Tonight’s Turandot is off at the Liceu due to a general strike by separatists across Catalonia.
Among other shutdowns, the Palau de la Musica has postponed its season opening.
We’re not sure about the football.
UPDATE: Next week’s Barca match vs Real Madrid has been called off.
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Is the above picture one for yet another ultramodern setting for an opera production? Turandot taking place on a football turf? What won’t they come up with next?!
“Turandot taking place on a football turf?”
Still better than Tosca in pig masks.
About football- Barcelona FC has an away match this weekend – but next week they should play a home game against Real Madrid, no less, and the game might be postponed because of the political situation.
We have learned through 20th century, nationalism is almost always bad & pursued by ambitious opportunists who almost always end up being up to no good at the end.
Imagine what would happen if Spain were an EU country obliged to honour the results of democratic voting?
No, wait….
“Imagine what would happen if Spain were an EU country obliged to honour the results of democratic voting?”
Yep, let’s vote London out of the UK. Shouldn’t be a problem then.
Imagine if ANY country would respect the results of an illegal referendum. Freedom of ideas and speech, but never above the law. Anything else is called anarchy.
Spain is a fascist country with a justice system still under the shadow of the caudillo…
That is just insane.
If you want to really understand what is going on in Catalonia please read the following articles:
BBC, Oct 2019 The Catalonia Crisis in 300 words
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41584864
The Guardian, Nov. 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/08/simple-facts-catalan-secessionism-selfish-goal
Oh, Fred, dear, that is just so not true it is not worth writing anything about it.
Since the referendum was declared illegal, those who did not want independence decided not to vote. It would be bizarre to take the result of that vote as a true reflection of the wishes of the people of Catalonia.