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Vorspiel zur Revolution: Le nozze di Figaro an der Oper Zürich

Mozarts Figaro unterhält das Züricher Publikum mit einer kurzweiligen Inszenierung und hervorragender Besetzung.

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

La mise en scène de Robert Carsen reste trop littérale et la direction de Markus Poschner trop anguleuse pour la comédie lyrique de Strauss.
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DNO brings off a Covid-adapted Figaro with brilliance

Shortened and simplified to adapt to restrictions, David Bösch's 2016 production succeeds in bringing Mozart's brilliant opera to a modern setting with a splendid cast of singers.
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Astrid Kessler nails the title role in Arabella in Zurich

Using the Nazi regime as his Leitmotif, Canadian director Robert Carsen brings Richard Strauss’ Arabella to the Zurich stage. 
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Neon and cubes in Zurich

Questionable identities, clandestine messages, love and money are the stuffs of Gioacchino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, revived again in Zurich.
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Sexism and callousness in Theater Basel's Don Giovanni

In Richard Jones' production of Don Giovanni at Theater Basel, it was the singers alone who stole the limelight.
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