Editorial Mondigromax
Diàlegs de Tirant e Carmesina
Diàlegs de Tirant e Carmesina
Dialogues of Tirant and Carmesina
Joan Magrané
Diàlegs de Tirant e Carmesina
Chamber opera in 4 parts
Composition: Joan Magrané
Libretto: Marc Rosich, on Joanot Martorell’s Tirant lo Blanc (1490)
Voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone
Year of composition: 2019
Duration: 80 min.
Language: Catalan
Commission: Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació
Coproduction: Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona and Castell de Peralada Festival
World premiere: July 18, 2019 at Claustre del Carme, Castell de Peralada International Music Festival (Girona).
Framed as a battle of love, and death, inspired by Joanot Martorell’s timeless chivalric novel, these dialogues are a continuous, amorous, and romantic coming and going between Carmesina and Tirant, a game of variations on themes of love and heartbreak, between desire and convention, taken from an ironic perspective.
As a counterpoint, there are two antagonistic feminine characters: on the positive side, the mediation of Plaerdemavida; and on the negative, the scheming betrayals of the Viuda Reposada (Resting widow). At the same time, artist Jaume Plensa transforms the space into a luminous installation of neon, which, like a metronome, beats the inexorable passing of time exemplified by romantic zeal.
Score Diàlegs de Tirant e Carmesina. 254 pags.
Editorial Mondigromax
Diàlegs de Tirant e Carmesina
November 23 to 27, 2022 (4 performances)
Season premiere at the Teatro Real
Sala Verde, Teatros del Canal, Madrid
Cast in Madrid
Tirant | Josep-Ramon Olivé | Baritone
Carmesina | Isabella Gaudí | Soprano
Resting widow / Plaerdemavida| Ana Brull | Mezzosoprano
Soloists of the Principal Orchestra of Teatro Real
Cast in Barcelona
Tirant | Josep-Ramon Olivé | Baritone
Carmesina | Isabella Gaudí | Soprano
Resting widow / Plaerdemavida| Anna Alàs i Jové | Mezzosoprano
Instrumental Group
Artistic team
Musical Conductor | Francesc Prat
Stage Director | Marc Rosich
Stage Designer| Jaume Plensa
Costume Designer | Joana Martí
Lighting Designer| Sylvia Kuchinow
Choreographer | Roberto G. Alonso
Instrumental Group
Flute
Frederic Sanchez
Harp
Esther Pinyol
Violin
Joel Bardolet
Violin 2
Antonio Viñuales
Viola
Adam Newman
Cello
David Egger
Press quotes
Opera like poison… Joan Magrané proposes a chamber opera where his universe captivates and narcotizes the viewer…
…we live a kind of new golden age of Catalan composers. La Vanguardia, Jordi Maddaleno
Magrané has been able to recreate the richness and variety of the original novel… ABC, Pep Gorgori
