Tcherniakov’s Die tote Stadt has Paul as an abusive recluse at Zurich Opera

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Die tote Stadt: Soloists,  Additional Chorus, SoprAlti of the Zurich Opera, Extras at the Zurich Opera House, Children’s choir, Philharmonia Zurich / Lorenzo Viotti (conductor). Zurich Opera, 21.4.2025. (MF)

Eric Cutler (Paul) and Vida Miknevičiūtė (Marie/Marietta) © Monika Rittershaus

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The artist is present – Alfred Schnittke’s Life with an idiot by Kirill Serebrennikov in Zurich

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Alfred Schnittke, Life with an idiot: Soloists, Extras Association of Zurich Opera,  Zurich Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Zurich / Jonathan Stockhammer (conductor). Zurich Opera, 3.11.2024. (MF)

Susanne Elmark (Wife) and Bo Skovhus (I) © Frol Podlesnyi

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Well, what did it mean to you? Homoki’s conclusion to his Zurich Ring leaves unanswered questions

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Extras at the Zurich Opera House, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zürich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Michael Beyer) from Zurich Opera House, 26.5.2024. (JPr)

The Norns: (l-r) Freya Apffelstaedt, Lena Sutor-Wernich and Giselle Allen © Monika Ritterhaus

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