The overseas engagement began on March 10. Both that date and March 12 have sold out. Christopher Denny is his musical director. Brent Barrett received an Olivier Award nomination for his role in the London company of Kiss Me, Kate, and his other theatrical credits include the Broadway productions of Annie Get Your Gun and Candide. Barrett received a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for his work in the L.A. production of Chicago and has been seen Off Broadway in Closer Than Ever, March of the Falsettos, The Death of Von Richtofen, The Time of the Cuckoo and Portrait of Jenny.

The Grand Theatre of the Liceu was built at the initiative of the Liceu Filharmònico-Dramàtic Barcelonès. It was inaugurated in 1848. Over the years, it has been the victim of two fires and a bombing. The first fire was in 1861. On Nov. 7, 1893, during a performance of the opera William Tell, the anarchist Santiago Salvador Franch threw a bomb into the audience, killing 22 people. Finally, on Jan. 31, 1994, sparks produced by welders working on the stage caused the theatre's second fire, which burned down the stage, consumed the stalls and destroyed the roof of the building. The inauguration of the new Teatre del Liceu took place in October 1999 with the opera Turandot.