PS Un “blogger” non è un oracolo e commette inevitabilmente errori (il minimo possibile..). Ricevo spesso “correzioni” non sempre fondamentali e non sempre precise. Così come io mi sottopongo al giudizio altrui con nome e cognome così chi vorrà avere la bontà di segnalarmi eventuali errori o imprecisioni dovrà farlo unicamente mandando un commento: a ognuno la propria responsabilità. In base alla nuova normativa chi si fosse iscritto e desidera de-iscriversi è sufficiente che mi invii un messaggio e-mail..

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Of Bernanos’s mysticism nothing is left in this edition. Everything is dramatically earthy. It might even be acceptable but the realization is dramatically shoddy and in some parts it is even ridiculous. The nuns here are adorned with a kind of halo that closely resembles Japanese hairstyles. Realism (if one can call it that) even contemplates a crucifix in the flesh being dribbled between the converse in the second act. Freedom of thought and faith in the context of the French Revolution (and the ensuing martyrdom of the Carmelite nuns) goes so far as to include a ride on yellow bicycles with lighted headlights. And what about the revolutionaries who are dressed like Huns (all they lack is a hatchet to accompany them) who in an eighteenth-century context seem out-of-place figures. The Carmelite nuns, all of them, walk with a limp (a choral attack of polio?) and to represent the burden of their faith they are constantly moving heavy boulders. The old Marquis de la Forge, sitting in a wheelchair, constantly stirs a pot with a smoke-generating substance just as he does in the play’s final scene. The meaning? I omit further details. In short, a ramshackle direction that turns a drama into a “grand guignol” scenario. Conversely very good is the whole musical part. Chaslin’s conducting strives to make one forget the wretched direction, and with success. And the whole cast gives an excellent vocal performance rightly applauded by the Fenice audience. But overall a performance to forget.

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PS A “blogger” is not an oracle and inevitably makes errors (the minimum possible..). I often receive “corrections” not always fundamental and not always accurate. Just as I submit myself to the judgement of others with the name and surname so those who want to have the goodness to report errors or inaccuracies will have to do so only by sending a comment: everyone has his own responsibility.

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PS  Vorrei ringraziare tutti coloro che inseriscono commenti  ai posts utilizzando l’opzione “Lascia un commento”  (o “commenti” se ne sono già stati inseriti) prevista nella sezione sinistra (o prima del testo per schermi ridotti come i tablets) dei posts stessi affinchè tutti possano leggerli.  Il dibattito è sempre interessante per tutti…..grazie (è indispensabile lasciare nome e cognome – i commenti anonimi non saranno pubblicati)!!