The elegant production by Graham Vick features an impressive cast of lyrical voices and is directed by maestro Riccardo Frizza.
Guardans takes over from Luis Herrero. Elisa Durán Montolío remains as vice president representing the "la Caixa" Banking Foundation.
Marcela Rahal from Brazil and Filipe Manu from New Zealand win the first prize ex aequo in the 61st edition of the International Tenor Viñas Singing Competition.
The Gran Teatre del Liceu announces changes in the cast of Cilèa's Adriana Lecouvreur, which will be performed at the theater from June 16 to 29.
Trained at the Royal Academy of Music and the Opera Studio of the Bayerische Staatsoper, he gained recognition by winning the Plácido Domingo Tenor Prize and the Verdi Prize at the 2018 Tenor Viñas International Singing Competition in Barcelona.
Since then, he has performed on major stages worldwide, including the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, De Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and the Wiener Staatsoper, among others.
He began singing in Ottawa (Canada) and furthered his musical studies at the Royal College of Music in London, King's College Cambridge and the National Opera Studio.
His recent engagements include the world premieres of Anthony & Cleopatra in San Francisco and his role as the Count of Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Opéra national de Paris.
This is his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
Born in St Louis, Missouri, she entered the young artists programme of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
She furthered her training at the Eastman School of Music, completed a master's degree in vocal arts at Bard College and graduated from the Julliard School in New York.
Recent engagements include John Adams' Doctor Atomic in Santa Fe and Purcell's The Indian Queen at the English National Opera in London, Teatro Real in Madrid and the Perm Opera, among others.
This is her debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
Va créixer a Yuzhne (Ucraïna), i el 2011 va rebre el seu màster amb honors de l'Acadèmia Nacional de Música de Kíev, on va estudiar interpretació vocal amb Roman Mayboroda. Durant aquest període, va realitzar estudis de postgrau a l'Acadèmia Nacional d'Òpera Holandesa i es va convertir en membre de l'Opera Studio Nederland d'Amsterdam.
In 2007 he won first prize at the Queen Sonja Competition in Oslo. Recent engagements include roles as Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) at the San Francisco Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin and the title role in Eugene Onegin in Copenhagen and at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
This is his debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.