The Petit Palau hosts a musical and stage performance inspired by Felix Mendelssohn's celebrated work, combining voices, orchestra, and dramaturgy. 🎶🎭

This production is presented as part of the series La Casa dels Cants and Festival Clàssics (Festival of Contemporary Arts and Thought), conducted by Lorenza Borrani with stage direction by Judit Colomer.

🎶 El somni d’una nit d’estiu

📅 23 October 2026

🕐 19:30

📍 Palau de la Música Catalana (Petit Palau), Barcelona

🎟️ 25 €

📖 Mendelssohn's music and scenic staging

The program is entirely dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn's El somni d’una nit d’estiu (A Midsummer Night's Dream). The performance features actress Elisabet Casanovas alongside vocalists Clara González and Núria Vives.

The music is performed by La Camerata and Cor Aglepta, led by choral director Oriol Castanyer, under the baton of conductor Lorenza Borrani. Conception and stage direction are led by Judit Colomer, with texts written by Anna Andreu and costumes designed by Rash Cabounan.

🏛️ La Casa dels Cants and Festival Clàssics

The event is programmed within La Casa dels Cants and Festival Clàssics, a festival exploring contemporary arts and thought by revisiting timeless cultural classics.

The Petit Palau, located within the Palau de la Música Catalana complex in Barcelona, offers the ideal acoustics and intimacy for this meeting of symphonic-choral music and spoken drama.

✨ A contemporary staging of Mendelssohn at the Petit Palau.