Norma in Zurich: superb vocalists trapped in a minimalist staging

By Sarah Batschelet, 04 June 2019

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“There was never an embrace, nor was eye contact made”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 2 June 2019

Bellini, Norma

Zurich Opera

Fabio Luisi, Conductor

Robert Wilson, Director

Stephanie Engeln, Set Designer

Moidele Bickel, Costume Designer

Michael Spyres, Pollione

Maria Agresta, Norma

Anna Goryachova, Adalgisa

Ildo Song, Oroveso

Irène Friedli, Clotilde

Thobela Ntshanyana, Flavio

Orchester der Oper Zürich

Zurich Opera Chorus

Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director

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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.