The Teatre-Auditori Emma Vilarasau Sant Cugat and the Liceu renew their 2026-2027 agreement to promote music, dance, performing arts, and educational projects. The collaboration includes Orchestra, Chorus, IT Dansa, and artistic residencies, strengthening access to culture across the region.
The Basque tenor Xabier Anduaga debuts at Liceu with Werther by Massenet in a production by Christof Loy set in the 1950s. He shares the role with Matthew Polenzani and the Charlottes of Kristina Stanek and Elmina Hasan. Henrik Nánási conducts 10 performances from 4 to 17 May, with an Under35 session on the 2.
The singers Xabier Anduaga and Pretty Yende will offer at the Gran Teatre del Liceu a first-class bel canto evening with the opera gala on Sunday, 19 April. Together they will perform opera excerpts from the Italian and French repertoire, with arias and duets by Donizetti, Gounod and Massenet, in an event of vocal virtuosity and great expressiveness.
Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs make their opera debut with 'Els Estunmen', with music by Fernando Velázquez. The show combines lyrical singing and stunts in a large-scale production, with the Liceu orchestra performing live. It will run from April 15 to May 3 at Teatre Lliure de Montjuïc.
The Gran Teatre del Liceu presents from April 12 to 15 for the first time in Barcelona 'Nijinsky' by John Neumeier with the Hamburg Ballet. Jonathan Nott makes his debut conducting music by Rimsky-Korsakov and Shostakovich in tribute to Vaslav Nijinsky.
Josep Pons conducts the Orquestra del Liceu on March 31 with Symphony No. 9 by Gustav Mahler, one of his most profound works. The concert, part of the Univers Mahler series, stands out for its emotional intensity and sonic richness. This event is part of the closing of the symphonic project dedicated to the composer, culminating in July with Symphony No. 8
Liceu Mar connects Barcelona with the sea through an ambitious cultural project at Port Vell that integrates architecture, urban planning, and public space. Out of the 55 international entries received, five teams advance to the final phase, highlighting the quality and diversity of global talent. The project will drive the transformation of Moll d’Espanya and position the city as a benchmark in new cultural architectures.
Marc Minkowski returns to the Gran Teatre del Liceu with Les Musiciens du Louvre to conduct 'Orlando' by George Frideric Handel, premiering in concert version on March 24. Mezzo-soprano Aude Extrémo makes her debut in the title role, alongside Ana Maria Labin, Yuriy Mynenko, Alina Wunderlin and Edward Jowle. A production that explores obsessive love, jealousy and madness through a profound musical perspective.
As part of the 25th anniversary of the Petit Liceu, the Gran Teatre del Liceu presents Simfònic en família this Sunday, March 22, at 5 p.m. in the Sala Gran, under the direction of Josep Pons, with an accessible and dynamic program that takes the audience through the symphonic repertoire with dance as a guiding thread and a staging by Anna Ponces designed for all audiences, including a prior family workshop offering the chance to speak with some of the performers.
The Gran Teatre del Liceu will host on Thursday, 19 March, a recital by Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez, accompanied by pianist Vincenzo Scalera, with whom he has maintained a long artistic collaboration. The program spans different styles and composers, from Mozart and Rossini to the French repertoire of Massenet and Gounod, and also includes zarzuela arias by Chapí, Vives, and Serrano, before culminating with Verdi. An evening that highlights the tenor’s versatility and vocal condition.
