Overview
- The Gran Teatre del Liceu, which presented its program Monday, set a nine‑opera, 194‑event season that opens September 25 with Verdi’s Aida starring Anna Netrebko.
- The opening Aida is a coproduction with the Opéra de Paris and is staged by Iranian artist Shirin Neshat, whose concept focuses on women’s oppression, war’s toll and authoritarian power.
- Jonathan Nott takes over as music director and will lead Wagner’s Das Rheingold to launch a new Ring cycle, alongside key assignments such as Janáček’s Jenůfa.
- The lineup mixes classics and contemporary work, including a new Magic Flute by choreographer‑director Marcos Morau, Thomas Adès’s The Exterminating Angel in Calixto Bieito’s Paris production, and returns of La bohème, La fanciulla del West and Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi.
- The theater set a €63.1 million budget with 48% public funding and €8.4 million in private patronage to back access drives like €30 Under 35 tickets, a new Sant Andreu community opera and a youth Jove Aïda project, with a goal of reaching 300,000 attendees.