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ZürichLuisa Miller
Verdi: Luisa Miller
Riccardo Frizza; Damiano Michieletto; Zurich Opera; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Leo Nucci; Maria Agresta
ZürichRonja RäubertochterNew Production
Carrie-Ann Matheson; Marie-Ève Signeyrole; Zurich Opera; Fabien Teigné; Yashi; Philharmonia Zürich; Zusatzchor der Oper Zürich
ZürichMaria StuardaNew Production
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Enrique Mazzola; David Alden; Zurich Opera; Gideon Davey; Serena Farnocchia; Diana Damrau
ZürichLa finta giardinieraNew Production
Mozart: La finta giardiniera
Gianluca Capuano; Tatjana Gürbaca; Zurich Opera; Henrik Ahr; Barbara Drosihn; Musikkollegium Winterthur
ZürichWerther
Massenet: Werther
Lorenzo Viotti; Tatjana Gürbaca; Zurich Opera; Klaus Grünberg; Silke Willrett; Piotr Beczała; Margarita Gritskova
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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.
Simplicity the key to new Butterfly in Zurich
Apparently, the composer himself was a notorious cheater, we can assume that some of the unsavoury themes of his 1904 opera “Madame Butterfly” were close to the bone.
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