Shakespeare’s mythical couple to be celebrated on Valentine’s Day, Romeo and Juliet were immortalised by the Prokofiev’s ballet and above all by Charles Gounod’s opera, his masterpieces. Several productions have been announced for 2023, such as in Savonlinna, where they will be a ménage à quatre with Lisette Oropesa and Marjukka Tepponen as Juliette and […]

While the Bozar in Brussels opens the ball of the Rachmaninov 2023 festivities (on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth), the Opernhaus Zürich and the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich are joining forces for a concert cycle that begins on 12 February 2023, at the Opera House. The Piano Concerto No. 3 will be performed […]

For December 2022, Oper Zürich has chosen safety by programming three great opera masterpieces: Puccini’s La bohème, Verdi’s La traviata and Puccini’s Tosca, but as it is almost Christmas, Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann (alternating with Yusif Eyvazov) and Bryn Terfel are the gifts that adorn Tosca. Cherry on the Christmas tree, Juan Diego Flórez performs […]

For more than 20 years now, the Opernhaus Zürich has had its own baroque orchestra under the leadership of Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The Orchestra La Scintilla is made up of the permanent members of the Zurich Opera House’s main symphony orchestra who play on historical instruments. Surprisingly, no conductor has been assigned as artistic director until […]

One of the great masterpieces of the 20th century, Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites is increasingly making its way into the repertoire of the great opera houses. After having already programmed it in 2004, the Oper Zurich proposes from 13 February to 5 March 2022, a new production by Jetske Mijnssen and offers Olga Kulchynska […]

The Opernhaus Zürich wasted no time in announcing the name of its new director, who will succeed Andreas Homoki from the 2025 season. Matthias Schulz is already a well-known figure in the music world, as he is currently the director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (where he joined in 2015). Born in Bavaria, Matthias […]

While in Switzerland no date for the return of the performances on stage has been announced, the Zurich Opera is nevertheless welcoming Simon Boccanegra, who will be broadcast live on 6 December at 5 pm on ARTE TV and then available on the channel’s platform. In the title role of the great Verdi opera conducted […]

Because the Swiss Confederation again authorizes the gathering of more than 300 people, the Zürich Opera announces new production rehearsals and even talks about welcoming audience again!   Photo : Opernhaus Zürich © Dominic Büttner