Irene Brietzke Explained

Irene Brietzke
Birth Name:Irene Beatriz de Mattos Brietzke
Birth Date:December 7, 1944
Birth Place:Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Death Place:Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Occupation:Actress, theatre director
Years Active:1971–2015
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Irene Beatriz de Mattos Brietzke (December 7, 1944 – September 14, 2021[1]) was a Brazilian actress and theatre director.

Life and career

Brietzke debuted as an actress in 1966 in the children's play "Quatro pessoas passam enquanto as lentilhas cozinham" by Stuart Walker, directed by Ivo Bender.

The following year, she began to study theater at the Center of Dramatic Art of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. In the course, she participated in montages with texts by Lorca ("Dona Rosita, a solteira", 1967), Brecht and Weill ("A ópera dos três vinténs", 1969) and Ésquilo ("Agamemnon", 1971). As a job of diplomacy, she directed "A cantora careca", by Eugène Ionesco.

In 1971, she graduated in letters and theater direction from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Two years later, she completed her graduate studies in theater at the University of Denver in the United States. Back in Porto Alegre, in 1976 she became professor of theater direction and interpretation in the Department of Dramatic Art of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.[2]

Filmography

As theatre director

Notes and References

  1. https://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/noticia/2021/09/15/atriz-e-diretora-irene-brietzke-morre-em-porto-alegre.ghtml Atriz e diretora Irene Brietzke morre em Porto Alegre
  2. Web site: Entrevista para a revista virtual Argumento . 9 September 2012.
  3. Web site: Filmografia de Irene Brietzke no IMDb . . 9 September 2012.