{"id":8221,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/mihal-luarasi-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:53:23","slug":"mihal-luarasi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/mihal-luarasi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mihal Luarasi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mihal<\/span> Luarasi<\/span>, <\/span>director<\/span>, <\/span>theater<\/span> critic<\/span>, <\/span>People’s<\/span> Artist, <\/span>passed<\/span> away<\/span> in Tirana. He <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in Korçë, in 1929. He <\/span>attended<\/span> the “<\/span>Jordan<\/span> Misja<\/span>” <\/span>Artistic<\/span> High<\/span> Sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span> and<\/span> attended<\/span> higher<\/span> studies<\/span> as a <\/span>director<\/span> at the <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Theater<\/span> and<\/span> Film in Budapest (1952-1956), <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>graduated<\/span> in 1958. He <\/span>worked<\/span> as a <\/span>director<\/span> at the <\/span>People’s<\/span> Theater<\/span> (1956 –1958; 1961–1966), at the <\/span>State<\/span> Theater<\/span> (1958–1961), <\/span>acting<\/span> lecturer<\/span> at the <\/span>High<\/span> Institute <\/span>of<\/span> Arts<\/span> (1959–1966; 1971–1973), at <\/span>the “<\/span>Andan<\/span> Zako<\/span> Çajupi” <\/span>Theater<\/span> of<\/span> Korça (1966 -1971), <\/span>on<\/span> Albanian<\/span> Radio <\/span>and<\/span> Television<\/span> (1972-1973) <\/span>etc<\/span>. <\/span>After<\/span> being<\/span> criticized<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> liberal <\/span>views<\/span> in art as the <\/span>director<\/span> of<\/span> the XI <\/span>Song<\/span> Festival <\/span>on<\/span> Radio <\/span>Television<\/span> (1972), he <\/span>was<\/span> fired<\/span> (<\/span>March<\/span> 1973). He <\/span>was<\/span> arrested<\/span> in <\/span>December<\/span> 1973 <\/span>and<\/span> sentenced<\/span> to 8 <\/span>years<\/span> in <\/span>prison<\/span>. <\/span>After<\/span> his<\/span> release<\/span> (1979) he <\/span>worked<\/span> as a <\/span>laborer<\/span> until<\/span> 1989, <\/span>when<\/span> he <\/span>retired<\/span>. <\/span>From<\/span> 1990, he <\/span>stayed<\/span> for<\/span> several<\/span> years<\/span> in <\/span>Hungary<\/span>. <\/span>Mihal<\/span> Luarasi<\/span> has <\/span>staged<\/span> a <\/span>series<\/span> of<\/span> works<\/span> of<\/span> our<\/span> and<\/span> foreign<\/span> literature, <\/span>such<\/span> as: “<\/span>Intrigue<\/span> and<\/span> love<\/span>” (<\/span>Shiler<\/span>, 1956), “<\/span>Two<\/span> Gentlemen<\/span> from<\/span> Verona” (<\/span>Shakespeare<\/span>, 1959); “<\/span>Fox<\/span> and<\/span> grapes<\/span>” (<\/span>Figueredo<\/span>, 1961) <\/span>etc<\/span>. He <\/span>also<\/span> helped<\/span> with<\/span> the <\/span>original<\/span> staging<\/span> of<\/span> several<\/span> operas<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>classical<\/span> repertoire<\/span>, <\/span>such<\/span> as: “<\/span>Traviata<\/span>“, “<\/span>C<\/span>armen<\/span>“, the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> operas<\/span> “<\/span>Pranvera<\/span>” <\/span>(“<\/span>Spring<\/span>”)<\/span>(<\/span>Tish<\/span> Daija<\/span>) <\/span>and<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>Përtej<\/span> mjegullës<\/span><\/span>” <\/span>(“<\/span>Beyond<\/span> the <\/span>fog<\/span>”) <\/span>(<\/span>Pjetër<\/span> Gaci<\/span>). As a <\/span>director<\/span>, <\/span>Mihal<\/span> Luarasi<\/span> treats<\/span> the <\/span>piece<\/span> as a <\/span>function<\/span> of<\/span> carefully<\/span> t<\/span>ho<\/span>ught<\/span> out<\/span> ideas<\/span> and<\/span> figures<\/span>, he <\/span>prefers<\/span> the <\/span>most<\/span> precise<\/span> drawings<\/span> of<\/span> life<\/span> pictures<\/span>, <\/span>where<\/span> the <\/span>feeling<\/span> derives<\/span> from<\/span> a <\/span>certain<\/span> ideological<\/span> attitude<\/span>. He has <\/span>written<\/span> several<\/span> plays<\/span>, <\/span>such<\/span> as “Gomone”<\/span> (“<\/span>Speedboat<\/span>”)<\/span> (2002), <\/span>and<\/span> the <\/span>book<\/span> of<\/span> essays<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>Teatri<\/span> Kombëtar<\/span> në<\/span> udhëkryq<\/span><\/span>“<\/span> (“The <\/span>national<\/span> theater<\/span> at <\/span>crossroads<\/span>”)<\/span> (2003), <\/span>etc<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: <\/span>Mihal<\/span> Luarasi<\/span>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian<\/span> encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> – Vol. 2 <\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>, “<\/span>Kristalina<\/span>-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 1539.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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P<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span>Albanian<\/span> Telegraphic<\/span> Agency<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Graphic<\/span> processing<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>AHCF<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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