In the evening at the opera by Josep Reverendo

The Gran Teatre del Liceu is the largest opera house in the Catalan capital Barcelona and is located on the Rambles in the center of the city. Josep Reverendo is interested in the Liceu Opera Barcelona as a stage of life, as an expression of the human being and as a living and changing spectacle. Details make the image speak, and he loves to tell stories about life. In his photographs the human anecdote is the protagonist. Josep always tries to capture the personality of the people.

The public that attends the Liceu is a diverse and cosmopolitan mix: people from the bourgeoisie in the stalls and the amphitheater, expert music lovers on the upper floors, curious tourists...

“The decisive moment”, or the second when all of the compositional elements of a scene come into harmony; a second before or a second later the scene would no longer be the same. The beauty of some special moments that do not exist any more, but Josep try to stop them and show that they were not that simple as it may look like watching them flying by in reality.

According to Wikipedia, the theatre was inaugurated on 4 April 1847. On 31 January 1994 the building was destroyed by a fire caused by a spark that accidentally fell on the curtain during a routine repair. The rebuilt, improved and expanded theatre opened on 7 October 1999, with Puccini’s Turandot.

To rebuild and improve the theatre, it became public. The Liceu Great Theater Foundation was created and the Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu handed over the ownership of the building to the Foundation. 

The auditorium was rebuilt after the 1994 fire; it is a faithful recreation of the 1861 auditorium, with some improvements. It has a seat capacity of 2,292, making it one of the largest opera houses in Europe. It is a typical Italian horseshoe-shaped theatre.

The ornamentation reproduces that of 1909: sumptuous with golden and poly chromed plaster moldings, as usual in 19th-century European theatres. Lamps are of brass and glass in the shape of a drake. Armchairs on the main floor are made of strained iron and red velvet. The Mirrors Hall preserves romantic ornamentation with round paintings of musicians, singers and dancers from that time.

Our online magazine is free of advertisements. We do everything out of love and dedication. We are not profit oriented. Support Tagree that the magazine remains ad-free and the monthly costs can be paid. TAGREE, I love your cultural work, I donate to show you my appreciation, voluntary, one-time or regular monthly or per quarter:

Donate