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Torments, caprice and folly: a fine Figaro in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 16 October 2016
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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 15 October 2016
Programme
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Performers
Zurich Opera
Giovanni Antonini, Conductor
Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Director
Rolf Glittenberg, Set Designer
Marianne Glittenberg, Costume Designer
Michael Nagy, Count Almaviva
Julia Kleiter, Countess Almaviva
Alexander Miminoshvili, Figaro
Julie Fuchs, Susanna
Anna Goryachova, Cherubino
Gianluca Buratto, Doctor Bartolo
Liliana Nikiteanu, Marcellina
Gyula Rab, Don Curzio
Martin Zysset, Don Basilio
Dmitri Pkhaladze, Antonio
Florie Valiquette, Barbarina
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Zurich Opera Chorus
Jürgen Hoffmann, Lighting Designer
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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.