Álvarez y Camarena coronan un Rigoletto de altura en el Liceu

By Miquel Martínez, 23 March 2017

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Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 21 March 2017

Verdi, Rigoletto

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Riccardo Frizza, Conductor

Monique Wagemakers, Director

Michael Levine, Set Designer

Sandy Powel, Costume Designer

Javier Camarena, The Duke of Mantua

Carlos Álvarez, Rigoletto

Desirée Rancatore, Gilda

Ante Jerkunica, Sparafucile

Ketevan Kemoklidze, Maddalena

Mercedes Gancedo, Countess Ceprano

Gemma Coma-Alabert, Giovanna

Josep Fadó, Borsa

Toni Marsol, Marullo

Gianfranco Montresor, Monterone

Xavier Mendoza, Count Ceprano

Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

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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

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****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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Miquel Martínez

Miquel Martínez es Profesor Superior de percusión por el Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona, y cursa el Postgrado en la Musikhochschule de Würzburg. Es también Máster en Música como Arte Interdisciplinario por la Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Colabora con orquestas españolas como la Sinfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, la Orquesta de Navarra o la Orquestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu. En la actualidad es músico invitado para las temporadas 13/14 y 14/15 en la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. Apasionado por el repertorio orquestal, la música contemporánea y la ópera, ha diseñado programas para la dinamización y difusión de la música clásica.