A cauldron of confusion: Handel’s Belshazzar staged in Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet, 05 November 2019

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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 3 November 2019

Handel, Belshazzar

Zurich Opera

Laurence Cummings, Conductor

Sebastian Baumgarten, Director

Barbara Steiner, Set Designer

Christina Schmitt, Costume Designer

Mauro Peter, Belshazzar

Layla Claire, Nitocris

Jakub Józef Orliński, Cyrus

Tuva Semmingsen, Daniel

Evan Hughes, Gobrias

Elfried Roller, Lighting Designer

Hannah Dörr, Video

Claus Spahn, Dramaturgy

Lina Dambrauskaite, Soprano

Justyna Bluj, Soprano

Katia Ledoux, Contralto

Thomas Erlank, Tenor

Wojciech Rasiak, Bass

Janko Kastelic, Choirmaster / chorus director

Zurich Opera Chorus

Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich

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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.