Bovary
Our love for Emma Roualt has now led us to turn her into an opera
Who was Emma Roualt and who could she be today? What overwhelming emptiness leads her to despair?
Bovary continues to fascinate us and speak to our imagination. That's why, after making the theatrical version that was seen at the TNC (and after touring Europe), Michael De Cock and Carme Portaceli continue the search for Bovary's soul and turn Flaubert's classic into an opera.
In this contemporary opera version, we see an even more lonely Emma. All alone in front of a choir of singers who watch her, judge her and condemn her. But she will continue to fight to make her voice heard.
An opera with music by Belgian composer Harold Noben performed live by the ESMUC symphony orchestra.
Authorship
Michael De Cock i Harold Noben, a partir de Madame Bovary de Gustave Flaubert
Direction
Carme Portaceli
Dramaturgy
Marie Mergeay
With
Ana Naqe, Oleg Volkov, Blandine Coulon, Lisa Willems (cover)
Booklet
Michael De Cock
Original Music
Harold Noben
Stage direction
Carme Portaceli
Orchestra direction
Debora Waldman
Chorus direction
Jori Klomp
Symphony orchestra and choir
La Monnaie
Set and costume design
Marie Szersnovicz
Lighting
Dimitry Stuyven
Sound
Bram Moriau
Choreography
Ferran Carvajal
Accessories
Willy Vanbarel
Essayists
Lionel Bams & Arnaud Dos Santos
Assistant director
Ricard Soler
Costume assistants
Jackye Fauconnier
Violeta Cruz Pecaric
Musical assistant
Noé Gillerot
Technical and management teams of the company
Technical direction
Caroline Wagner
Management
Joëlle Caron
Machinists
Justine Hautenhauve
Ivan Hernandez
Lighting technician
Geert Drobé
Executive Producer
Lise Bruynseels
Production
La Monnaie / De Munt, KVS, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, ESMUC, Perpodium, Festival GREC
Presented in the framework of
Troika
With the support of
Tax Shelter van de Belgische Federale Overheid via Cronos Invest
Technical and management teams of the TNC
This show is included in the Grec Barcelona 2026 Festival
Prices
From €17 to €34General information
Opera2 h 30 min
+ 16 years
Show in French with Catalan subtitles
Schedules
Saturday at 7 p.m.Sunday at 6 p.m.