On the 14th, Gran Teatre del Liceu will launch the renewal of its Liceu Opera+ digital platform through which it aims to offer a cinematic vision for the performances included in the subscription. Led by audio-visual artist Igor Cortadillas and Ramon Giner, music promoter, Liceu seeks to take a revolutionary step in broadcasting opera with… travelA front cable camera (for taking aerial photos) and cameras on stage and in the pit. It will be the first opera that can be seen through the eyes of all those cameras Elisir Damourfollowed later by Tristan and Isolde, Manon Lescaut, and Nosy Figaro.
Valente Oviedo, general director of the theater, expressed his satisfaction with what the digital platform provided from a television vision to another cinematic vision. Until now, cameras have been installed to see the interior of the orchestra and the stage, and now the opera will be narrated as a film. He explained: “It is a revolutionary idea. We are breaking the membranes. It is not easy to make disruptive changes in organizations that go back 180 years. This shows the good health of the theatre. Without it, it cannot be done.” “It’s a way to explain to the world what’s happening on La Rambla.”
The opera will be recorded as if it were a mock live performance over several days. Donizetti’s opera will be filmed this Tuesday, but general footage has already been pre-recorded in rehearsals to capture the horseshoe outline of the stage. Cortadillas, a trained musician — who graduated as a flute player in Switzerland — and teaches the instrument, is an audiovisual artist and cultural communicator. He stressed that it is “a wonderful privilege and project. When you enter with a movie camera, you enter into depth. It is not only a technical change, but a narrative change.” “We will respect the general plan, but we will place Cable in the camp; travel To follow the narrative, the cameras are in the hole and breaking the axis of the stage. It’s an immersive experience.
Jenner, a former pianist and baritone, has collaborated since the beginning on this digital platform that has its origins in the vacuum created by the pandemic. “When I started I said yes, with pleasure, it’s my city theater and because I love it so much. We launched Liceu Ópera Plus with great will and we have reached this point,” he recalls, noting that the goal from the beginning was not to have “something else” about Liceu on the network, but to try to create a high school community regardless of where the subscriber is. “We want to have high school students all over the world. And for a Sydney man to feel part of Liceu,” he said. By now, Jenner had already delved into the depths of the theater in the first edition of Opera plus, interviewing not only the tenor and soprano, but also the stage technician, prop man and tailor. “It’s trying to create this community,” he said.
All recordings, which will have subtitles in at least four languages – Catalan, Spanish, English and the original – will premiere on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. “It’s a good plan to be at home to watch the opera on Sunday,” Oviedo summed up. The theater has 8,000 digital subscribers. The price is 90 euros for the general public and 45 euros for subscribers.