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Enlightenment through compassion: Claus Guth's stellar Parsifal in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 26 February 2018
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“a reflection on the power of symbols”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 25 February 2018
Programme
Wagner, Parsifal
Performers
Zurich Opera
Simone Young, Conductor
Claus Guth, Director
Christian Schmidt, Set Designer
Stefan Vinke, Parsifal
Nina Stemme, Kundry
Lauri Vasar, Amfortas
Zhang Wen Wei, Klingsor
Christof Fischesser, Gurnemanz
Pavel Daniluk, Titurel
Adriana González, First Flowermaiden / First Group
Hamida Kristoffersen, First Flowermaiden / First Group
Gemma Ní Bhriain, First Flowermaiden / First Group, Second squire
Florie Valiquette, First Flowermaiden / First Group, First squire
Soyoung Lee, First Flowermaiden / First Group
Irène Friedli, First Flowermaiden / First Group
Omer Kobiljak, First knight of the Grail
Jamez McCorkle, Fourth squire
Spencer Lang, Third squire
Alexander Kiechle, Second knight of the Grail
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Zusatzchor der Oper Zürich
Zurich Opera Chorus
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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.