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Stravinsky Ballets in Zurich: Petrushka and The Rite of Spring

By Sarah Batschelet, 16 October 2016
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“blood-rushing modern reinterpretations”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 14 October 2016
Programme
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (Edward Clug)
Petrushka (Marco Goecke)
Performers
Ballett Zürich
Domingo Hindoyan, Conductor
Michaela Springer, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Marko Japelj, Set Designer
Leo Kulaš, Costume Designer
Martin Gebhardt, Lighting Designer
Katja Wünsche, Dancer
William Moore, Dancer
Tigran Mkrtchyan, Dancer
Christopher Parker, 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.