A night at the opera at Amor de Perdição Square on 16th June, for free
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Porto City Hall joins other 230 organisations that have joined the initiative "Liceu a la Fresca", rebroadcasting outdoors and in a giant screen one of Giacomo Puccini's most successful work, the opera "Manon Lescaut".
The broadcasting is scheduled for Saturday, starting at 10.15 pm, at the Amor de Perdição Square, in Cordoaria, next to the Portuguese Photography Centre. Access is free.
The project "Liceu a la Fresca" started in 2007 by the Grand Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona with the fundamental goal of bringing classical music and opera to a range of different audiences, in several cities in Spain, Portugal and Italy alike.
This project also presents a strong pedagogical and informal educational experience, enabling people to enjoy good opera and help combat cultural prejudices associated with this music genre.
Take the opportunity to experience an up-close and personal visual experience with epic music and universal feelings or as Richard Wagner often put it, living opera "as a synthesis of the arts".
Liceu a la Fresca is promoted by the Gran Teatre del Liceu, supported by BPI and the Foundation "laCaixa".
CREDITS
Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conducter: Emmanuel Villaume
Stage-adaptation: Davide Livermore
Scenography: Davide Livermore and Giò Forma
Wardrobe: Giusi Giustino
Light design: Nicolas Bovey
Choir conductor: Conxita Garcia
Cast: Liudmyla Monastyrska, David Bi?i?, Gregory Kunde, Carlos Chausson, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso, Marc Pujol, Carol García, José Manuel Zapata, Michael Borth, David Sánchez, Jordi Casanova and Albert Muntanyola.
Coproduction: Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), Teatro di San Carlo (Naples) and Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (Valencia)
Find out more about this opera here.