Bieito's Fiery Angel burns bright in Zürich

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 12 May 2017

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“Darkness reigns over the production, as does the not-quite-seen and the unknown”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 11 May 2017

Prokofiev, The Fiery Angel

Zurich Opera

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

Calixto Bieito, Director

Rebecca Ringst, Set Designer

Ingo Krügler, Costume Designer

Aušrinė Stundytė, Renata

Judith Schmid, Mother Superior

Judit Kutasi, Sorceress

Liliana Nikiteanu, Hostess of the Inn

Dmitry Golovnin, Agrippa van Nettelsheim, Mephistopheles

Iain Milne, Jakob Glock, The doctor

Stanislav Vorobyov, Faust

Andrzej Filończyk, Mathias, The Innkeeper at Cologne

Leigh Melrose, Ruprecht

Dmitri Pkhaladze, Servant at the inn

Pavel Daniluk, Inquisitor

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Beate Breidenbach, Dramaturgy

Orchester der Oper Zürich

Zurich Opera Chorus

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Elodie Olson-Coons

Originaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.