Strings : Spuck / Forsythe / Clug in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 18 January 2015

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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 17 January 2015

New Work (World Première) (Edward Clug)

Workwithinwork (Swiss Première)

The Seventh Blue (Swiss Première) (Christian Spuck)

Ballett Zürich

Orchester der Oper Zürich

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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.

Spuck, Forsythe and Clug: neoclassical Strings in Zurich