Oteiza. Opera in one act by Juan José Eslava.

With a monodrama format, this opera recreates the thought of the artist from Guipuzcoa. The initial energy of being (desire, existential fear, search...) is developed through the game, which leads to aesthetic experiences linked to several of Oteiza's most significant works.

General admission: 14 and 12€.

Oteiza interrogates the notion of individuality through a journey in which the identity of a being finds in emptiness its link with the primordial values (sky, earth, nature). The catalyst figure of this encounter is the Neolithic cromlech, a figure that Oteiza in his reflection identifies with the deconscience of emptiness. The opera explores new links between the corporal, acting, lighting, scenographic and sound dimensions in a work of writing in which there are no borders between these elements, but new crystallizations in their ways of interacting, which take shape around the materials on which Oteiza articulated his sculptural work: iron, stone and wood.

With a monodrama format, lasting approximately one hour, the play develops around an actor-singer, who interacts with the scenic elements to recreate Oteiza's thoughts. The actor-singer searches for himself, and this search for being contains a drama, a fundamental contradiction: he does not find himself. The initial energy of being (desire, existential fear, search...) is developed through the game, which leads to aesthetic experiences linked to several of Oteiza's most significant works, which are in turn linked to childhood memories and his experiential baggage.

The Oteiza opera aims to recover the artist's legacy and make it transcend the stage space of the theater.

ARTISTIC FILE

Music: Juan José Eslava

Text: Juan José Eslava

Music Director: Nacho de Paz

Stage Manager: Pablo Ramos

Video: Juanjo Eslava, Acrónica Producciones

Lighting design: Koldo Tainta

Scenic space: Chamber Opera of Navarre

Wardrobe: Edurne Ibáñez

Software development: Ángel Farando

PERFORMERS

Musical direction: Nacho de Paz

Bass-baritone: Nicholas Isherwood

Instrumentalists and electronics Ensemble E7.2

Alessandra Rombolà (flutes)

Antonio Jiménez (trombone)

Ander Tellería (accordion)

Salva Tarazona (percussion)

Yorrick Troman (violin)

Rosa San Martín (viola)

Francisco Fernández (double bass)

Juanjo Eslava, Ángel Farando (electronics)

A production of Ópera de Cámara de Navarra, Museo Universidad de Navarra, Colectivo Artístico E7.2, Fundación Museo Jorge Oteiza, with the support of Gobierno de Navarra.