Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Elīna Garanča, Golda Schultz, Sonya Yoncheva, Cecilia Bartoli & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2025-26 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2025-26 season. Here is a look at the productions and concerts.
Premieres
Simon Steen-Andersen and Liliana Nikiteanu lead “Wie du warst! Wie du bist!”
Performance Dates: Sept. 20, 2025-July 11, 2026
Diana Damrau, Günther Groissböck, Angela Brower, Bo Skovhus, and Emily Pogorelc star in a new production Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” Joana Mallwitz conducts the production by Lydia Steier.
Performance Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 26, 2025
Gianandrea Noseda conducts Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” in a new production by Valentina Carrasco. Anna Netrebko and Elena Guseva star alongside George Petean, Yusif Eyvazov, Riccardo Massi, Annalisa Stroppa, and Michele Pertusi.
Performance Dates: Nov 2-Dec. 21, 2025
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Peter Besenbinder, Rosie Aldridge, Irène Friedli, Svetlina Stoyanova, Siena Licht Miller, Christina Gansch, and Yewon Han star in Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” Giedrė Šlekytė and Ann-Katrin Stöcker conduct the production by Thom Luz.
Performance Dates: Nov. 16, 2025-Jan. 31, 2026
Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus” will star Matthias Klink, Golda Schultz, Regula Mühlemann, Ruben Drole, Marina Viotti, Andrew Owens, Yannick Debus, and Nathan Haller. Lorenzo Viotti conducts the production by Anna Bernreitner.
Performance Dates: Dec. 7, 2025-Jan. 10, 2026
“Sillons de Mémoires” will be presented.
Performance Dates: Feb. 5-7, 2026
Gábor Bretz, Anett Fritsch, Michael Laurenz, Stanislav Vorobyov, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Dorottya Lang, and Brent Michael Smith star in Hindemith’s “Cardillac.” Fabio Luisi conducts Kornél Mundruczó’s new production.
Performance Dates: Feb. 15-March 10, 2026
Olga Neuwirth’s “Monster’s Paradise” will star Sarah Aristidou, Kristina Stanek, Georg Nigl, Andrew Watts, Eric Jurenas, and Ruben Drole. Titus Engel conducts the production by Tobias Kratzer.
Performance Dates: March 8-April 12, 2026
Carlo Vistoli, Cecilia Bartoli, Max Emanuel Cencic, Anne Sofie von Otter, Kangmin Justin Kim, and Renato Dolcini star in Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto“ with Davide Livermore directing. Gianluca Capuano conducts.
Performance Dates: March 11-28, 2026
Handel’s “Aci, Galatea e Polifemo” will star Bruno de Sá, Elizabeth DeShong, and Nicolas Brooymans. Philippe Jaroussky conducts.
Performance Dates: March 20-29, 2026
Jean-Marie Leclair’s “Scylla et Glaucus” will star Chiara Skerath, Elsa Benoit, Anthony Gregory, and Gwendoline Blondeel. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts Claus Guth’s production.
Performance Dates: March 27-May 2, 2026
Pene Pati leads Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” with Jeanine De Bique, Yewon Han, Lea Desandre, Siena Licht Miller, and Andrew Moore. Marc Minkowski conducts the production by Damiano Michieletto.
Performance Dates: April 26-May 25, 2026
Ustina Dubitsky conducts Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” in a production by Lilli Fischer.
Performance Dates: May 2-13, 2026
Mara Miribung, Annalisa Derossi, Daniele Pintaudi, Samuel Streiff, and Mathias Weibel star in “Werckmeister Harmonien.” Thom Luz conducts and directs.
Performance Dates: June 13-27, 2026
Thorleifur Arnarsson directs a new production of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” with Christof Fischesser, Eric Cutler, Christina Nilsson, Rachael Wilson, and Christian Gerhaher. Tugan Sokhiev conducts.
Performance Dates: June 21-July 11, 2026
Revivals
Lisette Oropesa, Benjamin Bernheim, Yannick Debus, and Nicolas Testé lead Massenet’s “Manon.” Sesto Quatrini conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 10, 2025
Rossini’s “La Scala di Seta” will star Olga Peretyatko, Siena Licht Miller, Andrew Owens, Nahuel Di Pierro, and Martin Zysset. Leonardo Sini conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 24, 2025
Puccini’s “Tosca” features an all-star cast that includes Sonya Yoncheva, Jonas Kaufmann, and Bryn Terfel.
Performance Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 19, 2025
Roman Burdenko, In Sung Sim, Ekaterina Semenchuk, and Omer Kobiljak star in Verdi’s “Macbeth” with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.
Performance Dates: Nov. 8-30, 2025
Liparit Avetisyan, Luca Salsi, Nina Minasyan, Brent Michael Smith, and Yajie Zhang star in Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” with Francesco Ivan Ciampa conducting.
Performance Dates: Dec. 20, 2025-Jan. 4, 2026
Elena Guseva, Siena Licht Miller, Stefan Pop, and Davide Luciano star in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Evan Rogister conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 30, 2025-Jan. 16, 2026
Elīna Garanča leads Bizet’s “Carmen” with Olga Peretyatko, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, and Ildebrando d’Arcangelo. Domingo Hindoyan.
Performance Dates: Jan. 18-31, 2026
Stéphane Degout, Jeanine De Bique, Andrew Moore, Sandra Hamaoui, and Ema Nikolovska star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Pierre Dumoussaud conducting.
Performance Dates: Jan. 24-Feb. 14, 2026
Diana Damrau stars in Strauss’ “Arabella” alongside Erin Morley, Michael Volle, Pavol Breslik, Wolfgang Bankl, and Stephanie Houtzeel.
Performance Dates: April 14-28, 2026
Beethoven’s “Fidelio” stars Yannick Debus, Derek Welton, Klaus Florian Vogt, Gabriela Scherer, Christof Fischesser, Anna El-Khashem, and Andrew Owens. Axel Kober conducts.
Performance Dates: May 3-16, 2026
Stanislav Vorobyov, Elīna Garanča, and Saimir Pirgu star in Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust” in concert. Yves Abel conducts.
Performance Dates: May 10-17, 2026
Stephen Costello, Dalibor Jenis, Elena Stikhina, Yulia Matochkina, and Rebeca Olvera star in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” Gianandrea Noseda conducts.
Performance Dates: May 22-June 13, 2026
Marco Armiliato conducts Massenet’s “Werther” starring Jonathan Tetelman, Anna Goryachova, Chelsea Zurflüh, and Aksel Daveyan.
Performance Dates: June 14-July 10, 2026
Elbenita Kajtazi, Siena Licht Miller, Yannick Debus, Bogdan Volkov, Rebeca Olvera, and Luca Pisaroni star in Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte” with Roberto González-Monja conducting.
Performance Dates: July 3-12, 2026
Concerts
Elīna Garanča and Matthias Schulz perform works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms, Pietro Mascagni, and Robert Schumann.
Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2025
Franco Fagioli and Michele D’Elia perform in recital works by Pietro Antonio Cesti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini.
Performance Date: Oct. 9, 2025
Camilla Nylund and Helmut Deutsch’s program includes works by Lili Boulanger, Antonín Dvořák, Richard Strauss, and Jean Sibelius.
Performance Date: Dec. 1, 2025
Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniušas take on the works of George Enescu.
Performance Date: Feb. 9, 2026
Dorottya Láng and Ralf Weikert join forces for Honegger, Wagner, Schreker, and Mozart.
Performance Date: Feb. 22, 2026
Regula Mühlemann joins Gianandrea Noseda for works by Mozart, Haydn, Prokofiev and Pergolesi.
Performance Date: March 21, 2026
Jeanine De Bique and the Concerto Köln perform works by Georg Friedrich Händel, Carl Heinrich Graun and Georg Philipp Telemann.
Performance Date: March 22, 2026
Jan Petryka, Yannick Debus, Serafina Starke, Ulrike Malotta, Johan Krogius, and Matthias Winckhler lead St John Passion. Florian Helgath conducts.
Performance Date: March 24, 2026
Raphaël Pichon conducts St. Matthew Passion with Julian Prégardien, Stéphane Degout, Christian Immler, Julie Roset, Maïlys de Villoutrey, Lucile Richardot, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Dijan, and Zachary Wilder.
Performance Date: March 26, 2026
Michael Volle and Matthias Schulz perform Schubert’s “Winterreise.”
Performance Date: April 27, 2026
The Kinderopernorchester will be led by Gianandrea Noseda, conducting works from “Carmen” and “Hansel and Gretel.”
Performance Date: May 25-June 21, 2026
Piotr Beczała and Sarah Tysman sing songs by Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, and Moniuszko.
Performance Date: May 31, 2026
Juan Diego Flórez and Vincenzo Scalera perform a recital of works by Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, and Jules Massenet.
Performance Date: June 15, 2026
Benjamin Bernheim leads Open-Air-Konzert für alle with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.
Performance Date: June 28, 2026
Adrien Kelly conducts the Galakonzert des Internationalen Opernstudios.
Performance Date: July 6, 2026
