A long-running festival which takes place in some of Barcelona's finest music venues, bringing some of the most famous exponents of guitar playing in the world to our doorstep. A welcome annual event. 2010 is the 21st edition.

 

 

They say: "Come down to the Gran Foc Cocktail Lounge and show us what you got. Open Mic starting from 10:30pm till 1:30am. We offer a free dinner and a couple of drinks to participants in the open Mic, to enjoy our dinner please arrive at 9. All musicians interested in coming down to play and for reserving dinner please contact me. MUST RESERVE! "

 

Der Rosenkavalier takes place during the reign of the Empress Maria Teresa and was created by Richard Strauss at the start of the 20th century as an homage to Mozart—Strauss's character of Octavian was based on Cherubino from The Marriage of Figaro. Last performed at the Liceu in the mid-Eighties, this production is the creation of the Semperoper Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden, with musical direction by Michael Boder and stage design under the direction of Uwe Eric Laufenberg.