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A Don Giovanni without Don before it, without scruples and without illusions, but with a few naked women. #hf10

 By Wijbrand Schaap

Once in a while, a theatre director stands up and wants to expose the emptiness around him or her. That it is about the emptiness within him (or her) himself, this young director usually finds out some 20 years later, once it has become a little less empty. That's how these things go.

We should therefore not be surprised that young and extremely good-looking Polish director Grzegorz Jarzyna is making an adaptation of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. After all: that music...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

 By Wijbrand Schaap

Once in a while, a theatre director stands up and wants to expose the emptiness around him or her. That it is about the emptiness within him (or her) himself, this young director usually finds out some 20 years later, once it has become a little less empty. That's how these things go.

We should therefore not be surprised that young and extremely good-looking Polish director Grzegorz Jarzyna is making an adaptation of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. After all: that music...

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