I've been working in the theatre for over 20 years.
And heading the technical team for this opera has shown me
that I have a lot to learn.
I'm Paula Miranda and I organize the work done in the wings before
the stage crew put the show together so that we can offer the audience
the best possible result.
For this project we made a list of all the professions it takes
to stage an opera and then the Tot Raval foundation helped us
to find local people and organizations with equivalent skills.
La Gata Perduda had to attain the same quality as other operas.
so the participants, who were often amateurs,
needed support from professional theatrical workers.
We also had to implement the scenic design by Adrià Pinar
down to the very last detail.
The central feature is a huge structure reminiscent of places
like theatres or squares, where people get together.
Another key feature is Botero's cat sculpture, as
reinterpreted by metalsmith José Menchero.
He turned the original tomcat into a female cat, as in the libretto.
And then there's the stage floor, which is a map of the Raval.
7 graffiti artists, coordinated by Street Art Barcelona and the Arnau Gallery,
worked on it for 10 days at the Centre for Contemporary Culture.
We also had to coordinate the many singers and musicians on stage
and we didn't find the solutions till the very end.
I'm convinced the project's potential for change lies
in the opportunity it affords to bring these two worlds together
and discover what we can learn from each other.