Gran Teatre del Liceu
The Gran Teatre del Liceu opened on Barcelona's Rambla on 4 April 1847, presenting Donizetti's Anna Bolena as its first complete opera. Few houses have absorbed so many blows. Fire gutted it in 1861, and architect Josep Oriol Mestres rebuilt it within a year. On 7 November 1893 an anarchist threw two bombs into the stalls during Guillaume Tell, killing about twenty people. In January 1994 a spark from repair work ignited the curtain and the auditorium burned again; the theatre reopened behind its surviving facade on 7 October 1999 with Turandot.
Mozart was a latecomer here. Die Zauberflöte did not reach the Liceu until 15 January 1925, its first performance in Catalonia. The house has since embraced the work. In 2022 Gustavo Dudamel conducted it in David McVicar's staging from Covent Garden, and a new production is announced for the 2026/27 season, directed by Marcos Morau and conducted by Josep Pons. For a theatre that waited more than 130 years to stage the piece, it is making up for lost time.
architect: Josep Oriol Mestres i Esplugas
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Die Zauberflöte (La flauta màgica) T.21/22
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