ALEXINA B. Raquel García-Tomás
Opera for five singers, girls’ choir, Sinfonietta and pre-recorded electronics.
Title: Alexina B.
Libretto: Irène Gayraud, from “Mes souvenirs” by Herculine Barbin
Genre: opera
Instruments and voices: opera for five singers, girls’ choir, sinfonietta -6 violins, first and second, 3 violas, 2 cellos, 2 double basses, flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, horn, harp, piano, pre-recorded electronic music, video projections and amplified sound.
Year of composition: 2020-2022
Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes.
Language: French
Editorial Mondigromax
Collaboration: Project carried out thanks to the Fundación BBVA’s Leonardo Grant for Cultural Researchers and Creators, 2020
Production: Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
World premiere: March 18, 2023 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona
Score & Libretto: pdf 735 pages.
ISMN: 979-0–79-0-9018965-7-4
Score available for purchase soon.
More information about Alexina B. on the Mondigromax website. Follow this link.
To look at Alexina’s B. trailer, this is the link. Recorded by RTVE
Since March 8, 2024, the documentary serie “Je suis un ange” about the creation process of the opera “Alexina B.” by Raquel García-Tomás is available on the CaixaForum+ platform. Serie directed by Tània Crosas, directed by Sonia Pons, with interviews by Anna Guitart and produced by Isabel Bassas and Paula Ustarroz.
