Ramon Gener stars in the lecture-performance series ‘Les Arts és òpera’
02.10.2016
Humanist and music popularizer Ramon Gener stars in the lecture-show series 'Les Arts és òpera' which will begin next December.
After presenting the proposals for the 2016-2017 Season to more than 1,400 people in the Main Hall, Gener will return to Les Arts to explain and bring the audience closer to each of the five operas that make up the Les Arts subscription.
With his usual didactic language and audiovisual materials, the presenter of the famous program “This is Opera” will visit Les Arts to analyze the operas of Giuseppe Verdi “I vespri siciliani”, on December 1, and “La traviata”, on February 2, he will also address “Lucrezia Borgia”, by Donizetti, on March 22, “Werther”, by Massenet, on May 10, and “Tancredi”, by Rossini, on June 13.
The lectures will be held in the Aula Magistral and the Teatre Martín i Soler, which has a capacity of 380 spectators. The arts center will announce the procedure for attending these lectures soon.
Ramon Gener
He holds degrees in Humanities and Business Administration. He began his musical training studying piano at the Liceu Conservatory and completed it with Anna Maria Albors. On the recommendation of soprano Victoria de los Ángeles, he began studying singing under her tutelage. He furthered his vocal studies in Warsaw with baritone Jerzy Artysz and in Barcelona with tenor Eduard Giménez. After a career of several years as a baritone, he retired from singing and embarked on a new path as a music educator, giving lectures on classical music and opera.
The impact of these lectures led him to the world of television. First to TV3 with the program “Opera en texans” and then to the international stage with “This is Opera,” a Spanish-German co-production recorded in English and Spanish that can be seen in many countries around the world. He is a regular contributor to the radio programs “Hoy por hoy” on Cadena SER and “Versió RAC1.” He has also ventured into the literary world with the publication of “Si Beethoven pudiera escucharme” (2013) and “El amor te hará inmortal” (2016).
