The story of the Urgell Canal, one of the most crucial hydraulic infrastructures for the development of contemporary Catalonia, will once again be brought to life through music and theater with the return ofOpera in the veinsA stage and musical production will arrive next April at two emblematic venues. The show will premiere again on April 19 at the Teatre de la Lonja in Lleida, and the following day, April 20, it will move to the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, ​​in a double performance that will conclude the tour begun last year.

Getting tickets has become one of the most stressful competitions of recent times. Whether they're paid or free. Of course, there are still plenty of shows that would love to sell out, but the feeling that we're missing out because we're not on top of things or moving fast enough is growing. Before, queues were physical; people would get up very early or sleep on the street to get a concert ticket. Now, queues are virtual; people wait in their pajamas at home in front of a sign on their computer screen indicating their number in an endless queue. The technological lottery will decide whether you've been lucky or whether your day will be ruined by not being able to get a ticket for a unique event that will happen a year from now. Or more. Because spontaneity is dead. And we, perhaps before even attending the show, are too. But the important thing is having gotten the tickets.

At number 15 Allada Vermell Street, in the heart of the Born district, there is a narrow door that invites you to pause. If you go through it, you discover the smallest theater in Barcelona: La Puntual. With a capacity of between 46 and 60 people, it is one of the most unique venues in the city. Puppets, marionettes, and shadow puppets have been the stars of the four walls that have housed the theater for two decades, which has become a meeting point for children, families, schools, and artists from around the world.