Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

By Sarah Batschelet, 17 January 2022

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“The dancers’ able coordination of thousands of steps ... was close to mind-boggling”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 15 January 2022

Monteverdi (Christian Spuck)

Ballett Zürich

Riccardo Minasi, Conductor

Rufus Didwiszus, Set Designer

Emma Ryott, Costume Designer

Martin Gebhardt, Lighting Designer

Michael Küster, Dramaturgy

Claus Spahn, Dramaturgy

Lauren Fagan, Soprano

Louise Kemény, Soprano

Siena Licht Miller, Mezzo-soprano

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Countertenor

Edgaras Montvidas, Tenor

Anthony Gregory, Tenor

Brent Michael Smith, Bass

Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich

Ballett Zürich Junior Company

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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.