Òpera versió concert Schiava e Regina

Opera by Lluïsa Casagemas i Coll, composed when she was a little over sixteen and recovered after more than a century of oblivion. It arrives at the Gran Teatre del Liceu with Vanessa García Diepa as conductor-pianist.

Schiava e Regina is an opera by the composer Lluïsa Casagemas i Coll. The title refers to the two conditions that run through the work: that of victim and that of sovereign. Its sound and dramatic language sits within the Italianate operatic style of her time, with a personal and resolute vision.

The handwritten score for voice and piano is preserved in detail, with dedications that show the firm pulse of a young creator. The work was identified as the first opera composed by a woman and programmed by a major European theatre, although an anarchist attack against the Liceu then thwarted its original premiere. Present-day musicologists and performers have recovered it to return it to the repertoire.

At the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the production features Vanessa García Diepa as conductor-pianist and runs for approximately two hours and fifteen minutes. It is also presented as a tribute to all the creative voices silenced throughout history, as well as a restoration of Casagemas's musical legacy.