Liceu a la fresca aims to spread music and opera to expand the operatic culture of the citizens. The bases of this social project of the Barcelona opera are the dissemination, demystification and accessibility to this musical genre. The origin of Liceu a la Fresca was found in 2007 with Ópera on the beach, which consisted in the transmission, through a giant screen and in direct fake, of the opera that was being performed in the Gran Teatre del Liceu at that time.
During the 2014-2015 season the project was resumed and La Traviata was broadcast with the collaboration of Televisión of Catalonia. In that edition, the broadcast came out of Barcelona and several municipalities were added that installed screens in their squares and streets. The tradition has been repeated during the following seasons and more and more cities participate in the event expanding the public.
The 2020 edition
Due to the current situation of uncertainty in which we find ourselves, and despite the fact that Barcelona is already in the middle of the de-escalation, this year's edition will not be held in the usual format in Barcelona city. The concert, which should be broadcast on giant screens on the street, will be broadcast on television and online. The chosen opera will be Carmen de Bizet (with the production of Calixto Bieito) recorded in 2010 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. It is a very special recording because it was the premiere of the production at El Liceu. It has Béatrice Uria-Monzón as Carmen, Roberto Alagna as Don José and Marina Poplovskaya as Micaëla.
Date and place of television broadcasts
June 20 at 10:00 p.m.: Channel 33 of Televisió de Catalunya
July 5 at 00:00: RTVE 2
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