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Serving dark powers and evil games: Spuck’s Der Sandmann in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 29 May 2016
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“Spuck liberally used the optical and psychological illusions of Hoffmann’s haunting Sandman”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 28 May 2016
Programme
Der Sandmann
Performers
Ballett Zürich
Riccardo Minasi, Conductor
Dirk Becker, Set Designer
Emma Ryott, Costume Designer
Ballett Zürich Junior Company
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Dominik White Slavkovský, Dancer
William Moore, Dancer
Filipe Portugal, Dancer
Matthew Knight, Dancer
Christopher Parker, Dancer
Wei Can, Dancer
Katja Wünsche, Dancer
Viktorina Kapitonova, 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.