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This section contains the programs of the different performances and public or private acts that took place in the theatre. Its nature is very diverse, including from seasons of concerts, through various social events, series of lyrical recitals, several seasons of ballet and opera, to the programs of the Francesc Viñas International Singing Competition.

Its historical value spans beyond the musical and artistic fact. Some of the programs were made with remarkable typographic and artistic care. Before 1936, the programs of the opera seasons used to reproduce illustrations by leading artists from the country, such as Emili Grau Sala or Jaume Pahissa. Among the many unique events, the programs of the Wagner Festivals of 1913, the performances of the Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev, or the coming of the company of Bayreuth in 1954 must be mentioned.

The programs replaced the librettos, from the moment it stopped making sense to follow the opera during the performances in the room in the dark. It is in this moment when the program became a first-class gallery to follow the most important singers and directors of orchestra passing through the G T. del Liceu during the 20th century.

The series of symphonic concerts are very important: the Lent concerts, organized by the theatre, or the concerts of the Orchestra Pau Casals. Thanks to its activity, great composers and directors passed through the theatre: I. Stravinsky, R. Strauss, M. de Falla, F. Weingartner, among many others. The programs of unique performances are also noteworthy, such as the premiere of L’Atlàntida by M. de Falla, directed by E. Toldrà, the premieres of Catalan operas –R. Lamote de Grignon, Montsalvatge, Altisent, Balada, Soler, Mestres-Quadreny, Guinjoan, among others–, or the Valencian Matilde Salvador.

We highlight the programs and librettos that, promoted by the Wagnerian Association, reproduced, in the first decades of the 20th century, the text sung in Catalan not only of works by Wagner, but by other European composers.

The programs, which have been digitized in its totality, are more than a chronicle of musical activity. They reflect the social and economic life of the country, through ads, music reviews and analysis aimed at the public. For a few years, a section of the programs also included the daily microhistory of the theatre, it was a collection of anecdotes reporting events from the last performance. It is reproduced, in this case, the copy of the program of the first performance of a play –which was usually the same every day–, and then there have been added only the pages of “Anecdotes”, that were made from scratch at each performance.
There have been included, as long as they are preserved, the loose sheets indicating changes in a specific performance. The collections will increase as soon as the data processing is completed.

Programs of the opera performance

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  Temporada de primavera 1890 : Compañía de ópera italiana de primissimo cartello

Bizet, Georges
Goula, Joan
Verdi, Giuseppe
Wagner, Richard
Boito, Arrigo
Donizetti, Gaetano
Bretón y Hernández, Tomás
Weber, Carl Maria von
Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Date: 1890
Description: 1 volum
Series: Temporada de primavera de 1890
Note: Director: Juan Goula
Note: Africana / Giacomo Meyerbeer ; Aida / Giuseppe Verdi ; Lohengrin / Richard Wagner ; Gioconda / Amilcare Ponchielli ; Amleto / Ambroise Thomas ; Mefistofele / Arrigo Boito ; L'Orfeo / Christoph Willibald Gluck ; Tannhäuser / Richard Wagner ; Lucrezia Borgia / Gaetano Donizetti ; Freischütz / Carl Maria von Weber ; Gli Amanti di Teruel / Tomás Bretón ; Le Jolie fille de Perth / Georges Bizet
Language: castellà
Descriptors: Òpera ; Programes de mà
Collection: Programs of the opera performance
Work details: La Jolie fille de Perth ;  Aida ;  LohengrinMefistofeleTannhäuser ;  Lucrezia Borgia ;  Los Amantes de Teruel Der Freischütz




  Temporada de 1890 a 1891

Bizet, Georges
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Verdi, Giuseppe
Wagner, Richard
Meyerbeer, Giacomo
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Date: 1890
Description: 1 volum
Series: Temporada 1890-1891
Note: Òperes: Otello / Giuseppe Verdi ; Le Nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Fidelio / Ludwig van Beethoven ; Tannhäuser / Richard Wagner ; Lohengrin / Richard Wagner ; Freischütz / Carl Maria von Weber ; L'Orfeo / Christoph Willibald Gluck ; Carmen / Georges Bizet ; La Bella fanciulla di Perth / Georges Bizet ; Barbiere di Siviglia / Gioacchino Rossini ; Dinorah /Giacomo Meyerbeer ; Gli Ugonotti / Giacomo Meyerbeer
Note: Ballets: Giselle / Adolphe Adam ; Rodope / Raffaele Grassi
Language: castellà
Descriptors: Òpera ; Programes de mà ; Ballet
Collection: Programs of the opera performance
Work details: La Jolie fille de Perth ;  Fidelio ;  OtelloTannhäuserCarmen ;  Dinorah ;  Les Huguenots Le Nozze di Figaro