The lights dim, the curtain rises and the music begins - all signs normal life has returned to Barcelona's Liceu opera house, were the seats not filled with some 2,300 plants.
After months of silence, the emblematic opera house located in central Barcelona decided to throw open its doors with a unique performance - a metaphor for the months of lockdown when nature took back space from people.
Seated in the plush red seats of the stalls, the dress circle and the boxes were an eye-catching array of 2,292 ficus trees, palms and Swiss cheese plants, their verdant green contrasting with the ornate gold columns and mouldings of the auditorium.