Òpera versió concert Cançó d’amor i de guerra

Opera by Rafael Martínez Valls, with a libretto by Lluís Capdevila and Víctor Mora, presented in concert version at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Premiered in 1926, it combines intimate love with collective war.

Cançó d'amor i de guerra is an opera premiered in 1926, with music by Rafael Martínez Valls and a libretto by Lluís Capdevila and Víctor Mora. The score interweaves two registers: love, intimate and vulnerable, and war, collective and inexorable. Its melodies, broad and easy to remember, engage in dialogue with choral passages of strong expressive intensity, in which the music gives voice to a people struck by conflict yet faithful to hope.

This version, presented at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in concert-performance format, focuses on the orchestral richness, vocal solidity and dramatic construction of the composition. The cast is made up of the voices of Serena Saenz, Josep Bros and Carles Pachon. The Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu is directed by Pablo Assante, and the Orquesta Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu by Manel Valdivieso.

The work belongs to the Catalan lyric theatre of the twentieth century, and its premiere turned it into a popular phenomenon without renouncing artistic ambition. It lasts approximately an hour and a half. Martínez Valls's language, heir to the European operatic tradition and rooted in Mediterranean sensibility, sustains the entire performance.