Akhnaten en el Liceu, una oda a la celebración del arte

By Maria Sánchez, 02 November 2025

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Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 31 October 2025

Glass, Akhnaten

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Karen Kamensek, Conductor

Phelim McDermott, Director

Tom Pye, Set Designer

Kevin Pollard, Costume Designer

Bruno Poet, Lighting Designer

Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Akhnaten

Rihab Chaieb, Nefertiti

Katerina Tretyakova, Queen Tye

Joan Martín-Royo, Horemhab

José Manuel Montero, High Priest of Amon

Toni Marsol, Aye

Zachary James, Scribe, Amenhotep III

Sean Gandini, Choreography

Pablo Assante, Choirmaster / chorus director

The starry trio of Davidsen-Hilley-Mälkki saves Tristan und Isolde

Maria Sánchez, 12th January

A highly unbalanced premiere, its opportunity to become one of the Liceu's historic productions prevented by the contrast between dramaturgy and music.

****1

Àlex Ollé's La bohème gets an unfair reception at the Liceu

Maria Sánchez, 14th June

Contrasting sensations at the Liceu, where the audience punished a production of La bohème with boos and gave rapturous applause to a cast that performed at half throttle.

*****

Aleu's video brilliance powers a dystopian Liceu Turandot

David Karlin, 8th October

Fine musical performances blend with staggering video artistry in Aleu's spectacular science-fiction setting.

*****

Thomas’ Hamlet in concert at the Liceu

John Marten Barnard, 10th March

Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in concert in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona is enthusiastically conducted by Daniel Oren.

****1

Vocal sparkle but a dull staging in the Liceu's Puritani

John Marten Barnard, 11th October

I puritani returns to Barcelona’s Liceu with Annilese Miskimmon’s production. Javier Camerena and Pretty Yende lead the inauguration of the season with a fine example of romantic bel canto.

****1

A forlorn Manon Lescaut arrives in Barcelona

John Marten Barnard, 7th June

Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu stages Puccini’s first great success as an operatic composer, Manon Lescaut with the stage direction of Davide Livermore.

***11

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Maria Sánchez

Nacida en Barcelona, se formó musicalmente a una edad temprana y de manera autodidacta. Graduada en Historia del Arte (Universitat de Barcelona) y posteriormente formada en el máster Música como Arte Interdisciplinar (Universitat de Barcelona / ESMUC / Universitat Rovira i Virgili), se especializó en el estudio y creación de nuevos lenguajes escénicos y musicales. Ha llevado a cabo la creación de proyectos dramatúrgicos en torno a la reformulación del mito clásico en las artes escénicas contemporáneas, eje vertebral de sus estudios. En la actualidad, continúa proyectando nuevos discursos y planteamientos sobre la supervivencia del mito en lo social y lo artístico.

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