Liceu orchestra excels in Tchaikovsky's Fifth

By Pep Gorgori, 30 May 2017

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Reviewed at Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona on 25 May 2017

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23

Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 5 in E minor, Op.64

Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Josep Pons, Conductor

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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

Ballo del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma: a fresh look at Swan Lake

Graham Watts, 19th July

An innovative angle on a familiar ballet, Benjamin Pech's production brings some novel ideas to fore.

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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.

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Aleu's video brilliance powers a dystopian Liceu Turandot

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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.

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Pep Gorgori

Journalist and musicologist with an MA Arts Administration & Cultural Policy, Goldsmiths (University of London). Pep Gorgori was born and lives in Barcelona after having worked for several years in Madrid and London. Johann Sebastian Bach, audience development, organ music, and Enric Granados and his generation occupy most part of his time. You can learn more about him by visiting him here.

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