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The Gran Teatre del Liceu (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈɡɾan teˈatɾə ðəɫ ɫiˈsɛw]), or simply Liceu in Catalan and Liceo in Spanish, is an opera house on La Rambla in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The Liceu opened on April 4, 1847.
In contrast with other European cities, where the monarchy took on the responsibility of the building and upkeep of opera houses, the Liceu was funded by private shareholders of what would become the Societat del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Great Liceu Theater Society), organized in a similar way to a trading company or societat. This is reflected in the building's architecture; for example, there is no royal box.
In 1838 a battalion of the Spanish army, commanded by Manuel Gibert Sans, was created in the secularized convent of Montsió (next to the present Portal de l'Àngel), the Liceo Filodramático de Montesión (Philodramatic Lyceum of Montesión). Its purpose was to both promote the musical education (hence the name "Liceu", or lyceum) and organize scenic representations of opera performed by Liceu students. A theater was built in the convent building — named Teatro de Montesión or Teatro del Liceo de Montesión — and plays and operas performed: the first was Bellini's Norma (February 3, 1838). The repertoire was Italian with the most performed composers being Donizetti and Mercadante as well as Bellini and Rossini. The Barcelona premiere of Hérold's Zampa was held here.
Actors: Juan Jesús Valverde (actor), Agustín González (actor), Ramón Langa (actor), Ramón Lillo (actor), Txema Blasco (actor), Gemma Cuervo (actress), Carlos Sobera (actor), Patricia Vila (miscellaneous crew), Luis Villar (editor), Juan Antonio Porto (writer), Rodolfo Sancho (actor), Andrea Guardiola (actress), Javier Elorrieta (writer), Javier Elorrieta (director), Patricia Vico (actress),
Plot: The psychiatric Julio Degrás is invited by his old friend Captain Salanueva to help him in a murder case with five victims. Salanueva explains that apparently a young man named Ricardo had killed the victims in a bloodshed and committed suicide later; his girlfriend Lidia was found in shock on the road after a car accident and might have witnessed the murderers and help to solve the case. Julio reads Ricardo's diary and finds that he traveled to the village of Senilla with Lidia to an old house that belonged to his family, the Forqué, and discovered that the spot is a coven of the Chornets family that had annihilated his family in the past. Now Ricardo must kill the survivors of the Chomets to fulfill an ancient curse.
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller,