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An ambitious undertaking: world première of Edward Clug's Faust in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 30 April 2018
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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 28 April 2018
Programme
Faust (Edward Clug)
Performers
Ballett Zürich
Mikhail Agrest, Conductor
Marko Japelj, Set Designer
Leo Kulaš, Costume Designer
William Moore, Dancer
Jan Casier, Dancer
Michelle Willems, Dancer
Viktorina Kapitonova, Dancer
Giulia Tonelli, Dancer
Alexander Jones, 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.