Among the many duties of every public theatre is the recovery of heritage, especially indigenous heritage. And this includes opera houses. Since its reopening, the Liceu has done its homework half-heartedly, because there have been seasons without titles by our composers and, when there have been, the formula of the concert version has often been chosen.

Domènec Terradellas (Barcelona, ​​​​1713 - Rome, 1751) was "the most celebrated Catalan composer of his time," says Victor Garcia de Gomar, the artistic director of the Liceu, without mincing words. The Rambla theatre has launched an operation Terradellas promoting the recovery of opera The Merope, which will be performed in concert version this Thursday at 7.30 pm by the Akademie für Alte Musik in Berlin under the direction of Francesco Corti. "We have one of the Ferraris of early music," says Garcia de Gomar, sitting next to Corti in the Tenor Viñas hall of the Liceu. Also worth mentioning are the soloists who will be taking part: Emőke Baráth, Valerio Contaldo, Francisco Pia Vitale, Sunhae Im, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Thomas Hobbs and Margherita Maria Sala.The Merope It is a series of impressive arias, and there are few human beings who can sing these notes. They are very specific roles, especially those of Mérope and Epit [written in 1743 for castrated]", Corti recalls. Catalan singers accustomed to the old repertoire such as Núria Rial and Xavier Sabata could have participated, but, according to García de Gomar, their respective "schedules" have prevented this.