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Start: 2026-11-05T19:30:00
Location: Victoria Hall, Geneva

Jorge Yagüe

Bühnen Bern

Finally, the hunting license for the black rhinoceros has arrived, for which Hunter White paid an obscene sum on the black market. Money isn't his motivation; he's ecstatic at the prospect of finally hunting number five of his Big Five and taking it home as a trophy. 

trophy

Vidmar Ballettsaal

Cyrano's sword is sharp, his command feared, he is intelligent, witty, and quick-witted. Above all, however, he is a master of words and rhymes: when he writes poetry, the world is at his feet. If only it weren't for that large nose. It prevents him from confessing his love to the beautiful Roxane, who, in turn, is completely smitten with the undeniably attractive Christian de Neuvillette. What she doesn't know is that Christian's heart-rending love letters are not his own, but those of his friend and colleague Cyrano…

Cyrano de Bergerac

As a largely unknown young composer, the later musical legend Andrew Lloyd Webber, together with lyricist Tim Rice, wrote the musical in the early 1970s that would become one of his greatest successes ever and trigger a veritable "Jesusmania": Jesus Christ Superstar .

Jesus Christ Superstar

City Theatre, Bern

Sergeant Studer has arrested Erwin Schlumpf and taken him to prison, but he doesn't believe Schlumpf is the perpetrator. But who killed salesman Wendelin Witschi? Against the wishes of the authorities, Studer begins his own investigation and becomes entangled in a web of familial and political intrigue. Swiss author Friedrich Glauser wrote the five Sergeant Studer mysteries during the last three years of his life—a period marked by legal guardianship, drug addiction, and stays in psychiatric institutions—and achieved literary fame in the process. In August, his Sergeant will once again be investigating at Villa Morillon.

Sergeant Studer

Villa Morillon Bern

These public dress rehearsals are a separate event and always take place on a Thursday morning: The conductor welcomes the audience, followed by a performance of the main work from the evening concert. Subscriptions are also available. 

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

Casino Bern

In 1913, one of the greatest scandals in music history rocked the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris: the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's ballet music, The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. Stravinsky painted his musical pictures with archaic-sounding rhythms and unbridled energy, provoking storms of outrage from the opening night audience. Today, the work is a classic and established as one of the seminal compositions of the 20th century, both on the ballet stage and in the concert hall. Similarly energetic to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring is the Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra. 

The Rite of Spring

Kim de l'Horizon 's new play is a reimagining of the fairy tale of the Little Mermaid. It is a story about the longing for a different body, the dream of true love, and the price demanded by social advancement.

The little mermaids

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Victoria Hall, Geneva

Three physicists live secluded from the world in a dilapidated villa: Einstein, Newton, and Möbius. The villa belongs to the private sanatorium Les Cerisiers, run by the charming and caring Dr. Mathilde von Zahnd. But then, within a very short time, several murders occur. A detective inspector begins to investigate, and the cover-up of all those involved is blown.

The physicists

Chief conductor Krzysztof Urbański dedicates the first symphony concert of the season to one of the great classics of the concert repertoire: Richard Strauss's tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra ). Inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical work of the same name, which deals with the emergence of a superman and the eternal cycle of becoming and passing away, Strauss created a musical cosmos whose suggestive power has also found its way into films such as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey .

Thus spoke zarathustra

Prosperity, democracy, and freedom in the heart of Europe: That's Switzerland! But this image is deceptive. For a long time, Switzerland was the poorhouse of Europe. And until the 1970s, authorities throughout Switzerland, in the name of law and order, took action against people whose lifestyles did not conform to societal norms. Labeled "work-shy" and "dissolute," young women in particular were arbitrarily placed in institutions – poverty was fought by fighting the poor.