Gran Teatre del Liceu
The Gran Teatre del Liceu—“Liceu” for short—marks Barcelona’s oldest theater building still operating for its original purpose, set on La Rambla. The institution dates back to 1837, when the Liceo Filodramático de Montesión was founded to promote musical education. The theater opened at its current address on 4 April 1847, and from 1847 to 1989 its 2,338-seat scale made it Europe’s largest opera house by capacity. That continuity has been tested. After fires in 1861 and again in 1994, the Liceu was rebuilt and then reopened on 20 April 1862 and 7 October 1999. Its history also includes violence: on 7 November 1893, during the opening night of the season, an anarchist threw two bombs into the stalls, killing about twenty people and injuring many more. …
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