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BARCELONA OBERTURA 'COME FOR THE MUSIC, STAY FOR THE REST'

Blooming Classical Music - March 8-31

Any time during the musical season is a perfect time to visit Barcelona, however if lovers of classical music really have to choose a date, March is best as it’s when the festivals Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival and Barcelona Obertura Ciutat de Clàssica take place, and the whole city breathes classical music.

Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival, the first festival organized by the three main musical institutions of Barcelona —Liceu Opera Barcelona, Palau de la Música Catalana and L’Auditori Barcelona— features great names on the national and international scene performing outstanding concerts and operas at the three venues during March.

Below are some selections from March, but to view the entire program, click below

L'AUDTORI

Nicolas Altstaedt, cello

Repertory

Henri Dutilleux: Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher (Three Stanzas on the Name Sacher)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011

Jörg Widmann: Melodie (Melody)

Zoltán Kodály: Sonata for solo cello, Op. 8

March 13 - 19:00h

PALAU DE LA MUSICA CATALANA

Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria by Monteverdi, represents the history of the operistic genre alongside The Orfeo and The Incoronazione di Poppea. Il ritorno d’ Ulisse in patria is based on the final moments of Homer’s Odyssey, the opera tells with dramatic intensity the Homeric story of Gods bound by love, friendship, envy, hatred and human frailty, and with a moralising ending.

The versatile tenor Mark Padmore performs the role of Ulysses after starring in roles and scores as demanding and different as the Evangelist in the Passion of St. Matthew or the desperate voice in Schubert’s Winter Journey, among many others.

Performers

Mark Padmore, tenor, Sara Mingardo, mezzosoprano, Giuseppina Bridelli, mezzosoprano, Cor de cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana (Xavier Puig, director), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, conductor

March 11 - 19:00h

LICEU OPERA BARCELONA

7 DEATHS OF MARIA CALLAS

On the centenary of the birth of Maria Callas, also called, also known as La Divina Assoluta, Marina Abramović presents this show, which combines opera, live art, performance art and video creation, to mark the centenary of the birth of Callas. Entitled The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas, it contains some of the iconic arias which studded the Greek soprano’s career and recall the countless women “sacrificed” by 19th century composers in their toy theatres where women were invariably the victims.

Abramović’s passion, obsession and empathy with the myth and tragedy of the famous virtuoso soprano reach their peak in this new immersive experience based on the premature deaths of seven characters – ranging from the abandoned bride to the deserted mistress – who are also self-portraits of the artist who plays them.

Liceu Opera Orchestra & Choir,Antonio Méndez, conductor, Marina Abramovic, stage director.

Gilda Fiume - Violetta Valéry, Vanessa Goikoetxe - Floria Tosca, Benedetta Torre - Desdemona, Antonia Ahyoung Kim - Cio-Cio-San Rinat, Shaham - Carmen, Leonor Bonilla - Lucia Ashton, Marta Mathéu - Norma

March 9 - 19:00h

A SPRING FESTIVAL AND FREE CONCERTS IN UNIQUE VENUES

Spring Festival (March 8 - 31) and the Ciutat de Classica (March 10 - 26)

From March 8 - 31, 2023, the Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival brings together great concerts programmed by the three venues, while the Ciutat de Clàssica March 10 - 26 (City of Classical) presents more than 20 FREE concerts, in which young local talents are presented in unusual spaces such as art galleries and museums - Fundació Miró, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MACBA), Museo Nacional de Arte (MNAC ) and Fundación Tapies-, historic buildings such as La Casa Batlló and Pavelló Mies Van der Rohe, the former La Model prison, libraries and some of Barcelona's civic centers. Ciutat de Clàssica (City of Classical) has the involvement of more than 40 entities and comes preceded by the success of the two previous editions, held in 2019 and 2021. Tickets for the festival concerts can be purchased from the website www.barcelonaobertura.com.

"Barcelona. Come for the Music, Stay for the Rest."

Barcelona is considered one of the most attractive cities in the world to visit and enjoy the Mediterranean lifestyle. It has boundless culture, fabulous architecture and museums, and vibrant festivals along with an unparalleled dining and drinking scene. It is a city with a wide and original range of leisure activities that encourages you to visit again and again. Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, famous for Gaudí and other modernist architecture, Barcelona is one of the most modern cities in the world. It is consistently rated as one of the most popular places to visit.

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