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Gran Teatre del Liceu Review
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Gran Teatre del Liceu
- Address: La Rambla 51-59, Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia | Map It
- Phone: 93/485-9913
- www.liceubarcelona.com
- Category: Arts/Performance Venues
- Location: Rambla
Fodor's Review:
Barcelona's opera house has long been considered one of the most beautiful in Europe, in the same category as Milan's La Scala. First built in 1848, this cherished cultural landmark was torched in 1861, then later bombed by anarchists in 1893, and once again gutted by a blaze of mysterious origins in early 1994. During that most recent fire, Barcelona's soprano Montserrat Caballé stood on the Rambla in tears as her beloved venue was consumed. Five years later, a restored Liceu, equipped for modern productions, opened anew. Even if you don't see an opera, don't miss a tour of the building; some of the Liceu's most spectacular halls and rooms (including the glittering lobby foyer known as the Saló dels Miralls, or Room of Mirrors) were untouched by the fire of 1994, as were those of Spain's oldest social club, El Círculo del Liceu. The Espai Liceu downstairs provides the city with daily cultural and commercial operatic interaction. With a cafeteria; a shop specializing in opera-related gifts, books, and recordings; a small, 50-person-capacity theater running videos of opera fragments and the history of the opera house; and a Mediateca featuring recordings and filmings of past opera productions, Espai Liceu is the final step in the Barcelona opera's Phoenix-like resurrection.
- Cost: Guided tours EUR 8.50
- Open: Tours daily at 10 AM in English (the 75-min visit includes El Circulo del Liceu, with the extraordinary Ramon Casas collection of paintings). Unguided express tours at 11 AM, noon, 12:30, and 1 PM are shorter (20 mins) and lesscomprehensive; cost is EUR4
- Metro: Liceu
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