Venue: Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

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

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Graham Watts, 19 Jul

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

***11

Jungle Book Reimagined: a scathing, incisive work of dance theatre

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Graham Watts, 30 Jan

I felt that the choreography as performed by these excellent dancers was enough to carry the story without such excessive use of text and animation

***11

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

Maria Sánchez, 14 Jun

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

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David Karlin, 08 Oct

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, 10 Mar

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, 11 Oct

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, 07 Jun

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