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ZürichMadama Butterfly

Opernhaus, Dec 14 at 20:00

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Fabio Luisi; Ted Huffman; Zurich Opera; Michael Levine; Annemarie Woods; Hui He; Piero Pretti

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Marina Prudenskaya (Witch) © T+T/Tanja Dorendorf

Opernhaus, Dec 15 11:00, Dec 23 11:00, Dec 26 14:00, Dec 30 14:00, 2019 Jan 18 10:30, Jan 20 14:00, Jan 27 14:00, Feb 17 14:00, Mar 24 14:00, Apr 20 19:00, Apr 22 14:00, Apr 25 19:30

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

Markus Poschner; Robert Carsen; Zurich Opera; Fabio Luisi; Michael Richter; Gideon Davey

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Yen Han and Matthew Knight (Clowns) and William Moore (Nutcracker), Nutcracker and the Mouse King © Gregory Batardon

Opernhaus, Dec 15 19:00, Dec 26 20:00, Dec 29 19:30, 2019 Jan 01 15:00, 19:30

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Christian Spuck; Ballett Zürich; Zurich Junior Ballet; Paul Connelly; Rufus Didwiszus; Buki Shiff; Michael Küster

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Opernhaus: Studiobühne, Dec 15 11:00, 15:00, Dec 16 11:00, 15:00, Dec 19 15:00, Dec 22 15:00, Dec 23 15:00, 2019 Jan 12 11:00, 15:00, Jan 13 11:00, 15:00, Jan 16 15:00

Näther: Konrad oder das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse

Ann-Katrin Stöcker; Claudia Blersch; Zurich Opera; Elisa Alessi; Irène Friedli; Katharina Peetz

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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: A redesign in Zürich

Sarah Batschelet, 11 Dec

In Zurich, ballet director Christian Spuck recently launched the second season of the multi-layered ballet he choreographed to the great P.I. Tchaikovsky score.

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