An initiative of the Hotel Association of Barcelona so that all Barcelonians can enjoy the hotels, and specifically one of its most emblematic and ideal spaces for the pre-summer period: the terraces. The 8th edition of the Week of the terraces comes with 83 participating hotels (the largest number of all editions) that organize more than 270 free activities: live music, children's and family activities, cooking workshops and gourmet tapas, dancing, swimming synchronized, gastronomic tastings, tasting of wines and cocktails of Bodegas Familia Torres and many more activities that await you up there, on the terraces of the hotels.
Manon Lescaut, the first great triumph of Puccini, is a lyrical drama in four acts inspired by the novel "L'historie du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" (1731) by Abbot Prévost. It tells the story of the rise and fall of the courtesan Manon and was written with a rapturous music, following the principles of verism. The role of Des Grieux will be interpreted by three great tenors, the American Gregory Kunde, the Spanish Jorge de León and the Puerto Rican Rafael Davila. They are joined by two sopranos of international fame for the main role, the Ukrainian Ludmyla Monastyrska and the Italian Maria Pia Piscitelli.
Gamelab, founded in 2005, is a non-profit organization whose objective is to create quality events related to the world of digital entertainment. In Gamelab, the International Congress of Videogames and Interactive Leisure, professionals, researchers, businessmen, academics and investors find inspiration and share projects and ideas. In this 14th edition, as usual, Gamelab will have great names of global reference. Stand out Shawn Layden, key figure of the worldwide success of the consoles of Sony, leads all the development of own software on PlayStation® as the head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios and also supervises thirteen studios in Europe, Japan and the United States; and Mark Cerny, 2013 GAMELAB Legend Award and Chief Architect of PlayStation® 4.
El Grec de Barcelona is a festival of theater, dance, music, circus and, for the first time, cinema, with a long tradition (this year marks the 42nd edition). It is not only the main cultural attraction of the Barcelona summer, but also a reference in the European calendar of festivals. In this year's edition, which looks at the cultures of the Silk Road, the Grec is structured again in two large groups of shows, in addition to organizing an extensive program of parallel activities with various entities of the city (especially the factories of creation and libraries): El Grec de Montjuïc: the most international Festival, and the Grec_ciutat: reflection of local creation (this year the Plaza Xirgu is added, where you will find the Asia that lives in Barcelona free of charge as well as some proposals of lesser-known artists).
83 shows
384 sessions
144,314 tickets for sale
Shows by type: 22 theater, 17 creation, 25 music, 11 dance, 6 circus and 2 cinema
The dramatic opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, one of the most acclaimed and performed daily in the world, will be in Barcelona from Saturday 14 July. The performance will be at the Palau de la Música Catalana in different sessions. More than 90 artists come on stage as soloists, choir, children's choir and symphony orchestra.
