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Stage works
© Antoni Bofill
Alexina B.
Opera for five singers, girls' choir, sinfonietta, and electronics
WORLD PREMIERED on March 18, 2023, within the 2022/23 GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU. Further performances: March 20, 21, and 22, 2023.
Music by Raquel García-Tomás
Libretto by Irène Gayraud
Stage direction: Marta Pazos
ARTISTIC PROFILE
Set design: Max Glaenzel / Costume design: Silvia Delagneau /Lighting: Nuno Meira / Choreography: María Cabeza de Vaca / Sound: Sixto Cámara
Production: Gran Teatre del Liceu
CAST
Alexina Barbin / Abel Barbin: Lídia Vinyes-Curtis
Sara: Alicia Amo
Policeman / Madame P. / Alexina's Mother / Sister Marie des Anges: Elena Copons
Doctor Goujon / The Doctor / Doctor H. / The Abbot / Monseigneur / The Judge: Xavier Sabata
Young Alexina / Léa / Convent Pupil / Boarding School Pupil: Mar Esteve
Convent Pupils / Boarding School Pupils: Cor Vivaldi–Petits Cantors de Catalunya (Òscar Boada, choir conductor)
Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conductor: Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
Project carried out thanks to the Fundación BBVA's Leonardo Grant for Cultural Researchers and Creators, 2020
© Antoni Bofill
Per Precaució
Monodrama for soprano and harp
WORLD PREMIERED ONLINE on the YouTube channel of the GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU from November 15 to 22, 2020. LIVE PREMIERE: July 12, 2023, at the GREC Festival / L'Ateneu Barcelonès with a second performance on July 13, 2023.
Music by Raquel García-Tomás
Libretto by Victòria Szpunberg
Stage direction: Marc Rosich
Musical direction: Francesc Prat
ARTISTIC PROFILE
Set and Lighting Designer: Laura Clos “Closca” / Costume Designer: Núria Llunell
PERFORMERS
Maria Dolors Aldea, soprano
José Antonio Domené / Ester Pinyol, harp
Produced by ÒBNC, in collaboration with the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
© Estrella Melero
Je suis narcissiste
Opera for two sopranos, tenor, baritone, sinfonietta and electronics
WORLD PREMIERED AT THE TEATRO ESPAÑOL (Madrid), within the season of the TEATRO REAL (Madrid). Further performances in Barcelona, at the TEATRE LLIURE.
March 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, 2019
April 12, 13, and 14, 2019
Music by Raquel García-Tomás
Libretto by Helena Tornero
Stage Director: Marta Pazos
Musical Director: Vinicius Kattah
ARTISTIC PROFILE
Set Designer: Fernando Ribeiro / Lighting Designer: Nuno Meira / Choreographer: Amaya Galeote / Costume Designer: Pier Paolo Álvaro / Sound Engineer: Sixto Cámara
CAST
Clotilde: Elena Copons / Giovanni: Toni Marsol / Women: María Hinojosa /Men: Joan Ribalta
Produced by ÒBNC, in collaboration with Teatro Real, Teatro Español of Madrid, and Teatre Lliure of Barcelona.
© Raquel García-Tomás
disPLACE
Opera for soprano, baritone, viola, cello, and electronics
WORLD PREMIERED at the MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN 2015
1st, 5th, 6th, 8th, 11th September 2015
Composed by Joan Magrané (1st part) and Raquel García-Tomás* (2nd part)
Libretto: Helena Tornero
ARTISTIC PROFILE
Staging: Peter Pawlik / Stage design: Alexandra Burgstallter / Lighting design: Harald Michlits / Dramaturgy: Georg Steker
CAST
Elena Copons, soprano / Sébastien Soules, baritone / Benedek Nagy, actor / Ensemble PHACE
A production by MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN in collaboration with ÒBNC, Barcelona
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© Raquel García-Tomás
go, ÆNEAS, go!
Opera for mezzo-soprano, tenor, clarinet, cello, electronics, and video
Awarded the BERLINER OPERNPREIS 14 by NEUKÖLLNER OPER and GASAG
WORLD PREMIERED on May 14, 2014, at the RUSSISCHES HAUS (BERLINER OPERNPREIS AWARDS). Further performances: May 23, 24, & 25, 2014 – Neuköllner Oper, Berlin / November 26, 27, 28, 29, & 30, 2014 – Teatre Lliure, Barcelona
Composers: (in order of appearance) Raquel García-Tomás, Octavi Rumbau, and Xavier Bonfill.
Libretto: Spin Off Collective, based on an original idea by Cristina Cordero.
Musical direction: Diego Martin Etxebarria
ARTISTIC PROFILE
Stage direction: Jordi Pérez Solé / Video: Raquel García-Tomás / Set design: Ulrike Reinhard / Costume design: Christina Kämper / Characterization: Anne-Claire Meyer / Movement: Èlia Lopez
PERFORMERS:
Æneas: Joan Ribalta / Europe: Anna Alàs / Christian Vogel, clarinet / Cèlia Torres, cello
© Dani Álvarez
DIDO reloaded
Collective opera for soprano, mezzo-soprano, clarinet/bass clarinet, and cello
WORLD PREMIERED on October 23, 2013, at the Real Acadèmia de Medicina's Amfiteatre anatòmic.
Further performances: October 25, 2013 Sala Berlanga Madrid
Composers: (in order of appearance) Raquel García-Tomás, Octavi Rumbau, Xavier Bonfill, and Joan Magrané.
Libretto: Cristina Cordero, adapted from 'Dido and Æneas' by Nahum Tate.
ARTISTIC PROFILE
Stage Direction: Jordi Pérez Solé / Costume Design: Isabel Velasco / Lighting: Sylvia Kuchinow / Movement: Anna Romaní
PERFORMERS
Dido: Maria Hinojosa, soprano / Belinda: Anna Alàs i Jové, mezzo-soprano / Víctor de la Rosa, clarinet / Cèlia Torres, cello
Production: ÒBNC Barcelona
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Dance and electronics
WORLD PREMIERED on May 3, 2013, at The Place (London) by the English National Ballet, followed by a second performance on May 4, 2013.
Music: Raquel García-Tomás
Choreography: Fabian Reimair
CAST
Ken Saruhashi / Erina Takahashi / Nancy Osbaldeston / Jung ah Choi / Laurent Liotardo / Joshua McSherry-Gray
Production: English National Ballet
© Reynaldo Trombetta
LSP 3.1 ['La serva padrona' rifatta]
Opera for jazz singer, mezz-soprano, actor, and chamber group
WORLD PREMIERED on May 15, 2010, at the CMMB's Auditori Eduard Toldrà as part of the concert series "Dissabte concert."
Music: Raquel García-Tomás
Text: Adaptation of G. A. Federico's libretto for "La serva padronda" by J. B. Pergolesi.
ARTISTIC PROFILE
Stage Direction: Pol López / Artistic Direction: Raquel García-Tomás / Staging, Lighting, Props, and Video: newDivision Paula Ustarroz and Sònia Pons / Costume Design: La Ke Kose (Mireia Nogueras) / Masks and Makeup: La máscara de Pandora (Susana Conde)
CAST
Uberto: Celeste Alías, Jazz Singer / Serpina: Marta Valero, Mezzo-soprano / Vespone: Pol López, Mime
ENSEMBLE
Ophélie Derieux, Flute / Víctor de la Rosa, Clarinet / Toni Costa, Keyboards / Víctor Pérez, Violin / Cèlia Torres, Cello
Musical director: Raul Patiño
This project was self-produced for Raquel García-Tomás's Bachelor final exam, with the invaluable help of all its participants.
