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    Songs for succulents: Barcelona opera reopens with plant concert

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    Songs for succulents: Barcelona opera reopens with plant concert

    After the concert, to be live streamed, the plants will be donated to frontliners


    Published:  June 22, 2020 18:43 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Editor  and  Reuters

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    Madrid: Barcelona's Liceu opera reopened its doors on Monday for the first time in over three months to hold a concert - exclusively for a quiet, leafy audience of nearly 2,300 house plants. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Organisers said the intention was to reflect on the absurdity of the human condition in the era of the coronavirus, which deprives people of their position as spectators. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "Nature advanced to occupy the spaces we snatched from it," executive producer Eugenio Ampudio said on stage at an afternoon rehearsal, where 2,292 nursery plants already occupied every seat before the evening concert. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "Can we extend our empathy? Let's begin with art and music, in a great theatre, by inviting nature in," he added inside the eclectic, neo-classical venue that is one of Europe's largest. Image Credit: Reuters
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    After the concert, to be live streamed, the plants will be donated to frontline health workers. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The "Concert for the Biocene" was enabled by the end of Spain's state of emergency on Sunday. It was to feature a string quartet playing Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's "Chrysanthemum", chosen for its requiem-like sadness. Image Credit: Reuters
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    The Liceu said it hoped the show would reaffirm the value of art, music and nature and serve as a roadmap for returning to normal activity after the pandemic. Image Credit: AFP
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    "We are at the end of an entire era and I think that matters a lot," added Ampudio. "I feel closer to myself being close to plants ... And I feel much closer to people than before, even though I can't hug them." Spain has been one of the worst-affected nations, with 28,323 deaths and 246,272 cases of the COVID-19 disease so far. Image Credit: AFP

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