There’s a certain ‘bug’ that descends on anyone that has ever been to the Verbier Festival. I remember at music college that musicians would return from three weeks at the Swiss mountain town’s renowned programme able to speak of little else. We’d tease them, taking a tally for every time ‘Verbier’ was mentioned in conversation.
I went to the Festival last summer for the first time, initially sceptical about the attraction of the place and the judgments of grandeur I had surrounding it. Arriving at the ski hotel that would become my base on the high street, it felt as if I had descended into a dreamland. Morning coffee on my room’s balcony, looking across to the snow-capped mountains, followed by wondering up the town’s high street, complete with cafes,…
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Opera Now (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2024