PHOTOS: A concert for plants at Barcelona’s Liceu opera amid coronavirus pandemic

The Liceu opera in Barcelona reopened its doors on Monday for the first time in over three months post the coronavirus-led lockdown to hold a concert, exclusively for a quiet, leafy audience of nearly 2,300 house plants. The plants are to be donated to frontline health workers after the concert, live streamed on YouTube. The Concert for the Biocene was enabled by the end of Spain’s state of emergency on Sunday. It was to feature a string quartet playing Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s Chrysanthemum, chosen for its requiem-like sadness.

Updated on: Jun 24, 2020 8:40 AM IST

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Nursery plants are seen placed in people's seats during a rehearsal as Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu opera reopens its doors with a concert for plants to raise awareness about the importance of an audience after the lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain June 22, 2020. (REUTERS/Nacho Doce)

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Musicians rehearse at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 22, 2020. The Gran Teatre del Liceu reopens its doors, in which the 2,292 seats of the auditorium will be occupied on this occasion by plants. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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