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Michael Volle (Count Danilo Danilowitsch) and Marlis Petersen (Hanna Glawari) © Monika Rittershaus

A feast for the eyes and ears: Lehár’s Merry Widow in Zurich

By Thomas Schacher, 20 February 2024

Barrie Kosky stages the famous Viennese operetta as a whirlwind spectacle. Marlis Petersen shines in the title role vocally and theatrically. Michael Volle does not live up to expectations.

****1

****1

Zurich

20 Feb 2024

A feast for the eyes and ears: Lehár’s Merry Widow in Zurich

By Thomas Schacher

Zurich

Viva la mamma! Donizetti’s satirical farce flops in Zurich

By Laura Servidei, 16 April 2023

Mélanie Huber’s production misses the mark for Donizetti’s silly comedy, sung by a solid cast.

**111

**111

Zurich

16 Apr 2023

Viva la mamma! Donizetti’s satirical farce flops in Zurich

By Laura Servidei

Yannick Debus (Lenz) and the Six Voices © Toni Suter

Zurich

A haunting Jakob Lenz in Zurich

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 19 November 2022

The ZKO shows us that Wolfgang Rihm's Jakob Lenz has lost none of its power, more than 40 years on.

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****1

Zurich

19 Nov 2022

A haunting Jakob Lenz in Zurich

By Elodie Olson-Coons

Michael Volle (Nabucco) © Monika Rittershaus (2019)

Zurich

Anna Pirozzi dazzles as Abigaille in an uninspiring Nabucco in Zurich

By Laura Servidei, 16 September 2022

The Opernhaus Zurich revives Andreas Homoki’s 2019 production, under the baton of Verdi specialist Donato Renzetti.

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**111

Zurich

16 Sep 2022

Anna Pirozzi dazzles as Abigaille in an uninspiring Nabucco in Zurich

By Laura Servidei

Winterthur

Burlicchete, burlacchete, brignocchete, cucù: Il mondo della luna at Theater Winterthur

By Laura Servidei, 05 May 2022

A successful, psychedelic production of Haydn’s masterpiece is presented with a cast of young, talented singers from the International Opera Studio in Zurich, for an evening of fun in Winterthur.

***11

***11

Winterthur

05 May 2022

Burlicchete, burlacchete, brignocchete, cucù: Il mondo della luna

By Laura Servidei

Zurich

Ludovic Tézier rules in Andreas Homoki's still socially-distanced Simon Boccanegra in Zurich

By Laura Servidei, 15 December 2021

Andreas Homoki’s production suffers from last season's Covid restrictions, resulting in an alienating, aloof performance, but under the energetic baton of Marco Armiliato, it still proves a very successful musical evening.

Zurich

15 Dec 2021

Tézier rules in Zurich's still socially-distanced Simon Boccanegra

By Laura Servidei

Zurich

Juan Diego Flórez successfully debuts as Rodolfo in Zurich's Bohème

By Laura Servidei, 08 March 2020

In a reprise of Ole Anders Tandberg’s somewhat confused production, a solid cast performs a charming bohème, under the baton of Marco Armiliato.

***11

***11

Zurich

08 Mar 2020

Juan Diego Flórez successfully debuts as Rodolfo in Zurich's Bohème

By Laura Servidei

Zurich

Effervescent music, unrelenting activity: Haydn’s Orlando Paladino in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 16 May 2017

Joseph Haydn’s opera Orlando Paladino was once cited as “a mixed salad of madness, mayhem and true love”. A recent revival in Zurich supports that assessment.

***11

***11

Zurich

16 May 2017

Effervescent music, unrelenting activity: Haydn’s Orlando Paladino in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

A sizzling myth of matricide: Manfred Trojahn’s Orest in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 26 February 2017

In the hands of director Hans Neuenfels, the Swiss première of Manfred Trojahn’s Orest was widely anticipated for its “splashes of gore and commensurate splatters of sound”.

*****

*****

Zurich

26 Feb 2017

A sizzling myth of matricide

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

A great crime of passion: Médée in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 22 January 2017

From devoted wife and mother to murdering avenger, Médée is is a challenging role. A new Zurich production firmly secures her place in the collective memory, perhaps for the wrong reasons.

**111

**111

Zurich

22 Jan 2017

A great crime of passion: Médée in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Elena Stikhina (Manon Lescaut) © Monika Rittershaus

Zurich

Unaufhaltsame Reise in den Tod: Puccinis Manon Lescaut am Opernhaus Zürich

By Thomas Schacher, 13 February 2025

Barrie Kosky verzichtet bei der Züricher Manon auf Naturalismus und rückt die tragische Liebesgeschichte in den Vordergrund. Marco Armiliato glänzt einmal mehr als Puccini-Profi mit Gespür für die unterschiedlichen Stilelemente.

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****1

Zurich

13 Feb 2025

Unaufhaltsame Reise in den Tod: Manon Lescaut am Opernhaus Zürich

By Thomas Schacher

Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo) und Julie Fuchs (Juliette) © Herwig Prammer

Zurich

Traumpaar im Niemandsland: Gounods Roméo et Juliette in Zürich

By Thomas Schacher, 13 April 2023

Mit Julie Fuchs und Benjamin Bernheim stehen zwei fantastische Sänger-Darsteller auf der Bühne. Doch wo spielt die Oper eigentlich? Und warum wird der Familienkonflikt so harmlos dargestellt?

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****1

Zurich

13 Apr 2023

Traumpaar im Niemandsland: Gounods Roméo et Juliette in Zürich

By Thomas Schacher