Call for donations 17/18 - Sounds for eternity
Friends of Zurich Opera House donate new bells
In most theaters bells are played on so-called plate or tubular bells, which replace the real bell. The Zurich Opera House also helped out with such instruments until now. But the acoustic result is not satisfactory, neither for the conductor, nor for the orchestra, nor for the audience. Thus, the opera house decided to play on real bells and over the last few years, a bell set of twelve tones purchased. The wish was to complement this tone series with the low f and six further bells of the keys g, as, b, c, d and e in height. Especially for Tosca, but also for other operas such as Das schlaue Füchslein and Boris Godunow, the house has so far lacked these original bell sounds.
The Zurich Opera House and the Friends of Zurich Opera would like to thank the generous donors. The bells were poured in August 2018 in the traditional Rüetschi foundry in Aarau and delivered to the Opera House in mid-September.
In the following film you can see impressions of the bell pouring and the baptism.
We say thank you!
Donators
We thank you for the generous support!
Marianne und Peter Angehrn
Dr. Zdenka Arnd
Lise Bardola
Edith Becciolini
Therese Bernet
Regula Bibus-Waser
Dr. Raymond Bloch
Gertrud E. Bollier
Renée und Hansjürg Bracher
Elvira Brandenberger
Dr. Margrit Bubb-Fehlmann
François Chappuis
Annemarie und Jacques Chavaz
Marlis Dangel-Nüesch
Jean-Jacques Derendinger
David E. Dreyfuss
Peter Erni
Liselotte Fietz-Russ
Annette und Klaus Ganz
Elisabeth Gottrau
Thomas Graedel
Niki und Alfred Gugelmann
Josephine M. und Rainer E. Gut
Christian Martin Gutekunst
Annelies und Häcki-Buhofer und Julia Häcki
Dora Hartmann
Marianne Heckmann-Veit
Hansruedi Heid
Susanne Hirs und Chris Fischer
Jean Holenstein
Ingrid und Egon Hug
Gabriele Jacober
Susan Kessler
Rolf Kielholz
Sibylle Klötzer-Vierhub
René Oskar Kühne
Katrin Langloh
Margrit Lanter-Lüthy
Gisela Leitner
Marion Lindecker-Gassmann
Ralph Mangei
Yvonne und Peter G. May
Ruedi Meier
Fukiko und Aldo Merazzi-Suminaka
Ariane Meyerhofer-Heller
Dorothée Müller-Haenisch
Giorgio Prestele
Seraina Puttkammer
Elfi Raffainer
Rita Rotach
Elisabeth Schaller
Dr. Jürg Schaufelberger
Dr. Johannes Schindler
Irma und Peter Schneiter
Louis Schnider
Martin Seiz
Ursula Seiz-Schumacher und Bernhard Seiz
Elisabeth Spiller
Ilse Stammer
Guido Stucki
Ursi und Peter Taylor
Yvette Traeber
Barbara Tschupp
Anna-Barbara und Dr. Conrad M. Ulrich-Bibus
Erika Umbricht Gysel
Walter Vogel
Annemarie von Schumacher
Madlen und Thomas von Stockar
Regula von Tscharner
Dr. Thao Vu und Dr. Samuel Ehrhardt
Dr. Jean-Marc Vuille
Dr. Heinrich Walti-Jucker
Prof. Dr. Beatrice Weber-Dürler
Ruth Werfel
Marianne Wirth-Wolff
Heidi und Dr. Werner Wunderli
Dr. Jürg Wüthrich
Kathrin Zehnder-Hatt
Marianne Zimmermann