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A noble case for civil disobedience: Philip Glass’ powerful Satyagraha in Basel

By Sarah Batschelet, 29 April 2017
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Reviewed at Theater Basel, Basel on 28 April 2017
Programme
Glass, Satyagraha
Performers
Theater Basel
Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Director, Choreography
Henrik Ahr, Set Designer
Jan-Jan Van Essche, Costume Designer
Rolf Romei, Gandhi
Cathrin Lange, Miss Schlesen
Anna Rajah, Mrs Naidoo
Maren Favela, Kasturbai
Andrew Murphy, Mr. Kallenbach
Nicholas Crawley, Parsi Rustomji
Sofia Pavone, Mrs Alexander
Karl-Heinz Brandt, Prince Arjuna
Henryk Polus, Choirmaster / chorus director
Pavel B. Jiracek, Dramaturgy
Chor Theater Basel
Basel Symphony Orchestra
Eastman
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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.