̉pera Oberta is an introductory course to opera offered by the Gran Teatre del Liceu through various universities. It includes live broadcasts of five titles from the Liceu opera season and one from the season at the Teatro Real in Madrid. It is part of the academic curriculum and carries optional credits.
Operas are broadcast with subtitles in the appropriate language in each case (Catalan, Castilian, Galician, Portuguese or French) and the broadcasts are preceded by a fifteen minute audiovisual preentations developed jointly by experts from a university affiliated with the program and the Liceu.
The operas are broadcast this season 2011-2012 are:
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.. Teatro Real, 2 November 2011
Le Grand Macabre. Gran Teatre del Liceu, 28 November 2011
Le nozze di Figaro. Gran Teatre del Liceu, 1 February 2012
La Bohème. Gran Teatre del Liceu, 13 March 2012
Forty universities currently participate in Spain, France, Andorra, Mexico and Colombia.
Universities participating in the ̉pera Oberta project
Visit the website ̉pera Oberta
