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Obscurantism, past and present....

Obscurantism, past and present....

Damiano Michieletto directs Jenufa in Berlin (***½)

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Jun 10, 2022
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Evelyn Herlitzius as the sextoness © Bernd Uhlig

Author : Jos Hermans

"I don't feel that the play requires you to recreate realism in all its details," says director Damiano Michieletto. Why he tried to lend authenticity to Cavalleria Rusticana by seeking out the local folklore of an Italian village but chooses exactly the opposite path for Jenufa is beyo…

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