Composers can’t seem to keep away from the Orpheus story. Why not? It’s a juicy one, drawing on the Greek myth about a man who tries to use the power of music to rescue his beloved wife from Hades.

Barcelona's Liceu theatre is currently staging Verdi's La Traviata, a co-production with three European opera companies. The Liceu's revival director Leo Castaldi spoke to Euronews Culture about the ...

Two operas in two days at Barcelona's legendary Liceu opera house. Who could ask for anything more? Well, turns out you can, judging by the Liceu's new production of Verdi's MACBETH by Jaume Planes ...

Spain's economic crisis has forced Barcelona's Liceu opera house to delay the start of its 2011-12 season by a month and could lead to temporary layoffs. The Liceu said cuts in subsidies by the ...

Renowned intimacy director Ita O'Brien, with HBO and Netflix credentials, is at the helm, overseeing Barcelona Liceu's upcoming production of 'Antony and Cleopatra.' This innovative role has emerged ...

The Liceu gains strength and confidently invests in its own label: the allocation of 15 million euros out of the budgeted 54.8 million for the upcoming season will give rise to, among other things, ...

All the gilded, majestic splendour of Catalan’s 19th century The Liceu opera house will be spectacularly set off by the verdant greenery of an audience of plants next Monday at the Concert for the ...

Performers at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house are used to performing in front of important figures. But chances are none of the musicians who took the stage there on Monday had ever ...

Leo Castaldi grew up in the world of arias and librettos as his mother was a costume designer at La Scala Milan, the Holy Grail of opera. After school he would come and see Irene Monti at work making ...