Círculo

El Círculo del Liceo is a private club in the English style, founded in 1847, which shares its building with the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona. Despite its location, the Círculo is a fully independent association from the Theatre and boasts one of the most important Modernist ensembles in Spain.

Owing to their common origins, the Círculo has many subscribers of the Liceo, who make use of the Círculo on opera and concert nights. The Círculo has been and remains a reference point for the social and cultural life of Barcelona. Each year numerous events take place there, including recitals, concerts, lectures, presentations, award ceremonies and tributes, in which both members and other figures from Catalan cultural life take part. In 2010, the Círculo paid tribute to the soprano Montserrat Caballé on the 50th anniversary of her career and dedicated a lecture and recital room to her, the "Sala Montserrat Caballé". Likewise, in 2011 the Círculo honoured the tenor Plácido Domingo on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

Currently, the Círculo del Liceo has almost a thousand members, to whom it offers an elegant space made up of numerous salons, an outstanding example of Modernism, and other services such as a restaurant, a library, and a lecture and recital room.