Opera in Concert Version "Schiava e Regina" by Lluïsa Casagemas
27 April 2027 · 19:30
Gran Teatre del Liceu, el Raval, Ciutat Vella
With this awareness —and with gratitude that transcends time— we prepare for the long-awaited premiere of Schiava e Regina, the opera by Lluïsa Casagemas i Coll (Barcelona, 1873-1942) which, after more than a century of neglect, will finally find its definitive expression at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2027. Composed by Casagemas when she was just over sixteen, the work stands as an unparalleled testimony to a female creator in the history of opera in Catalonia: it has been identified as the first opera composed by a woman and programmed by a major European theatre, although the anarchist bombing that struck the Liceu in 1893 prevented its original premiere. Schiava e Regina —a title evoking both conditions, victim and sovereign— unfolds in a sonic and dramatic universe of great expressive breadth, influenced both by the Italianate operatic language of the period and by a distinctive, determined vision of its own. The recovery of the manuscript score (voice and piano), carefully preserved and bearing dedications that reveal the assured hand of a young creator, has allowed today's musicologists and performers to restore the work to the place in the repertoire it deserves. The 2027…
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 8 September 2026