Displace | MTTW 2015
Raquel García-Tomás, Joan Magrané Figuera
disPLACE
Urban development Barcelona 2015
Premiere
A production of the MUSIKTHEATERTAGE WIEN
in co-production with Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació, Barcelona Institut Ramon Llull
In disPLACE, the two Catalan composers Raquel García-Tomás and Joan Magrané Figuera draw a musical picture of one and the same theme - the gentrification of Barcelona's inner city, but from two contrasting points of view. For this work, the author Helena Tornero has written a libretto about the impending "tourist sell-out" of her home city.
To what extent, especially in the light of global developments, is it all a question of attitude for the individual: either to benefit from the economic and political decisions of the free market or to be discriminated against by it?
TextHelena Tornero Music: Joan Magrané Figuera (1st part), Raquel García-Tomás* (2nd part) Direction: Peter Pavlik StageAlexandra Burgstaller LightHarald Michlits Assistant Director: Stefan Suppanschitz Idea and overall direction: Georg Steker With: Elena Copons (soprano), Sébastien Soules (baritone), Benedek Nagy (performer) Musicians of the Ensemble PHACE
