For almost a year, eight Interior Design, Product Design, Fashion Design, and Graphic Design students worked with other performing arts students, musicians, and young professionals, in coordination with professionals from the world of opera and the stage, forming transversal and multidisciplinary teams
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IED and New Operatic Creation at the Gran Teatre del Liceu with Òh!pera
Date
25 July 2025
For the second time, a multidisciplinary team of students from IED Barcelona has participated in the ‘Òh!pera. Newly Created Micro-Operas’ project, designing the sets, costumes, projections and lighting for the work ‘Ikaria’.
The piece, with music by Ariadna Alsina, libretto by Ana Pazos, and stage direction by Berta Prieto, is part of the Grec Festival programme being performed on 25, 26 and 27 July at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
‘Ikaria’ tells the story of two friends who travel to the island of Ikaria to meet a goat herder, one of whom has fallen in love with him on social media, and whom she hopes to make the father of her child. According to her, he represents the authenticity of rural life, the purity of body and soul. Yet the shepherd’s reality is very different, and the idyllic Greek Arcadia is a far cry from the devastated landscape in which they find themselves.
To carry out the project, over the course of almost a year, students from different disciplines of design, as well as the performing arts, and musicians joined forces with young professionals from the world of opera, forming cross-disciplinary teams. In the case of IED Barcelona, eight students from the Interior Design, Product Design, Fashion Design, and Graphic Design programmes took part.
On this occasion, the IED team also benefited from the special collaboration of MANE. The number one group in France and a world leader in the fragrance and flavour industry created a special perfume for the event, generating an immersive and enveloping sensorial atmosphere during the performance.
Both a learning and practical experience in operatic creation that has enabled students to create spaces where research in the field of contemporary opera can be connected with the world of design, contributing their creativity and excellent educational background with the aim of bringing this genre to new audiences.
‘Òh!pera. Newly Created Micro-Operas’ is an initiative promoted by the Liceu together with the Department of Culture and Creative Industries of Barcelona City Council through Disseny Hub Barcelona and the mentorship of Stage Director Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus).
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Ikaria
Ariadna Alsina, Composer
Anna Pazos, Librettist
Berta Prieto, Stage Director
Daniel Huertas, Musical Direction
Natalia Sànchez, Soprano
Julia Portela Piñón, Mezzosoprano
Max Grosse Majench, Actor
Nives Racki, Harp
Candela Puigbo, Cello
Anxe Faraldo, Electronics
IED Barcelona students:
Tom Toldi Carioba Arndt – Motion Graphics and Video
Carlos Alfredo Solines Corral – Motion Graphics and Video
Zaineb Aaffoute – Interior Design
Camila Serrano Figueroa – Product Design
Mariam Abdelrhaim Farouk Weshahy – Product Design
Miriam Abadias Escofet – Fashion Design
Sara Huguet Segarra – Fashion Design
Bianca Giacomini – Interior Design
In collaboration with: Mane, Escenografía Moià and Alfons Flores
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