The Passion of Esparreguera 2026

The Passion of Esparreguera is a show with great dramatic and technical complexity, which manages to convey to the modern viewer the essence of characters with two thousand years of history.

The grandeur of the theater (1,700 seats), the large number of actors on stage, the dizzying set changes, the perfect union of the text, and the original music performed live by an orchestra and a choir... turn The Passion of Esparreguera into a theatrical production with unique characteristics.

The current Passions are a logical evolution of the so-called " mysteries." The "mystery" was a dramatic representation of medieval origin in which passages from the life of Jesus, the Virgin Mary or some saints were staged. Subsequently, the genre evolved: the scenography became more complicated, the performances left the interior of the church towards the squares, music increasingly abandoned its predominant role, the clergy stopped being the only actors, brotherhoods were formed, mime intervened....

Traditional Format

First part "Public life of Jesus"

Act one

• Morning musical prelude
• Foreword
• Election of the apostles
• Conversion of the Samaritan
• sermon on the mount
• mosaic law
• light festival

second act

• Resurrection of Lazarus
• Entry into Jerusalem
• Bethany Treat
• Jesus drives away the merchants from the Temple
• Farewell of Jesus and Mary
• Holy Supper

Second part "Passion, death and resurrection"

Third act

• Afternoon musical prelude
• Sanhedrin session
• Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
• Jesus before Annas
• Peter's denials and repentance
• Religious trial against Jesus
• Judas Suicide

fourth act

• Jesus before Pilate
• Jesus before Herod
• Jesus again before Pilate
• Flagellation
• Jesus is condemned to death
• Maria knows the sentence
• Calvary Road
• The Cirineo (plastic painting)
• Veronica (plastic painting)
• The crucifixion
• The spear (plastic box)
• The descent from the cross
• The burial
• Venanci before Pilate
• The resurrection
• Epilogue
• Glory

New format

Act one

• musical prelude
• Jesus chooses the apostles
• Annas Plot
• sermon on the mount
• Jesus resurrects Lazarus
• Jesus enters Jerusalem
• Judas betrayal
• Holy Supper
• Farewell of Jesus and Mary
• In the garden of Gethsemane
• Mary knows that Jesus is taken
• Session of the Sanhedrin. Trial of Jesus (Nicodem)
• Peter's Denials
• Session of the Sanhedrin. Trial of Jesus (Arimathea)
• Judas Suicide
• Pilate and Claudia

Second car

• Jesus before Pilate
• 40 lashes
• Pilate condemns Jesus
• Mary knows that Jesus is condemned
• Street of Bitterness + Veronica
• Crucifixion + Thrown
• Descent
• Burial and resurrection
• Apparition to Mary
• Appearance to the apostles
• Glory