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A Russian Reality Revisited: A new cast for Anna Karenina in Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet, 16 January 2017
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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 15 January 2017
Programme
Anna Karenina (Christian Spuck)
Performers
Paul Connelly, Conductor
Christian Spuck, Set Designer
Emma Ryott, Costume Designer
Jörg Zielinski, Set Designer
Ballett Zürich Junior Company
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Judith Schmid, Mezzo-soprano
Adrian Oetiker, Piano
Deniz Uzun, Mezzo-soprano
Katja Wünsche, Dancer
William Moore, Dancer
Giulia Tonelli, Dancer
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.