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A silk ladder (La scala di seta) enables Giulia to receive her husband, whom she married against her guardian’s wishes, in her room night after night. The fact that three men end up using the silk ladder is one of the unsavory complications of this comedy. Director Damiano Michieletto presents the six-character work as a fast-paced sitcom, true to Rossini’s motto that the everyday must be exaggerated in order for it to become an opera.

The Silk Ladder

Zurich Opera House

During times of historical upheaval, the victors are filled with euphoric jubilation while fear spreads on the side of the losers. When cheerfulness grips the figures in Mozart’s piece, it is the swan song, full of schadenfreude, of dying structures, ancient privileges and traditional manners – including those between man and woman. Mozart (and Beaumarchais) hold the balance on the threshold between eras – as artists en route to self-marketing, as portraitists of their times, by precisely rendering a society whose balance is shifting, making Almaviva a ridiculous figure. His class is losing political power, and he compensates for this loss by becoming a slave to his sexual desire. The wind is blowing from the past, giving wing to Walter Benjamin’s angel of history. It is a storm for the winners, and for the losers a mere melancholy breeze. The angel sees nothing but ruins.

EPSG:4326

Le Nozze di Figaro

Staatsoper Hamburg

Zaryadye Concert Hall

Moscow International Performing Arts Center

Moscow International House of Music

As the first Danish orchestra ever, we have been invited to play at Mozartwoche in Salzburg. The members of our Association of Friends traveled along and, as always, faithfully sat ready to support the orchestra. The concert's program featured both Mozart & Salieri. Chief conductor Adam Fischer impressed both as conductor and accompanist, and on stage was world soprano Olga Peretyatko.

Mozart week

Mozarthalle i Salzburg

This opera’s 1875 premiere in Paris caused a scandal, after the title character’s anarchic nature and lustful femininity disturbed the bourgeois audience’s sensibilities. But Bizet’s opera soon began its triumphal march, becoming a myth of modern times. To this day, «Carmen» fascinates audiences with its relentless drama and the elemental power of its melodies. Andreas Homoki’s production pays homage to the place where the opera was created, the Opéra comique in Paris. 

Soprano

Olga Peretyatko

Events

Upcoming events

18 - 31 Jan, 2026

Carmen · Opernhaus Zürich

Past events

Sep 25 - Oct 24, 2025

The Silk Ladder · Opernhaus Zürich

Jun 27 - Jul 3, 2025

Le Nozze di Figaro · Staatsoper Hamburg

Future and recently performed repertoire

The Countess of Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart

Staatsoper Hamburg

Micaëla in Carmen by Bizet

Opernhaus Zürich

Julia in The Silk Ladder by Rossini

Opernhaus Zürich

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