Seat selection on map [Lille Opera | 17.05.2026 - 16:00 | Bows and banderillas] - Opéra de Lille

The Catalan quartet brings together the late works of Mozart’s Viennese ‘colleagues’, in which the wisdom that comes with age is just as present as the inescapable desire for innovation. Haydn, said to be the father of the classical string quartet, had composed about sixty pieces in the genre before this one, yet he continues to shine thanks to his infinite creativity. As for Beethoven, he takes the fugue so far beyond its strict, traditional rules that his contemporaries felt like they were listening to a foreign language! A century later, Joaquín Turina embraces the musical language of his native Andalusia with the portrait of a torero lost in prayer before heading off to fight a bull for a crowd of aficionados.

Joseph Haydn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5 (1797)
Joaquín Turina La oración del torero (1925)
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 (1825)
Grosse Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133 (1825)

approx. 1hr.50 min. incl. interval