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

By Maria Sánchez, 17 June 2021

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Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 14 June 2021

Puccini, La bohème

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Giampaolo Bisanti, Conductor

Àlex Ollé, Director

Alfons Flores, Set Designer

Lluc Castells, Costume Designer

Urs Schönebaum, Lighting Designer

Atalla Ayan, Rodolfo

Anita Hartig, Mimì

Roberto de Candia, Marcello

Valentina Naforniţă, Musetta

Toni Marsol, Schaunard

Goderdzi Janelidze, Colline

Roberto Accurso, Benoît

Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Conxita Garcia, Choirmaster / chorus director

Veus - Cor Infantil Amics de la Unió

Josep Vila y Jover, Choirmaster / chorus director

Chamber Chorus of the Palau de la Música Catalana

Xavier Puig, 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

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

Radvanovsky y Álvarez triunfan en la noche de Kaufmann

Juan José Freijo, 9th March

A spectacular cast makes this Andrea Chénier the great event of the Liceu's opera season.

****1

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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.