Madame Bovary

Stage adaptation by Eduardo Galán, directed by Carla Nyman, which brings to the stage the story of Emma Bovary and her search for a life different from the one imposed on her by her surroundings.

Emma Bovary longs for love, passion and freedom, but the routine of her marriage and the rules of the society she lives in drive her to seek outside the home what she does not find within it. The play follows that mismatch between desire and frustration and raises the question of how far she is willing to go to decide how to live.

The staging is restrained and features a cast of four performers. Andrea Duro leads the company in the title role. The live music is performed by the character of Léon, who plays it on the piano and underlines the emotional and romantic dimension of the story.

The production is staged at the Gran Teatro Pavón, on Calle de Embajadores, and offers a perspective that remains relevant more than a century and a half after the original novel, with its portrait of a heroine who sought her own path in a society that made it difficult for her.