The Boards of Trustees of the Teatro Real and the Gran Teatre del Liceu have pointed out the urgency of adopting legislative reforms that simplify hiring procedures public and thus avoid blockages of artistic contracting or ““liquid talent management”.
This was claimed by both institutions in the fourth meeting between the Boards of Trustees of both entities, which took place this Tuesday at the Teatro Real, and which was chaired by the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun; Gregorio Marañón president of the Royal Theater; and Valenti Oviedogeneral director of the Liceu. The president of the Liceu, Salvador Alemany, has been absent due to a last-minute illness.
“It is urgent to adopt legislative reforms, including raising the current thresholds for minor contracts, which simplify public procurement procedures, now so complex that they end up blocking, at times, artistic hiring or management of liquid talent and, therefore, the activity of the institutions,” the institutions have pointed out.
The two institutions have analyzed the current situation of the opera and cultural sector, with the aim of seeking a common space for work and collaboration, at an artistic and institutional level, to face new challenges and consolidate solid experiences with a future projection.
Among the issues discussed, the the need to guarantee the generational change of qualified personnel in performing arts and both theaters propose that production planning migrate to a centralized platform that optimizes resources, as well as that the digital signature have full legal validity and extend to all contractual processes.
In addition, they have demanded adaptation to the National Security Scheme (ENS) as a governance policy and adequate audience management, moving from transactional sales to personalization of the experience, loyalty and income optimization based on predictive data.
For his part, the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasunhas highlighted the importance of collaboration between institutions, the union of efforts to generate living and transformative proposals and has added that in the last four decades, Spain has witnessed “an authentic musical revolution” that. “If there has been a field in which the democratization of culture has been shown most clearly, it has been that of opera,” has emphasized.
The president of the Teatro Real, Gregorio Marañón, has highlighted the “significant importance” of this relationship with the Liceu, which bears witness to “the profound admiration” for each other and the “decided will” to continue deepening the collaboration between both institutions. In the case of Valentí Oviedo, the Liceu president has highlighted the “deep meaning” of the board meeting, designed to recognize each other and continue getting to know each other.
MILESTONES OF BOTH INSTITUTIONS
During the board of trustees, some of its most recent milestones and main lines of development have been highlighted. In the case of the Teatro Real, as recalled by its general director, Ignacio García-Belenguer, its progress in terms of sustainability and international projection stands out, with tours such as the one it will carry out this month in China or those it is preparing in the United States, Korea and Japan, without forgetting the development of the Real Teatro de Retiro or the growth of My Opera with new applications.
At the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the promotion of the pedagogical and social project (LiceuAprèn and LiceuApropa), the creation of new small-format operas (micro-operas) and the consolidation of the digital platform liceuoperaPlus.com stand out. As a future objective, the new Liceu Mar headquarters stands out, conceived as a space for innovation, training and development of dance that will mark a new stage in the expansion of the Liceu.