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Bovary

Bovary

Bovary

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Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary is considered a masterpiece of French realism and a pioneering work of literary modernity. Flaubert devoted five years to writing this work, which was published in 1856 and caused a scandal due to its unflinching portrayal of adultery and forbidden desires. With his precise, distantly observing style, Flaubert created a new form of storytelling that rendered inner states and social constraints with striking clarity. This tension between dream and reality forms the foundation of Bovary by Christian Spuck, one of the most successful productions of the 2023/24 season. At the center is Emma Bovary, trapped in the confines of provincial life, the monotony of a loveless marriage, and the desires that threaten to overwhelm her existence. Her passion for beauty, glamour, and pleasure grows with every page of cheap novels and every fashion illustration from Paris, drawing her into a world that is both unattainable and irresistibly seductive. In her search for self-determination, she becomes lost in illusions, trying to fill the impossible with affairs, luxury, and fleeting moments of happiness, spiraling into guilt, shame, and despair that culminates in her tragic suicide. Spuck translates Flaubert’s psychological precision into a stage version in which the collapse of Emma’s life is experienced as an intense, moving psychological portrait. Suitable for ages 10 and above

02h 20m incl. one intermission

Artists/Collaborators: Christian Spuck (Choreographie und Inszenierung), Rufus Didwiszus (Bühne), Emma Ryott (Kostüme), Martin Gebhardt (Licht), Claus Spahn (Dramaturgie und Libretto), Tieni Burkhalter (Video), Marina Frenk (Stimme), Robert Reimer (Musikalische Leitung), Adrian Oetiker (Klavier), Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Weronika Frodyma (Emma Bovary), Alexei Orlenco (Charles Bovary), Cohen Aitchison-Dugas (Léon, Liebhaber), David Soares (Rodolphe, Liebhaber), Vivian Assal Koohnavard (Félicité, Emmas Dienstmädchen), Dominik White Slavkovský (Monsieur Lheureux, Warenhändler), Matthew Knight (Monsieur Homais, Apotheker), Dominic Whitbrook (Monsieur Guillaumin, Notar), Wolf Hoeyberghs (Monsieur Tuvache, Bürgermeister), Ross Martinson (Monsieur Hareng, Gerichtsvollzieher)

Runtime: Fri, 25/09/2026 to Sat, 10/10/2026

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