Ernesto Caballero stages theatrical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's 1984 television film

Ernesto Caballero has directed a stage production titled 'Tras el ensayo,' adapting Ingmar Bergman's 1984 television film. The playwright and stage director approached the work with complete creative freedom, rejecting archaeological fidelity to the original. Caballero emphasized that theater exists only in the present, making attempts to revive the past a romantic whim or evasive activity. He collaborated with Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs on this theatrical interpretation. The adaptation deliberately takes liberties with Bergman's material, using opera as a pretext to freely reinterpret the source. Caballero stated their intention was to 'take advantage of the opera excuse to smoke everything and do whatever we wanted.' The production's outcome has been described as bittersweet. Bergman originally created the work for Swedish television in 1984, though he would later direct several television films after this period.