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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

Record 1 to 2 from 2  Gunsbourg, Raoul

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  Compañía de ópera de primissimo cartello : temporada de invierno 1919-1920

Gunsbourg, Raoul
Wagner, Richard
Charpentier, Gustave
Puccini, Giacomo
Bretón y Hernández, Tomás
Bizet, Georges
Massenet, Jules
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
Mestres Calvet, Juan
Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Date: 1919
Description: 3 volums
Series: Temporada de invierno 1919-1920
Note: Empresa: Juan Mestres
Note: Tristan und Isolde / Richard Wagner ; Tannhäuser / Richard Wagner ; La Walkyria / Richard Wagner ; Maestri cantori / Richard Wagner ; Louise / Gustave Charpentier ; Manon / Giacomo Puccini ; La Dolores / Tomás Bretón ; Carmen / Georges Bizet ; Thaïs / Jules Massenet ; Gli Ugonotti / Giacomo Meyerbeer ; I Pagliacci / Ruggero Leoncavallo ; Aida / Giuseppe Verdi ; Bohème / Giacomo Puccini ; Lucia di Lammermoor / Gaetano Donizetti ; Ernani / Giuseppe Verdi ; Favorita / Gaetano Donizetti ; Barbiere di Siviglia / Gioacchino Rossini ; Gioconda / Amilcare Ponchielli ; Ivan le Terrible / Raoul Gunsbourg ; Monna Vanna / Henry Février ; Balada de Carnaval / Amadeu Vives ; Lo monjo negre / Joaquim Cassadó ; Bohemios ; Amadeu Vives
Abstract: De cada obra s'ha digitalitzat un programa sencer. De la resta s'han digitalitzat les parts que són diferents.
Language: castellà
Descriptors: Òpera ; Programes de mà
Collection: Programs of the opera performance
Work details: Tristan und Isolde ;  Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre ;  LouiseManonLa Dolores ;  Carmen ;  Thaïs Pagliacci




  Ivan le Terrible

Gunsbourg, Raoul
Guarnieri, Antonio
Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Date: 1919
Description: 1 volum
Series: Temporada 1919-1920
Note: Director: A. Guarnieri
Note: Drama líric en tres actes, poema i música de R. Gunsbourg
Abstract: De cada obra s'ha digitalitzat un programa sencer. De la resta s'han digitalitzat les parts que són diferents.
Language: castellà
Descriptors: Òpera ; Programes de mà
Collection: Programs of the opera performance
Work details: Ivan le Terrible