Editorial Mondigromax
Hort/Garden
Hort/Garden
Elena Tarrats, Mario G. Cortizo, Damien Bazin
Opera–monologue for voice and ensemble
Original idea, singer-actress, and co-composer Elena Tarrats
Composition, orchestration, and musical direction Mario G. Cortizo
Dramaturgy and libretto Helena Tornero
Stage direction, set and costume design Silvia Costa
Sound design and sonic conception Damien Bazin
Ensemble Icarus (Italy)
Year of composition 2024-25
World premiere July 16, 2025, Sala Mirador, Festival Perelada, Girona
Approximate running time 65 min
Original language: Catalan
Photos: © Toti Ferrer Festival de Perelada
World premiere July 16, 2025, Sala Mirador, Festival Perelada, Girona
Hort / Garden is an invitation to pause, to breathe, and to listen to the pulse of life among tomato plants, silences, and melodies. A piece that speaks of loss and continuity, of nature as a space for resistance and memory — and of opening ourselves to wonder.
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Hort/Garden Score’s will be available at www.editorialmondigromax.com
The opera was recorded by spanish TVE on July 16, 2025 and it will be broadcast by TVE in the future.
Festival Peralada 2025 Programm (Hort/Garden, in catalan, page 86.
World premiere July 16, 2025, Sala Mirador, Festival Perelada, Girona
Creatives
Lighting design Andrea Sanson
Technical sound design, set designs assistant and construction Davis Hart
Stage director assistant Rosabel Huguet Dueñas
Production assistant Daniel Blanco
Costume assistant Espe Pascual Terrasa
Production director Dietrich Grosse
Production Òpera de Butxaca i Nova Creació (ÒBNC) in co-production with Festival Perelada
With the support of: ICEC- DEPARTAMENT DE CULTURA DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA, INAEM – MINISTERIO DE CULTURA i INSTITUT DE CULTURA DE BARCELONA – ICUB
With the collaboration of: INSTITUTO ITALIANO DE CULTURA DE BARCELONA, ATER – FONDAZIONE DEI TEATRI DE EMILIA ROMAGNA, REGIONE EMILIA-ROMAGNA
Thanks to: CHANTS LIBRES -MONTRÉAL, INSTITUT RAMON LLULL, MONDIGROMAX – CULTIUS DE CULTURA, Manuel Martín, Xevi Safont-Tria, Arianne Uyà Seró, costume’s tailoring Consol Díaz
Icarus Ensemble (Italy)
Laura Faoro, flute
Michele Fontana, clarinet
Maria Gilda Gianolio, harp
Francesco Pedrazzini, percussion
Yoko Morimyo, violin
Adán Alejandro Gómez, cello
Headlines
Congratulations on the initiative of those who hosted this work in progress, and especially to its protagonists. It was a compelling and expressive session — like a search for inner peace in the face of real life, which is relentless, like nature or war itself.
Jorge de Persia, La Vanguardia, 18.07.25
Tarrats sings to zucchinis and strawberries, clings to the earth to heal her wounds, and marvels at the surprises each season brings — like a child would.
Alba Carmona, Diari de Girona, 17.07.25
