La ciudad de las mentiras: Teatro Real in Madrid
About the Event
Elena Mendoza's La ciudad de las mentiras (City of Lies), with libretto by Matthias Rebstock, brings to opera four stories by Uruguayan writer Juan Carlos Onetti that intertwine, creating a polyphony of places, characters and situations.
Much of the work of Onetti is set in the imaginary city of Santa María, a metaphor for social hypocrisy, despair and the isolation of the individual. Characters try to survive by building an existential lie: a parallel reality reached through madness, dreams or fiction.
La ciudad de las mentiras features four women who cling until death to their existential lies, at times absurd and not without humour, because ultimately they have much more dignity, much more grandeur, than so‐called reality.
Musical director Titus Engel
Stage directors Matthias Rebstock, Elena Mendoza
Set designer Bettina Meyer
Costume designer Sabine Hilscher
Sound manager Hendrik Manook
Gracia Katia Guedes
Carmen Anne Landa
Moncha Anna Spina
Señora Laia Falcón
Díaz Grey Graham Valentine
Risso David Luque
Jorge Michael Pflumm
Tito / Barman Tobias
Langmann Guillermo Anzorena
Musical theatre in fifteen scenes
World premiere
Commissioned by Teatro Real
Practical Information
Please note: In some areas of the Teatro Real, some seats have a partially obstructed view of the stage. Teatro Real recommends category B for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance.
