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The pulp of great fiction: Christian Spuck’s Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 17 April 2016
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“shatteringly dissonant chord, foreshadowing horrors of violence and irretrievable loss”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 16 April 2016
Programme
Romeo and Juliet (Christian Spuck)
Performers
Ballett Zürich
Michail Jurowski, Conductor
Christian Schmidt, Set Designer
Emma Ryott, Costume Designer
Ballett Zürich Junior Company
Orchester der Oper Zürich
William Moore, Dancer
Katja Wünsche, Dancer
Tars Vandebeek, Dancer
Daniel Mulligan, Dancer
Christian Alex Assis, Dancer
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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.