Singer

For Figaro and Susanna, it was supposed to be the most beautiful day of their lives: their wedding day. But their employer, Count Almaviva, who is equally in love with Susanna, does everything he can to delay the wedding. Twenty-four turbulent hours begin, in which the power of Eros throws every character in the play into confusing emotional states. Director Jan Philipp Gloger sets Mozart’s masterpiece in the present day, highlighting the way a supposedly irresistible man gets ensnared in a complex code of conduct designed to prevent abuse of power and sexual assault.

The Marriage of Figaro

Zurich Opera House

Wie du warst! Wie du bist!

Bernhard Theater

Everything revolves around Hanna Glawari in Franz Lehár’s operetta Die lustige Witwe: She is emancipated, beautiful, clever and the heiress to 20 million... Vida Miknevičiūtė will bow in the title role in our revival of Barrie Kosky’s opulent production. The Lithuanian soprano began her distinguished career at the International Opernstudio at the Opernhaus Zürich. She can now be heard singing major Wagner and Strauss roles on stages including the Staatsoper Berlin and La Scala di Milano. She appeared as Lehár’s Hanna at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. Making his Opernhaus debut at the podium of the Philharmonia Zürich is conductor Ben Glassberg, a young British conductor who has been Music Director at the Volksoper Wien since 2024

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Die lustige Witwe

Opernhaus Zürich

Music theater for children from age 7 by Samuel Penderbayne (*1989)
Libretto by Christian Schönfelder after Christine Nöstlinger
Commissioned by the Opernhaus Zürich

Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig

Opera in two acts by Jonathan Dove (*1959) for children from age 7 and up and the eternally young
based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne, Libretto by Peter Lund
Commission of the Opernhaus Zürich

In 80 Tagen um die Welt

Finnish soprano Camilla Nylund thrilled as Brünnhilde in the new Zurich Ring des Nibelungen, and now she returns to Zurich as Senta. Her stage partner here is Tomasz Koniezcny, who will sing the title role in this revival and who celebrated his own triumph in the Zurich Ring when he took the stage as Wotan. General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, meanwhile, showed with the Zurich Ring that he is a fantastic Wagner conductor. He now takes over the musical direction of this revival production.

Der fliegende Holländer

plendor and misery lie close together in the life of the courtesan Violetta Valéry. Celebrated as an enigmatic beauty at lavish Parisian parties, she is forced to abandon her great love for Alfredo due to bourgeois conventions. With this opera about a "whore," as Giuseppe Verdi himself called her, he shocked the audiences of his time. His sharp critique is directed against the hypocritical practices of society, while he imbues Violetta herself, on her path of suffering, with the aura of a saint. With keen psychological insight, director Christof Loy draws inspiration from the aesthetics of Verdi's era. Under the direction of Joana Mallwitz, the young Spanish soprano Marina Monzó makes her debut in the title role.

La traviata

With the children's opera "The Thief Lord," the Zurich Opera House is staging a new performance: the former "Sternen" cinema in Zurich-Oerlikon will become the setting for a gripping musical theatre adventure. In Cornelia Funke's novel of the same name, an abandoned cinema also becomes the refuge of a gang of orphans led by Scipio. Brothers Prosper and Bo find shelter here from their aunt and the persistent detective Victor, who is hot on their trail. A mysterious mission puts everyone in danger. The libretto by Swiss playwright Andreas Sauter will be set to music by three composition students from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

Mezzo-soprano

Liliana Nikiteanu

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 20, 2026 - Jan 23, 2027

La traviata · Opernhaus Zürich

Feb 27 - Mar 11, 2027

Lord of Thieves · Opernhaus Zürich

Past events

Jan 24 - Feb 14, 2026

The Marriage of Figaro · Opernhaus Zürich

Sep 20, 2025 - Jul 11, 2026

Wie du warst! Wie du bist! · Opernhaus Zürich

Future and recently performed repertoire

Annina in La traviata by Verdi

Opernhaus Zürich

Singer in Wie du warst! Wie du bist! by Strauss

Opernhaus Zürich

Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro by Mozar

Opernhaus Zürich

Ida Spaventa / Esther Hartlieb in Lord of Thieves by Composers

Opernhaus Zürich

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