Gran Teatre del Liceu [Barcelona, ES]
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Gran Teatro del Liceo
Theatre building in Barcelona, Spain, opened 1843
bouwwerk in Barcelona
1837 Fundació de la Sociedad Gran Teatro del Liceo de S. M. Isabel II - 1848 Nou edifici de La Rambla - 1861 1er incendi - 1862 reconstruït - 1893 bomba a platea i tancament del Liceu fins el 1894 - 1901 Reforma - 1936 Transformat en Teatre Nacional de Catalunya - 1938 torna a ésser el Gran Teatre del Liceu - 1994 2on incendi - 1999 Reobertura del Gran Teatre del Liceu (després de 5 anys de reconstrucció)
Built by Essipow.
Built in 1847 by Miquel Garriga i Roca and Josep Oriol Mestres. Opened 4 Apr 1847 with a gala concert. Destroyed in 1861 by a fire, leaving only the foyers and staircases. 1861-1862 rebuilt by Josep Oriol Mestres. Re-opened 20 Apr 1862. Again destroyed by a fire on 31 Jan 1994. 1994-1999 re-built by Ignácio Sola Morales. Re-opened 7 Oct 1999 with Puccini's Turandot. Seats: 3500 (1847), 3000 (1862), today ca. 2700.
Fire broke out in the tailors’ workroom at 12.30 a.m. Nothing was saved. The actors only escaped from their dressing-rooms with difficulty. Several adjoining houses were also burnt.
Destroyed
The Gran Teatre del Liceu by architect Miquel Garriga i Roca is the largest opera house in the Catalan capital Barcelona and is located on the Rambles in the centre of the city. The opera and concert house was reopened in 1999 after a fire in 1994.