Pascual, Carles VicentBesada Portas, José Luis2024-07-242024-07-242023-09-01Pascual CV, Besada JL. PUTTING EGO ASIDE IN NEW OPERA: ON THE CO-CREATIVE DYNAMICS AROUND JE SUIS NARCISSISTE. Tempo. 2023;77(306):93-103. doi:10.1017/S004029822300030X0040-298210.1017/s004029822300030xhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107135The world of opera is well known as a professional community in which egos often clash, yet the complexity of the operatic artwork is often heavily dependent on collaborative practice. This article discusses the co-creative dynamics that gave rise to the premiere production of the comic opera "Je suis narcissiste", by composer Raquel García-Tomás, librettist Helena Tornero and stage director Marta Pazos. Through a series of interviews with this artistic team, and a scrutiny of the libretto, score and documentary video recording of its premiere, three significant features of this collaboration are flagged, particularly in Act VIII. These are: a quest for balance in the convergence of the disciplines involved; a mitigation of undesired redundancies in the representation of some elements in the action of the opera; a consideration of the capacity of the human and material resources available for the premiere. The article will also discuss how these anticipatory strategies helped to optimise time during rehearsals.engjournal article1478-2286https://www.cambridge.org/core/search?q=10.1017/S004029822300030Xopen access781.2ÓperaMúsica6203.06 Música, Musicología