The proposal, available from November 5 to 9, invites to transfer the ethical dilemmas of the piece of Ibsen to the gastronomic field.
News published in Valencia City on November 3, 2025
The restaurant Counterpoint Les Arts Indue tribute to the world premiere of the opera «enemy of the people» With a menu inspired by the moral, political and symbolic tension that beats in the new work of the Valencian composer Francis Coll.
With this menu, the culinary space adds to a historical event: the First world premiere of an opera in the twenty years of the Palau de les Arts. Signed by Francisco Coll and jointly commissioned by Les Arts and the Teatro Real in Madrid, this creation is presented as a milestone in the program of the Valencian Coliseum and a modern look at the critical heritage of the Norwegian playwright.
Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s classic, “enemy of the people” relives the eternal conflict between ethics and power, between uncomfortable truth and collective interest. His message, reinterpreted by Coll, dialogues with the present through the contemporary symbol of the “financier shark”, a reflection of voracious capitalism that devours values and consciences.
The Les Arts counterpoint team has designed a three-act menu that translates this moral journey into textures, flavors and contrasts. The endive salad with creamy blue cheese and pickled pear represents the uncomfortable truth in the face of sweetness and moral acidity. Beef stew, the main course, embodies the strength of the individual who faces power with conviction and resistance. As a closure, the walnut sponge cake with yogurt foam, red fruits and sesame garrapidado proposes a harmonious outcome where the root, reflection and bitter sweetness of social judgment are mixed.
