This will be the second of two concerts of music by the former New York composer and trumpet player. Who has lived in Switzerland since. These are his first concerts in New York in thirty years. The first concert is on Feb. 8th at Roulette in Brooklyn. Where he will perform with Broken Frames Syndicate. A music ensemble from Frankfurt Germany, where he is composer-in-residence. This concert will feature works composed between 1981 and 2021, the premiere of an ensemble improvisation work, and he will read from

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Jalalu Kalvert Nelson and the Broken Frames Syndicate // “Words and Music”

Zürcher Gallery

Sakari Oramo conducts The BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius at the Tonhalle, Zurich.

BBC Symphony Orchestra in Zurich

Tonhalle Zürich

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Music Director Joshua Bell perform a stunning programme of Puts, Dvořák and Mozart to Prague, Zurich, Basel and Geneva.

ASMF & Joshua Bell Europe 2024

Stadtcasino Basel

Victoria Hall in Geneva

Rudolfinum

This program is designed for everyone who wants to explore their own voice, without the pressure of performing, or for those that want to try out their acting skills and to embark on new paths. We experiment with the voice and make fun side trips into different musical eras and genres. There will be improvisation and development of short scenes as we illuminate the comedy and tragedy of human relationships. We’ll also attend rehearsals at the Opernhaus and go to a performance together.

open space stimme

Opernhaus Zürich

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The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

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The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

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The Artelize Podcast: A love letter that was never sent

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The Artelize Podcast and Adolfo Corrado: Mediterranean flavors, opera and social media

open space tanz offers space for those who wish to engage with dance, independent of technique and pace. This weekly workshop is aimed at people who want to experiment, improvise, and create. We’ll deal with contemporary dance and body concepts, choreographic ways of working and forms of expression, and develop references to current Ballett Zürich productions.

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As a punishment for lacking compassion, the writer «Ich» (or «I») is forced to take in an idiot at home. This seems like an easy task: «Ich» sets out to choose his idiot and is quite pleased with himself and his willingness to host a «holy fool». The idiot seems to fit obediently into the lives of «Ich» and his wife, except for the fact that he barely speaks—aside from an occasional «Äch!», he doesn't say a word. But when the idiot suddenly, and without warning, defecates on the carpet one day, an uncontrollable spiral of violence, sex, and anarchy begins. Alfred Schnittke's opera Leben mit einem Idioten premiered in Amsterdam in 1992. The titular idiot was quickly interpreted as a caricature of Lenin, and the absurd, grotesque story as a biting parody of everyday life in the Soviet Union. However, the composer himself pointed out that his opera is 'by no means solely about Communism' but more broadly about a condition in which «the irrational dominates the rational». Thus, director Kirill Serebrennikov will bring the piece to the stage as the dystopian, contemporary story of a couple whose idiot becomes the catalyst for their already toxic relationship—a catalyst that brings the darkest, most destructive urges of human nature to the surface, along with an inclination for aggression and violence. Schnittke’s music, which combines quotes from Bach’s Matthäus-Passion, the Communist Internationale, a folk song about a birch tree, a tango from the 1930s, and further echoes of Chopin, Mahler, Shostakovich, and others in a polystylistic collage technique, has great potential for wit and irony, which will unfold under the direction of Jonathan Stockhammer with the Philharmonia Zurich. Susanne Elmark, Bo Skovhus, and the Zurich Opera Chorus, who will be on stage throughout the evening, take on the enormous challenges of their roles.

Leben mit einem Idioten

This offer for the whole family is the perfect way to get ready for an outing to the opera or ballet. Parents and children take in a short excerpt from a work, and meet singers, dancers and musicians. They playfully engage with the story and figures from each work. They learn lots of interesting facts about the piece and at the same time experience how fun and delightful it can be to play, sing and dance together.

Family Workshop «Giselle»

Get to know the theatre from a different perspective! The 60 minute tour will take you through the dressmaking department, the wardrobe, the make-up and props departments, and onto the stage.

Guided Tour Opera House (ENG)

The one-hour tour takes you into the make-up department of the opera house and will take you into the fascinating world of wigs and mask making.

Guided Tour Make-up Department (GER)

Get to know the theatre from a different perspective! The 60 minute tour will take you through the dressmaking department, the wardrobe, the make-up and props departments, and onto the stage. Important information: The tour is held in German.

Guided Tour Opera House (GER)

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

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

Pause for 15 minutes a day and escape the hustle and bustle. Artists from the Philharmonia Zürich, the Orchesterakademie, the International Opernstudio, or the Chorus offer 23 concerts held in the Opernhaus foyer, bringing a moment of calm to the often-hectic advent season. The program will be published daily on our Facebook page, on instagram and here. Or simply stop by and let yourself be pleasantly surprised by what’s on offer...

Musical Advent Calendar

The one-hour tour takes you and your children behind the scenes of the theatre - onto the stage, past the props, make-up and tailoring departments, into the costume department and into the furniture and scenery storage area of the opera house. Let us surprise you.

Guided Tour Opera House for Families (GER)

Three Zurich dance institutions have joined forces to offer fans deeper insights into this multifaceted stage art under the title ZURICH TALKS DANCE. Launched in 2023, the joint platform brings together the Ballett Zürich, the dance department of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) with its BA/MA degree programs, and the Tanz Akademie Zürich (TaZ) and Tanzhaus Zürich.

This discussion format offers an opportunity for public exchange on artistic, professional and pedagogical issues in the ballet world. In a wide variety of settings, including talk shows, interviews and online events, the public can learn more about the lives and work of dancers, choreographers, ballet teachers and other creatives in the dance world, as well as meet top dance professionals.

Zurich Talks Dance

The one-hour tour takes you through the opera house, where you can admire the fascinating world of stage technology.

Guided Tour Stage Technology (GER)

This story workshop is all about improvisation. Accompanied by professionals and together with the audience, Christoph Betulius invents stories. Characters, costumes and props are devised, and what follows is joyful fantasy and impromptu acting. A genre that develops musical theater out off the cuff with a lot of fun.

imprO-Opera

Ballet in two acts by Patrice Bart after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
Libretto by Théophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges

Giselle

Our series of Brunch and Lunch Concerts features musicians from the Philharmonia Zürich as they present work trouvailles in various constellations, familiar pieces in unusual arrangements, and aural adventures the likes of which you’ve never heard before. These chamber concerts take place in the relaxed yet intimate atmosphere of the magnificent Opernhaus Spiegelsaal. After the concert, we look forward to welcoming you to the Restaurant Lulu for brunch or lunch à la carte. Reserve your table with a magnificent view of the glittering Lake Zurich and the lively Sechseläutenplatz by calling +41 44 715 00 26 or at www.lulu-zh.ch

Phantasy Quartet

As an introduction to the performance, we offer children workshops for three different ballet evenings. Children will engage with the work and the choreography of each evening through play. Dancers from the Junior Ballett will teach participants a small excerpt of the choreography and dance with them.

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