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Casey Creel

Giving the devil his due, Zurich revives a riotous Der Freischütz

04/11/201917/10/2019 by Casey Creel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Weber: Der Freischütz: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich / Axel Kober (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 29.9.2019 and 4.10.2019. (CCr)

Zurich Opera’s Der Freischütz (c) Hans Jörg Michel

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Redeemed by love and still in ruins: Zurich revives Hermann’s smart La traviata with excellent singing

26/10/201902/10/2019 by Casey Creel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Verdi, La traviata: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 26.9.2019. (CCr)

Kristina Mkhitaryan (Violetta Valéry) (c) Toni Suter

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One Final Mahler From Haitink in his Second-to-Last Lucerne Concert

13/09/201927/08/2019 by Casey Creel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lucerne Festival [4] – Schubert, Mahler: Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, 20.8.2019. (CCr)

Bernard Haitink conducts the COE © Lucerne Festival

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Travelogue from the Santa Fe Opera Festival as it Premieres Poul Ruders’s The Thirteenth Child

21/08/201931/07/2019 by Casey Creel

United StatesUnited States Poul Ruders, The Thirteenth Child: Soloists and Chorus of the Santa Fe Opera / Paul Daniel (conductor), Santa Fe Opera, New Mexico, 27.7.2019. (CCr)

The Thirteenth Child (c) Ken Howard

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Less than Sure-Footed, Zurich Revives its 2016 Le nozze di Figaro

15/07/201919/06/2019 by Casey Creel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich / Ottavio Dantone (conductor). Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 10.6 and 16.6.2019. (CCr)

Zurich Opera’s Le nozze di Figaro (c) Toni Suter

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Sleepy but epic, Zurich revives a Robert Wilson Norma

29/06/201905/06/2019 by Casey Creel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bellini: Norma: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 2.6.2019. (CCr)

Norma (c Toni Suter

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Opernhaus Zürich Does it Again, This Time with Rameau Firstling

19/06/201927/05/2019 by Casey Creel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie: Soloists and Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Orchestra La Scintilla / Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 19 & 22.5.2019. (CCr)

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Less Pomp, Less Circumstance, and More of What Counts in Zurich’s La Sonnambula

24/05/201911/05/2019 by Casey Creel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bellini, La Sonnambula (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Maurizio Benini (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 9.5.2019. (CCr)

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