Astrid Kessler nails the title role in Arabella in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 03 March 2020

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“Daniel Behle sang Matteo with requisite energy and silvery clang”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 1 March 2020

Strauss R., Arabella

Zurich Opera

Fabio Luisi, Conductor

Robert Carsen, Director, Lighting Designer

Gideon Davey, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Astrid Kessler, Arabella

Josef Wagner, Mandryka

Valentina Farcaş, Zdenka

Daniel Behle, Matteo

Daniel Mirosław, Count Lamoral

Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk, The Fiakermilli

Judith Schmid, Adelaide

Michael Hauenstein, Count Waldner

Dean Power, Count Elemer

Yuriy Hadzetskyy, Count Dominik

Irène Friedli, A fortune-teller

Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer

Philippe Giraudeau, Choreography

Ian Burton, Dramaturgy

Kathrin Brunner, Dramaturgy

Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director

Zurich Opera Chorus

Orchester der Oper Zürich

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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.

Astrid Kessler nails the title role in Robert Carsen's “strange beast” of an Arabella in Zurich