An enemy of the People
World premiere of a new opera with a libretto based on the play Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, and with the librettist, Àlex Rigola, as stage director. Francisco Coll, the composer, will also conduct the Orchestra of Teatro Real in this political work about the risk of democracy degenerating into demagoguery.
Ópera in two acts
Music by Francisco Coll
Libretto by Àlex Rigola, after Henrik Ibsen’s play En folkefiende (1882)
Premiere at the Teatro Real
Production by Teatro Real, in co-production with Palau de les Arts (Valencia)
Artistic team
Conductor | Christian Karlsen
Stage Director | Àlex Rigola
Set and costumedesign | Patricia Albizu
Lighting Design | Carlos Marquerie
Video | Álvaro Luna
Chorus director | José Luis Basso
Cast
Marta | Marta Fontanals-Simmons
Stockmann | José Antonio López
Mayor | Moisés Marín
Petra | Brenda Rae
Mario | Isaac Galán
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real