Between opera and reality: the BarcelonaParsifal

Abstract

At midnight on 31 December 1913 the low string melody ofParsifal'sopening rose upwards in the Teatre Liceu, Barcelona. That year-turn marked the end of the copyright period within which performances ofParsifaloutside Bayreuth were prohibited, and made Barcelona the first city in the convention-governed world to stageParsifallegally. Of course, the timing was a marketing ploy, but for many it was also a gesture of outreach, of stretching beyond the mountainous boundary of the Iberian peninsula and of hoping to become a credible cultural and political power in northern Europe. Alas for Barcelona, Europe didn't notice.

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