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«... By all means one of the most potent present day theatre directors, or those who live the theatre, Magelli - using many nostalgic associations and musical background - offers a cultural and aesthetic insight, creating a recognizable image of the fallen joint culture...»
Dubrovački vjesnik (14.07.'07.)
«Magelli's play offered the „art“ from the comfort theory, and not the real torture suffered by people with tragic destinies».
Vjesnik (18.07.'07.)
«In his memory mosaic, Magelli creates the one-act fantasy in which the words, music and movement in three scenes project the future on the basis of the past.»
Dubrovački list (19.07.'07.)
STAR DANCERS OF PARIS OPERA BALLET:
«The dancers from Paris enraptured the Dubrovnik audience at the Quarry.»
Večernji list (21.07.'07.)
«Exhibiting an outstanding coordination and superb technical and artistic mastery, the dancers of the prestigious Paris ballet ensemble performed extracts from the works of the finest choreographers...»
Dubrovački list (26.07.'07.)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM:
«If the contemporariness of A Midsummer Night's Dream is to the credit of the ingenious Shakespeare, then the recognising a part of our time in that contemporariness is to the credit of theatre director Dora Ruždjak Podolski. She is furthermore responsible for exploring the illusive relation towards love and feelings, for dealing with a man chasing his dreams, and most of all, for refusing to accept the trend of treating with irony every feeling of love, offering the modern man sulkiness instead of the enchanted spaces of his inner being.»
Vjesnik (24.07.'07.)
«From visual standpoint, it is an intelligent play which successfully fitted into the ambience of the Island of Lokrum, offering an intriguing theatre event.»
Dubrovački list (26.07.'07.)
GIDON KREMER:
«The evenings of enrapturing performance; the famous violinist and his orchestra thrilled the audience at the Rector's Palace.»
Vjesnik (30.07.'07.)
VISITING FATHER MARIN:
«The play was engendered by conjunction of experience and youth.»
Dubrovački list (02.08.'07.)
«Visiting Father Marin was welcomed by a huge and long applause.»
Glas Grada (03.08.'07.)
«Visiting Father Marin directed by Joško Juvančić and performed by the big ensemble of young actors from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts is an exceptionally humorous, intriguing and attractive theatre adventure, which announces the future and new theatre vitality of Croatia's greatest comedy writer based on the experience of his plays presented at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in the past.»
Dubrovački vjesnik (04.08.'07.)
«The play created at the workshop is a special kind of collage comprising Marin Držić's works Tirena, Uncle Maroje, Venus and Adonis and A Tale of Stanac, but also a reminiscence of the way his plays were performed at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. The workshop master followed his vision of staging Marin Držić at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in the course of the previous century.
Slobodna Dalmacija (31.07.'07.)
«Bursting with movement, music and folklore, as befitting Držić, the workshop gathered together a large ensemble in which everyone completed his/her part of the job...»
Slobodna Dalmacija (31.07.'07.)
INVA MULA:
«The Saturday performance of the coloratura singer Inva Mula accompanied on the piano by Kira Parfeevets was among the finest concerts of the world greatest musicians who have appeared at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival throughout its long history.»
Vjesnik (13.08.'07.)
«The incredible vocal abilities of the Albanian operatic diva enchanted the Dubrovnik audience, which reciprocated by ovations.»
Dubrovački vjesnik (18.08.'07.)
XUEFEI YANG:
«The artist possesses a subtle musicality and relaxedness, wherein each contact with the instrument turns into poetry. Using a fantastic musical language, she infects the audience with her inspiration, being a perfect mediator between the composer and audience who listened with great admiration.
Vjesnik (14.08.'07.)
MIDORI:
«Midori's dynamic scale seldom extends the mezzoforte, yet it comprises many excited expressions, which gives her performance a refined poetic quality .»
Vjesnik (16.08.'07.)
KRYSZTOF PENDERCKI AND SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA
Penderecki gave a memorable performance. He inspired both the performers and soloists by the power of his personality.»
Vjesnik (03.08.'07.)
«A concert for the annals of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival»
Dubrovački list (09.08.'07.)
«The master of Polish Style conquered Fort Revelin»
Vjesnik (02.08.'07.)
CAMILLO I TOMATITO:
«The talent and enthusiasm of both performers is unquestionable. Reacting in a split second, they are great masters of improvisation who seem capable of performing instantly anything you offer, or even invent.»
Dubrovački vjesnik (21.07.'07.)
„ARKULIN“:
«Recognising the present time in Arkulin, Krešimir Dolenčić staged a realistic and actual performance with which the audience become exceedingly familiar.»
Vjesnik (22.08.'07.)
«Dolenčić and his team depicted keenly and lively not only the present-day Dubrovnik, but also the social environment which contributed in creating its character. »
Slobodna Dalmacija (22.08.'07.)
«The enthralled audience welcomed all participants of this year's last premiere with ovations particularly owing to the actuality of the play's end...»
Večernji list (22.08.'07.)