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The Gran Teatre del Liceu reopens its doors, in which the 2,292 seats of the auditorium will be occupied on this occasion by plants. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten,
Barcelona's Liceu opera house reopened its doors on Monday for the first time in over three months to hold a concert - exclusively for a quiet, leafy audience of nearly 2,300 house plants,
Let’s begin with art and music, in a great theatre, by inviting nature in,” he said inside the eclectic, neo-classical venue that dates back to the 19th century and is one of Europe’s largest opera houses. All rights reserved.
All market data delayed 20 minutes. It will be on 22 June, broadcast live online, when the UceLi Quartet string quartet performs Puccini's "Crisantemi" for this verdant public, brought in from local nurseries. All market data delayed 20 minutes. Spain’s national state of emergency was lifted on Sunday after three months of restrictions on movement and assembly.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. And the plants in my garden and outside growing faster. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.Instead of people, the UceLi Quartet played Giacomo Puccini’s I Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums) for 2,292 plants, one for each seat in the theater. “Can we extend our empathy? Spain has been one of the nations worst-affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 28,323 deaths and 246,272 cases so far. The event was conceived by Spanish artist Eugenio Ampudia who said he was inspired by nature during the pandemic.“I heard many more birds singing. BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona’s Liceu opera house reopened its doors on Monday for the first time in over three months to hold a concert - exclusively for a quiet, leafy audience of nearly 2,300 house plants, Organisers said the intention was to reflect on the absurdity of the human condition in the era of the coronavirus, which deprives people of their position as spectators. The “Concert for the Biocene” was made possible by the ending of Spain’s state of emergency on Sunday. or redistributed. It featured a string quartet playing Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s “Chrysanthemum”, chosen for its requiem-like sadness. The concert was also livestreamed for humans to watch. Musicians rehearse at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 22, 2020.
©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. The Liceu observed all the usual rituals of a regular musical performance, with announcements given over loud speakers that the concert was about to begin. The theater says it will gift the plants to local health workers as a thank you for their efforts during the pandemic. And, without a doubt, I thought that maybe I could now relate in a much intimate way with people and nature,” he said before the performance.At the end of the eight-minute concert, the sound of leaves and branches blowing in the wind resonated throughout the opera house like applause. Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Both before and after the six-minute performance, the four elegantly-dressed musicians respectfully bowed to the “audience”. Reporting by Luis Felipe Castilleja and Joan Faus; Writing by Clara-Laeila Laudette and Joan Faus; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Gareth Jones All rights reserved.
When Barcelona's Liceu opera opened on Monday for its first concert since mid-March, it did so to a full house — of plants.. The Liceu said it hoped the show would reaffirm the value of art, music and nature and serve as a roadmap for returning to normal activity after the pandemic. Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house reopened Monday and performed its first concert since the coronavirus lockdown — to an audience that … “Nature advanced to occupy the spaces we snatched from it,” executive producer Eugenio Ampudio said on stage at an afternoon rehearsal before the concert. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. The Gran Teatre del Liceu reopens its doors, in which the 2,292 seats of the auditorium will be occupied on this occasion by plants. Musicians rehearse at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 22, 2020. Barcelona's Liceu Opera House Opens To A Full House Of Plants After months of lockdown, the curtains rose revealing more than 2,000 seats were filled with plants.