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ZürichDas Land des Lächelns
Lehár: The Land of Smiles (Das Land des Lächelns), operetta
Fabio Luisi; Andreas Homoki; Zurich Opera; Wolfgang Gussmann; Piotr Beczała; Julia Kleiter
ZürichLa forza del destinoNew Production
Verdi: La forza del destino
Fabio Luisi; Andreas Homoki; Zurich Opera; Hartmut Meyer; Mechthild Seipel; Hibla Gerzmava; George Petean
ZürichL'incoronazione di PoppeaNew Production
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308
Ottavio Dantone; Calixto Bieito; Zurich Opera; Rebecca Ringst; Ingo Krügler; Jake Arditti; Valer Sabadus
ZürichCarmen
Bizet: Carmen
Eun Sun Kim; Matthias Hartmann; Zurich Opera; Volker Hintermeier; Su Bühler; Varduhi Abrahamyan; Dmytro Popov
ZürichLa traviata
Verdi: La traviata
Fabio Luisi; David Hermann; Zurich Opera; Christof Hetzer; Ailyn Pérez; Benjamin Bernheim
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Twist of Fate: Gerzmava shines in botched Zurich Forza
Musically, a rewarding Forza, but Homoki's staging is best forgotten.
David Alden's new Maria Stuarda disappoints in Zurich
Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda is perhaps most famous for a single and highly emotional scene in which two monarchs engage in a venomous confrontation. One is doomed to die.
Holliger’s new Lunea: pages from a poet’s Life
Heinz Holliger’s Lunea, which recently premiered at the Zurich Opera House, is “not an opera”, or so the ground-breaking Swiss composer contends.
Enlightenment through compassion: Parsifal in Zurich
Claus Guth’s grandiose production of Parsifal made major headlines in Zurich in 2011. With its new cast of principals, this revival is no less a sensation.
Minimalistic new production of Idomeneo in Zurich
In Jetske Mijnssen’s new production of Idomeneo, all order of human entanglements, sorrows and pain run rampant.
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