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Catalonia’s main culture establishments take different approaches to reject conflict in Eastern Europe

Gran Teatre del Liceu to premiere platform with an Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris concert directed by Gustavo Dudamel

Venue aims to show capacity limits should be adapted

First concert after lockdown held before a full audience of 2,292 potted greens

Fan association strengthens links between Catalan capital and legendary German composer going back to 19th century

Puccini's popular opera begins on Saturday with sopranos Lianna Haroutounian and Ainhoa Arteta sharing the lead role

Iraqi master of the traditional instrument known as the oud performs in Barcelona's opera house as part of Abu Dhabi Festival

Concert including performance of Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ in November will come before gala next spring

In conjunction with public broadcasting companies, the Barcelona Liceu opera house is will televise ‘Manon Lescaut’ by Giacomo Puccini

The second edition of Suite Festival, hosted and organised by Barcelona Liceu Opera House, will gather together a wide range of international artists such as Paul Anka, Johnny Hallyday, Michel Camilo and Emir Kusturica amongst others. The aim is to attract new audiences and make the Liceu “more social”, stated its General Director, Roger Guasch. Although the whole programme is still to be confirmed, Suite Festival faces into its second edition organising three more concerts than last year and with a 1.5 million euros budget, 300,000 euros more than in the first edition. The cheapest ticket will cost 15 euros and 180 euros will buy you the most expensive. To promote the opera to new and younger audiences and “break down”the barriers, Guasch assured that Liceu and Clipper, the promotion company of Suite Festival, will compare and mix their databases so that Barcelona Opera House can have as much accurate information on the attendants’profiles as possible.

‘Nabucco’, one of Verdi's most famous works, returns to Barcelona on the 7^th of October, 31 years after its last dramatised performance at the Liceu Barcelona Opera House. The opera will be conducted by Daniel Oren and stage directed by Daniele Abaddo. Baritone, Ambrogio Maestri will play the protagonist role, king of the Babylonians, and soprano Martina Serafin will play the lead female role of Abigaille. The play is a co-production between the Liceu, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (where the opera premiered), the Covent Garden Royal Opera House in London and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Town halls and the Catalan Parliament, but also private companies, public institutions and a high school related to the victims of the Germanwings aircraft have observed a minutes silence on Wednesday at noon, in tribute to the 150 people killed in the accident in the French Alps. At least 39 of the 51 victims with Spanish nationality were Catalans, although this figure is likely to increase in the coming hours. Many were businesspeople on their way to an agri-food fair in Cologne. Among the victims there was also a group of 16 high school students and 2 teachers from Germany, whom had spent an exchange week in Llinars del Vallès (Greater Barcelona). The high school that hosted them held a homage and mourning tribute. In addition, Barcelona's Liceu Opera Theatre also observed a minutes silence, since baritone Oleg Bryjak and mezzo Maria Radner, and her family, were among the victims.