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Love, loyalty and treason exposed: Bellini’s Norma in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 11 October 2015
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“Bartoli sang the famous “Casta diva” with superb nuance”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 10 October 2015
Programme
Bellini, Norma
Performers
Zurich Opera
Giovanni Antonini, Conductor
Patrice Caurier, Director
Christian Fenouillat, Set Designer
Agostino Cavalca, Costume Designer
Cecilia Bartoli, Norma
Rebeca Olvera, Adalgisa
John Osborn, Pollione
Liliana Nikiteanu, Clotilde
Reinaldo Macias, Flavio
Peter Kálmán, Oroveso
Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich
Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera italiana
Moshe Leiser, Director
Christophe Forey, 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.