Les virages manqués d'Arabella à l’Opernhaus de Zurich

By Romain Daroles, 10 May 2022

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“On aimerait voir moins de tranchant, plus de respiration et de souplesse”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 8 May 2022

Strauss R., Arabella

Zurich Opera

Markus Poschner, Conductor

Robert Carsen, Director

Gideon Davey, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer

Orchester der Oper Zürich

Zurich Opera Chorus

Ian Burton, Dramaturgy

Kathrin Brunner, Dramaturgy

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Arabella

Anett Fritsch, Zdenka

Josef Wagner, Mandryka

Michael Hauenstein, Count Waldner

Judith Schmid, Adelaide

Nathan Haller, Count Elemer

Yannick Debus, Count Dominik

Brent Michael Smith, Count Lamoral

Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk, The Fiakermilli

Irène Friedli, A fortune-teller

Pavol Breslik, Matteo

Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Romain Daroles

Romain Daroles est né entre Gascogne et Armagnac, terre qui lui a transmis le goût des lettres, de la musique et de la bonne chère. Parallèlement à des études littéraires qui se solderont avec l’obtention d’un Master en Littératures Françaises à la Sorbonne, il approfondit sa formation théâtrale au Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique du 6e arrondissement de Paris, ainsi que sa passion pour l’opéra. Titulaire en 2016 d'un Bachelor Théâtre décerné par la Manufacture de Lausanne, il est comédien/metteur en scène et a joué sous la direction de François Gremaud, Marie Fourquet, Alain Borek ou Mathias Brossard.