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17 new productions, 20 revivals, many concerts and a large variety of other shows and events await you in the new season!

2O18/19 Season

Zurich Opera House

Sat22Sep

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Season opening party

When people start queuing on Sechseläutenplatz at nine in the morning at the end of September, that time of year is upon us – the Opera House is opening its doors after the summer break. All are invited to the annual opening party. This time, we will be premièring our children’s opera Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse (Konrad or the Tin Can Child) on the Studio Stage, and on the main stage you will be able to attend the public dress rehearsal of Verdi’s Macbeth or a performance of Offenbach’s operetta, Häuptling Abendwind. Of course, you will also have the opportunity to take a guided tour behind the scenes, explore the costume department and workshops, attend ballet workshops, and much more besides. As always, all these events are free of charge

Tickets are available for certain performances.

22 Sep 2018

All about the season opening party

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Artistic visions, erotic transgression, perversion and violence... Franz Schreker’s large-scale opera is one of the early 20th century’s most scandalous works.

Premiere 23 Sep 2018
26 Sep; 02, 09, 12, 17, 20, 23 Oct 2018

Die Gezeichneten

Opera by Franz Schreker

Videos

Trailer «La verità in cimento»

Trailer «Macbeth»

Trailer «La bohème»

This rediscovered opera in the production by Jan Philipp Gloger was such a spectacular, astonishing success at the première four years ago that we will now present it again as a revival. The Italian Vivaldi expert Ottavio Dantone will be conducting this baroque rarity, which should certainly not be missed.

Revival 25 Sep 2018
28, 30 Sep; 04 Oct 2018

La verità in cimento

Dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi

This rediscovered opera in the production by Jan Philipp Gloger was such a spectacular, astonishing success at the première four years ago that we will now present it again as a revival. The Italian Vivaldi expert Ottavio Dantone will be conducting this baroque rarity, which should certainly not be missed.

Revival 25 Sep 2018
28, 30 Sep; 04 Oct 2018

La verità in cimento

Dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi

This rediscovered opera in the production by Jan Philipp Gloger was such a spectacular, astonishing success at the première four years ago that we will now present it again as a revival. The Italian Vivaldi expert Ottavio Dantone will be conducting this baroque rarity, which should certainly not be missed.

Revival 25 Sep 2018
28, 30 Sep; 04 Oct 2018

La verità in cimento

Dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi

Barrie Kosky’s production focuses on the hallucinatory aspect of Shakespeare’s story. In the spectacularly simple set designed by Klaus Grünberg, the director recounts the inner drama of Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. According to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung an «aesthetic milestone» in the reception of this opera.

Revival 27 Sep 2018
30 Sep; 07, 14, 19 Oct 2018

Macbeth

Opera by Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Puccini created one of the most potent works for the operatic stage with his opera about four Bohemians who dream of artistic success and great love.

Revival 29 Sep 2018
05, 07, 11, 14 Oct 2018

La bohème

Opera by Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini created one of the most potent works for the operatic stage with his opera about four Bohemians who dream of artistic success and great love.

Revival 29 Sep 2018
05, 07, 11, 14 Oct 2018

La bohème

Opera by Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini created one of the most potent works for the operatic stage with his opera about four Bohemians who dream of artistic success and great love.

Revival 29 Sep 2018
05, 07, 11, 14 Oct 2018

La bohème

Opera by Giacomo Puccini

In a mixture of large-scale ensemble scenes and numerous intimate solos, Christian Spuck embarks on a journey inside the human being in the first ballet premiere of the new season.

World premiere 13 Oct 2018
18, 21, 27 Oct; 01, 02, 10, 17, 23 Nov; 02 Dec 2018

Winterreise

Ballet by Christian Spuck

Extensions, a new GMD and a new Ring after 20 years!

Directorship from 2O21/22

Videos

Team 2021: Gianandrea Noseda, Andreas Homoki & Christian Spuck

«Das Land des Lächelns» on DVD

The famous operetta by Franz Lehár in the production by Andreas Homoki with Piotr Beczala and Julia Kleiter is now available on DVD!

News

Intendant Andreas Homoki and Ballet director Christian Spuck extend their contract until 2025, Gianandrea Noseda becomes the new General Music Director from the 2021/22 season. +++ Michael Fichtenholz will be appointed opera director at the Opernhaus Zürich from the 2018/19 season. +++ In the resumption La verità in cimento Anna Devin takes over the role of Rosane instead of Julie Fuchs, who has to cancel the production due to her pregnancy. +++ The role of Bassa Selim in the resumption Die Entführung aus dem Serail is taken over by Stefan Gubser in place of Henning Vogt. +++ In the resumption Lucia di Lammermoor Nina Minasyan will take over the title role for the performances on 22, 28 Feb as well as 14, 19 Mar instead of Diana Damrau, while Venera Gimadieva will sing the remaining performances on 26 Feb, 5 and 10 Mar as planned. The role of Raimondo Bidebent is sung in all performances by Wenwei Zhang instead of Nicolas Testé.