I confess: I was dreading this recital by Juan Diego Flórez. But, little by little, the Peruvian tenor convinced me of two things: he was genuinely eager to sing, and he gave it his all. That said, the Peruvian tenor has a foolproof trick: he never deviates from the script. Having said that, it's perfectly understandable that the first part, with its undeniable technical difficulty, was the highlight of the evening.

There are few things more stimulating than the enthusiasm of musicians chatting about music, especially when they're not talking about their music. It happened this Monday during the press conference for the presentation of West Side Story at the Liceu, where two performances have been scheduled, in a symphonic concert version, on July 29 and 31. West Side Story You can feel New York under construction. It's fascinating," says Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel, who will conduct the Liceu Symphony Orchestra in both performances. "Bernstein is a unique character: creator, pedagogue, composer, conductor, and a humanist." "Wonderful. I don't see anyone capable of doing everything he did. He was too many people in one person, like Maestro Abreu [the founder of the Venezuelan System of Orchestras and Hearts]," continues Dudamel, touched by Bernstein's influence from a young age: "West Side Story It has accompanied me since I was a child. Especially the mambo, it became an emblem of my youth with the youth orchestra of the Simón Bolívar System."