Microoperas of Today
Desheretaràs la terra. Photos: Sergi Panizo.
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Organized by three key cultural institutions in Barcelona –the CCCB, the MACBA, and the Gran Teatre del Liceu– this project gathers artists from different disciplines to offer a new vision of traditional opera. Each institution hosts a newly created multidisciplinary opera, offering the audience a unique experience that raises new visions and questions about issues regarding the climate crisis, interspecies communication, and the acoustics of nature. It presents a journey of artistic reflection woven by sound, word, and image, exploring the relationship between music, new technologies and new dramaturgies.
Bunga was in charged of the space design for Desheretaràs la terra (You Will Disinherit the Earth), hosted by the Liceu. The opera speaks of a devastated world, where nature has lost its ability to sustain life. An ancestral figure invokes the forces of the Earth and feminine wisdom, seeking to connect with the roots of suffering and the memory of those who have witnessed the planet's decline. A lost and broken young woman searches for answers about her existence, a link between life and death, asking for help to free herself from the weight of existence.
Through a mystical and symbolic dialogue, it questions the potential regeneration of our future. A piece that aims to reflect on our collective responsibility regarding the transformation and degradation of what surrounds us, inviting us to rethink our complicity with destruction.
The set design, with an organic floor that pulses with fragility, reflects the planet's decadence, while large fabrics, breathing through light and movement, suggest the emotional states of the landscape and the complexity of human and non-human relationships in constant transformation. Dance, music, and voice create a sensory atmosphere that, intertwining pain and hope, urges us to reconsider our connection with the Earth and the need to find rebirth as a species, confronting the drift to which we are accustomed.
Librettist: Míriam Cano. Composer: Fabià Santcovsky. Set designer: Carlos Bunga. Stage director: Carla Tovias.
Desheretaràs la terra. Photos: Sergi Panizo.
PROCESS
Scanned sketches by the artist.
2025. Barcelona, Spain.
