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Provocation as part of the package: Massenet’s Werther in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 03 April 2017
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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 2 April 2017
Programme
Massenet, Werther
Performers
Zurich Opera
Cornelius Meister, Conductor
Tatjana Gürbaca, Director
Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Silke Willrett, Costume Designer
Juan Diego Flórez, Werther
Anna Stéphany, Charlotte
Mélissa Petit, Sophie
Audun Iversen, Albert
Cheyne Davidson, Le Bailli
Martin Zysset, Schmidt
Yuriy Tsiple, Johann
Ernst Raffelsberger, Choirmaster / chorus director
Claus Spahn, Dramaturgy
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Kinderchor der Oper Zürich
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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.