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Cherubino steals the show in Zurich’s Le nozze di Figaro
The Opernhaus Zurich revives Jan Philipp Gloger’s production, for a performance with mixed results: a solid cast of singers under Christoph König’s heavy baton.
Die Csárdásfürstin in Zürich: acerbic wit and winning music
Kálmán's operetta brilliantly updated to the super-rich of today, with starry singing from Annette Dasch and Pavol Breslik.
Technology to the rescue in Zurich's new staging of Boris Godunov
The Zurich Opernhaus tackles the pandemic with an innovative strategy: instead of reducing the size of orchestra and chorus (as many other European opera houses) it removes them from the theatre altogether.
Fidelio in Zurich: singing fine, but staging, “Nein!”
In its revival here in Zurich, the soloists and choir of Beethoven's Fidelio give stellar vocal performances. But having done away with any real set, the opera was not without its shortcomings.
On the plague of eternal life: a new Makropulos Affair in Zurich
To outwit death and attain immortality is a dream as old as human history. But isn’t it precisely the finite nature of life that makes it so precious?
Sweeney Todd: Zurich ventures into a bloody musical
Hats off to Andreas Homoki, Artistic Director at the Zurich Opera House, for staging a musical around “the chill of ghostly shadows”.