Bartoli fireworks bring down the house in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 02 January 2020

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“Bartoli's... range and facility with modulation and nuance are close to incomparable”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 31 December 2019

Rossini, La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Zurich Opera

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

Cesare Lievi, Director

Luigi Perego, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Cecilia Bartoli, Angelina (Cinderella)

Javier Camarena, Don Ramiro

Oliver Widmer, Dandini, valet to Ramiro

Alessandro Corbelli, Don Magnifico

Martina Janková, Clorinda

Liliana Nikiteanu, Tisbe

Stanislav Vorobyov, Alidoro

Gigi Saccomandi, Lighting Designer

Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director

Zurich Opera Chorus

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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.

La Cenerentola: Bartoli fireworks bring down the house in Zurich