Handel’s Jephtha in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 21 November 2016

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Reviewed at Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zurich on 20 November 2016

Handel, Jephtha

Joachim Krause, Conductor

Lenneke Ruiten, Iphis

Anja Schlosser, Storgé

James Elliott, Jephtha

Martin Häßler, Zebul

Maarten Engeltjes, Hamor

Valentina Marghinotti, Angel

Der Gemischte Chor Zürich

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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.

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