearances too at the Macerata Festival and the Mérida Festival, Japan, Washington, Chicago and all around Spain. In 2001, Matos participated in the commemorations of the centenary of Giuseppe Verdi's death, singing again with Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and other names, under the musical direction of Zubin Mehta, in Rome. Currently she lives in Madrid and is considered the greatest"
"the Royal Opera House (London). “Ballet in Cinema” includes ballets from the Bolshoi (Moscow), the Mariinsky Ballet (Saint Petersburg) and the Royal Opera House. “Shakespeare in Cinema” features plays from Shakespeare's Globe (London). The “Opera in Cinema” series is considered to be the only major competition for the Met in HD broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Emerging Pictures receives its content from a number of content holders: RAI Trade, Opus Arte, Bel Air Media, C Major, and directly from the Gran Teatre del Liceu. In its early years, the company also used to provide marketing, distribution"
"Opéra de Marseille L’Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house which was erected on a tennis court. However, the first real theatre, the ""Grand-Théâtre"" or ""Salle Bauveau"" was constructed in 1787. During its period of great opulence following the Revolution, it was the site of many major opera presentations, including Verdi’s ""Rigoletto"" and ""Il Trovatore"" in 1860 and performances in 1866 of ""Lucia di Lammermoor"" and ""Il Barbiere di Siviglia"" by the famous soprano,"
"Opera (""Madama Butterfly""), Lyric Opera of Chicago (""Madama Butterfly""), Teatro Massimo in Palermo (""Tosca""), Opéra de Montréal (""Aïda""), Dallas Opera (""Pagliacci""), Savonlinna Opera Festival (""Aïda""), Deutsche Oper Berlin (""Aïda""), Arena di Verona (""Aïda""), Teatro Filarmonico in Verona (""Madama Butterfly""), Athens International Festival (""Aïda""), Municipal Theater of Santiago (""Eugene Onegin""), Opéra de Nice (""Pagliacci""), Teatro di San Carlo (""Madama Butterfly""), Ludwigshafen Festival (""Madama Butterfly""), Cleveland Opera (""Aïda""), Opera de Puerto Rico (""Madama Butterfly""), Calgary Opera (""Manon Lescaut""), Connecticut Grand Opera (""Aïda"" and ""Tosca""), San Francisco Opera (""Tosca""), Florentine Opera (""Manon Lescaut""), Opera/Columbus (""Don Carlos""), Nashville Opera (""Pagliacci""), and New Jersey State"