Barcelona occupies a special role in the theatrical life of Spain. Not only because the two most famous opera stars of the country - José Carreras and Montserrat Caballe - have risen here, but also according to the centuries-old traditions, in terms of development, the level of theaters - here is the Liceu Theater, the most famous opera house in Spain, and cultural content - here, in Barcelona, ​​was opened one of the first theaters in Spain, this is Teatre Principal Barcelona, ​​he is still working.

Stage art has a long and respectable history here, in some theaters there are no performances without big names as the leading performers, in principle, and bad performances - especially. In addition to the local troupes, the city has a huge tour program, in some respects - even better than in Madrid. Therefore, Barcelona is a very good place to go to the theater.

In general, in Barcelona you can find a performance for almost every taste. The level of prices is average, the program is large and interesting - in general, almost ideal for the theater.

Most famous

The most famous theater in the city is, of course, the Liceu Theater. Jose Carreras and Montserrat Caballe worked exactly there. Its program is magnificent, there are almost no performances without opera stars. The most serious, fundamental theater among those that determine the development of the opera scene. Their opera productions are often taken as a model and then staged by other theaters around the world. Almost all the most famous opera singers of the world sang in different times over the past 150 years. About him write books and make films.

The repertoire here is mostly classical and absolutely gorgeous. All the productions are very well decorated - the theater is equipped with all modern technical innovations. In addition to its own troupe, there is a lot of guest performers from among the best performers of the world. Many of them come to participate in some particular performance.

Another very interesting place for tourists is the Palace of Catalan music. His famous building was probably never missed by any tourist in the city, and it's wonderful - the building is unique and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The palace was built by the architect Luis Domenech-i-Montaner in the style he himself defined as "Catalan Modern", he looks like a wonderful casket - mosaics, the famous stained glass ceiling made of colored glass, ornaments and much more.

This is the most visited concert hall of the city - tickets for concerts are relatively inexpensive, and the building from the inside is even more interesting than outside .Pass here concerts of classical music, jazz or Spanish traditional music .The most interesting thing is the program of concerts of the Spanish guitar, the best in the country .The best guitarists of the world come here: an invitation to this room for the guitarist is a special honor .Also here sometimes there are concerts of flamenco (and purely guitar, and with singing), also wonderful .The palace has a big tour program, there are no bad performers in it .

The oldest theater in the city is the Teatre Principal Barcelona. He ceased to be famous - he was eclipsed by the Liceu Theater, but the program is good. It has preserved historical concert halls, and there are very few of them in the world.

This is Teatre Lliure, that is, "Free Theater" is an independent theater specializing in modern drama and innovative productions. Shift of the place of action of works of Shakespeare in the present, for example, on his conscience. There are no uninteresting productions here, but this is a place for the viewer, who is not confused by new interpretations of famous classical works. It is also a very prestigious theater, then its theaters are staged by other theaters.

This theater is the residence of one of the best troupes of modern ballet in Europe. They are famous not even for the whole of Spain - for the whole world. Their choreography is considered unique, it is then reproduced by theaters around the world. There may also be a lot of unexpected things in the production, a conservative person, perhaps it's better to choose another theater.

The National Theater of Catalonia specializes in the Spanish drama .This is a theater for the most curious: you can see something very famous in Spain, but completely unknown in Russia .The repertoire includes modern and classical performances, as well as a lot of small events - concerts (usually Spanish music), exhibitions, master classes and t .e .This theater also has a unique building - the creation of the famous architect, a combination of classics and avant-garde .It turned out an unforgettable unification of glass walls with classical columns .

Small but curious

Barcelona is a big city, therefore, apart from big and famous theaters, there are a lot of smaller establishments here.

For example, El teatro Condal is a small theater founded around 100 years ago. Funny old building, in the repertoire - pantomime, "sitcoms", cabaret and stuff like that. This is the place where you can easily spend an evening in the atmosphere of a theater cabaret.

Another small theater is Teatro Poliorama. The building of this theater was built in the late 19th century as a cinema and was recently refurbished. This private theater, he puts comedies and musicals (often quite complex and large). A musical is a genre that is called "an amateur", but if you are just an amateur, you will get a lot of fun.

There is also Teatro Victoria, it is also private and specializes in light genre. They put here comedies and musicals, and musicals prevail. In addition to their own productions, musicals are touring there, so if you want to watch some famous Broadway production for the whole world - it's worth following the program of this theater.

In addition to the usual theaters, in Barcelona, ​​as in any big city, the sea of ​​small sites. Tiny halls in which young actors play, small theatrical cabarets with a bright program, barely visible taverns, in which the performers of flamenco perform, can all be found. Places are not tourist, they can not be found at once, but they are worth it.