ENEMIGO DEL PUEBLO (Francisco Coll) Madrid 2026 Marta Fontanals-Simmons, José Antonio López, Moisés Marín, Brenda Rae

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Enemigo del pueblo  
• Composer: Coll Francisco   
• Libretto: Àlex Rigola based on the play En folkefiende by Henrik Ibsen    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain  
• Recorded: February 2026
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Marta Fontanals-Simmons, José Antonio López, Moisés Marín, Brenda Rae, Isaac Galán
• Conductor: Christian Karlsen   
• Orchestra: Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real  
• Chorus: Coro Titular del Teatro Real  
• Chorus Master: José Luis Basso  
• Stage Director: Àlex Rigola  
• Stage Designer: Patricia Albizu  
• Costume Designer: Patricia Albizu  
• Lighting Designer: Carlos Marquerie  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Teatro Real  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  PROGRAM LEAFLET

  SYNOPSIS
  The apparent tranquillity of a town whose main economic driver is its spa
  is shattered when the Doctor discovers that the water is contaminated
  by waste from nearby farms. Instead of resolving a serious public health
  problem, the discovery sparks a conflict that brings economic interests,
  power balances and moral convictions into play.
  By exposing the truth and demanding a solution, the Doctor faces resistance
  from the local authorities, led by the mayor, who is also his brother. The
  press and much of the community choose to ignore the danger in order
  to avert the town’s economic collapse. Those around him, including the
  journalist Mario, and the businesswoman Marta, distance themselves under
  collective pressure. His daughter Petra, however, becomes his only staunch
  ally in defending the truth.
  The confrontation comes to a head at a town meeting where local people,
  manipulated by fear and vested interests, single out the Doctor as the cause
  of the crisis, publicly stigmatising him as an ‘enemy of the people’. Deprived
  of his job and targeted by widespread hostility, the doctor is isolated but
  not defeated. When he learns that his father-in-law, Morten, invested all
  his savings in the contaminated spa, the Doctor realises the extent to which
  corruption has permeated the system. With Petra’s support, the Doctor
  decides to stay in the town and resist, convinced that fleeing would mean
  betraying the truth he has decided to defend.

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