Berta Loran's centenary takes to the stages with the new play 'Berta – My life for a stage' at the Federal Justice Cultural Center
oglobo26 August 2026 at 19:42
The centenary of birth of Berta Loran, one of Brazil's greatest comediennes, will be celebrated with the play "Berta – My Life on a Stage," with text by Miriam Halfim and Marcelo Aquino, and directed by Ary Coslov, premiering on September 4 at the Centro Cultural Justiça Federal. The production revisits her trajectory from her childhood in Warsaw, Poland, until her death at 99 in 2025, in Copacabana. She arrived in Brazil at age 9 fleeing Nazi persecution and, encouraged by her tailor and actor father, entered theater as a teenager, building a career of almost eight decades with more than 2,000 characters portrayed.
In the scenes that air starting this Friday in the soap opera, the relationship between Bela and Vanessa becomes extremely conflictive. After having her name associated with an alleged kidnapping of minors and being publicly accused by Vanessa, Bela believes the heiress is seeking revenge and trying to tarnish her image. The obstetrician confronts Vanessa at the Romano house, where the encounter turns into a heated settling of scores. Vanessa hints that Bela never got over the end of her relationship with Gabriel and blames her for the loss of her first child. Bela fires back at the provocations, defending her professional conduct.
There are only 15 days left until the grand final of the Seven Wonders of Portugal, which will be held on September 12 at the Palace of Vila, in Sintra. Before that, this Saturday a semifinal and the last regional final of this competition, which elects the country's most emblematic monuments, will take place in Santarém.
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