Òpera Popularde Barcelona
Inspired by the work of Joan Manuel Serrat · A production by Jaume Villanueva
A dwarf’s vulnerability, flamenco and live music tell an impossible love story in the Barcelona shaped by migration from southern Spain.
Curro is a dwarf waiter, wounded by impossible love, who claps along at a Paral·lel tablao. On Midsummer Night in 1963, music, song, dance and alcohol open a space of youth and excess among the shacks of Montjuïc.
Stage world
Serrat’s song expands into an ensemble work of theatre, dance and live music.
The production at a glance
The working-class Barcelona of Candel and Marsé becomes dramaturgy, body, song and rhythm.
Actors, singers and dancers share the stage with six live musicians.
Premiered at Barcelona’s Grec Festival, the show attracted nearly five thousand spectators.
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Artistic and touring profile
Twenty people, including six live musicians.
The six musicians may be provided by the venue following agreed rehearsals; extras are local.
A stage and music production ready to adapt to theatres and auditoriums.
Minimum 10 × 10 m.
Lighting, sound and multi-level risers, with a central space for the orchestra.
Two rehearsals with local musicians. Day −1: set-up. Day 0: rehearsal, performance and load-out.
Touring formats
Ask Joan Romaní, Head of touring and bookings, about formats, availability and booking terms.