Event listing: Petrushka / Sacre | Opernhaus | Event is in the past

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OpernhausSechseläutenplatz 1, Zurich, Zürich, 8008, Switzerland

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Programme

Petrushka	Music: Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Choreography: Marco Goecke
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)	Music: Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Choreography: Edward Clug

Performers

Ballett Zürich
Domingo Hindoyan	Conductor
Philharmonia Zürich

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Performing Rites: how Stravinsky’s Sacre du printemps still shocks

Mark Pullinger, 29th March

Over a century after its premiere, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring still has the power to shock. Vasily Petrenko offers insights, while Tamara Rojo reflects on one of the most powerful choreographies, the version by Pina Bausch.

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Goecke and Clug reinvent Stravinsky

Sarah Batschelet, 14th March

Just as Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Le Sacre du Printemps opened up new musical horizons for dance at the start of the 20th century, Ballett Zürich’s Stravinsky evening sees two leading modern choreographers revive these works.

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