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

By Alexandra Richter, 08 July 2019

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“Miminoshvili... scheint die Rolle seines Lebens gefunden zu haben”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 6 July 2019

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Zurich Opera

Ottavio Dantone, Conductor

Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director

Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer

Marianne Glittenberg, Costume Designer

Audun Iversen, Count Almaviva

John Chest, Count Almaviva

Golda Schultz, Countess Almaviva

Alexander Miminoshvili, Figaro

Regula Mühlemann, Susanna

Samantha Hankey, Cherubino

Michael Hauenstein, Doctor Bartolo

Liliana Nikiteanu, Marcellina

Martin Zysset, Don Basilio

Leonardo Sánchez, Don Curzio

Valeriy Murga, Antonio

Yuliia Zasimova, Barbarina

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Alexandra Richter

Alexandra hat Medienwissenschaften studiert und arbeitet als Filmproduzentin in Frankfurt. Tagsüber sind die Kunstausstellungen und Museen ganz Europas ihr zu Hause. Die Abende verbringt sie gern in der Oper und im Konzertsaal. Hier liegen ihre Schwerpunkte bei Romantischen Komponist*innen, wie Schubert und Wagner. Aber auch zeitgenössische und moderne Musik finden immer wieder Beachtung.