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ParisGötterdämmerungConcert performance

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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Gianandrea Noseda; Zurich Opera; Orchester der Oper Zürich; Chor der Oper Zürich; Klaus Florian Vogt; Camilla Nylund

ZurichAlice im Wunderland

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Valtinoni: Alice im Wunderland
Michael Richter; Nadja Loschky; Zurich Opera; Étienne Pluss; Irina Spreckelmeyer; Franck Evin; Orchester der Oper Zürich

ZurichElektraNew production

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Strauss R.: Elektra
Lorenzo Viotti; Lydia Steier; Zurich Opera; Paul Zoller; Gianluca Falaschi; Elana Siberski; Orchester der Oper Zürich

ZurichDas Rheingold

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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Gianandrea Noseda; Andreas Homoki; Zurich Opera; Christian Schmidt; Franck Evin; Orchester der Oper Zürich

ZurichManon Lescaut

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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Barrie Kosky; Zurich Opera; Rufus Didwiszus; Klaus Bruns; Franck Evin; Orchester der Oper Zürich

ZurichLa traviataNew production

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Verdi: La traviata
Alexander Soddy; Christof Loy; Zurich Opera; Manuel La Casta; Barbara Drosihn; Valerio Tiberi; Orchester der Oper Zürich
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Zurich Opera’s brooding Ballo in maschera comes to Edinburgh

Un ballo in maschera © Jess Shurte

Gianandrea Noseda conducts his Zurich Opera forces as Adele Thomas' 2024 production arrives in Edinburgh with a cast led by Stephen Costello and Elena Stikhina. 

****1
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A Rosenkavalier in vivid hues opens the Zurich Opera season

Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs), Diana Damrau (Marschallin) and Angela Brower (Octavian) © Matthias Baus

Lydia Steier stages Strauss’ masterpiece to open Zurich Opera’s first premiere under the new artistic direction – a triumphant success. 

****1
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Anna Pirozzi shines as a queen bee Turandot

Turandot © Monika Rittershaus (2023)

Anna Pirozzi and Piero Pretti bring Italian sunshine to Baumgarten’s confused production at the Opernhaus Zürich.

**111
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A feast for the eyes and ears: Lehár’s Merry Widow in Zurich

Michael Volle (Count Danilo Danilowitsch) and Marlis Petersen (Hanna Glawari) © Monika Rittershaus
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
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Werther in the sky at Opernhaus Zürich

Benjamin Bernheim (Werther) © Toni Suter

Benjamin Bernheim leads a very good cast in a revival of Tatjana Gürbaca's interesting 2017 production. 

***11
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All at sea: Herzog's nautical Pearl Fishers at Opernhaus Zürich

Javier Camarena (Nadir) © Suzanne Schwiertz (2011)
The Opernhaus Zürich revives a 2011 production of Bizet’s second most famous opera, with Javier Camarena as Nadir.
***11
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