Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2024-25 season.

Premieres 

Samuel Penderbayne’s “Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig” will be conducted by Thomas Barthel and Ann-Katrin Stöcker. Claudia Blersch directs the production which will star Liliana Nikiteanu, Sylwia Salamonska, Irène Friedli, Philipp Mayer, Stanislav Vorobyov, Valeriy Murga, Gary Martin, Martin Zysset, Carl Hieger, Christian Sturm, Indyana Schneider, Céline Akçağ, Sylwia Salamonska, and Rebeca Olvera.

Performance Dates: Sept. 15, 2025 – Feb. 5, 2025

Daniela Köhler and Brandon Jovanovich lead Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Martin Gantner, Ziyi Dai, Lauren Fagan, and Kurt Rydl. Andreas Homoki directs and Markus Poschner conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 22 – Oct. 22, 2024

Handel’s “Serse” will star Raffaele Pe, Christophe Dumaux, Noa Beinart, Anna El-Khashem, Miriam Kutrowatz, Miklos Sebestyén, and Gregory Feldmann. Enrico Onofri conducts and Nina Russi directs.

Performance Dates: Sept. 29 – Oct. 17, 2024

Alfred Schnittke’s “Leben mit einem Idioten” will be conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. Bo Skovhus, Susanne Elmark, Matthew Newlin, Magnus Piontek, Álvaro Diana Sanchez, and Birger Radde.

Performance Dates: Nov. 3 – Dec. 1, 2024

Jonathan Dove’s “In 80 Tagen um die Welt” will make its world premiere with Michael Richter conducting the production by Peter Lund.  The cast includes Rebeca Olvera, Alina Adamski, Indyana Schneider, Yajie Zhang, Andrew Owens, Christopher Willoughby, Felix Gygli, Nicholas Mogg, Ruben Drole, Andrew Moore, Flavia Stricker, Sylwia Salamonska, Irène Friedli, Liliana Nikiteanu, Christian Sturm, and Tomislav Jukic.

Performance Dates: Nov. 17, 2024 – Jan. 14, 2025

Gianandrea Noseda conducts a new production of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” with Adele Thomas directing. Charles Castronovo, George Petean, Erika Grimaldi, Katharina Konradi, and Agnieszka Rehlis star.

Performance Dates: Dec. 8, 2024 – Jan. 19, 2025

Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” will get a new production by Barrie Kosky. Marco Amiliato conducts a cast that includes Elena Stikhina, Saimir Pirgu, and Konstantin Shushakov. 

Performance Dates: Feb. 9 – March 22, 2025

Rossini’s “Il viaggio a Reims” will be conducted by Dominic Limburg. 

Performance Dates: Feb. 28 & March 2, 2025

Nahuel Di Pierro, Anna Bonitatibus, Christophe Dumaux, Lea Desandre, Jakub Józef Orliński, José Coca Loza, Hagen Matzeit, and Yannick Debus star in Handel’s “Agrippina.” Harry Bicket conducts the new production by Jetske Mijnssen.

Performance Dates: March 2 – 30, 2025

“Das grosse Feuer” by Beat Furrer will be conducted by Beat Furrer and directed by Tatjana Gürbaca. Leigh Melrose, Andrew Moore, Liliana Nikiteanu, Sarah Aristidou, Elina Viluma-Helling, Ruben Drole, Johanna Zimmer, Hugo Paulsson Stove, Matias Bocchio, Christoph Brunner, Cornelia Sonnleither, and Bernd Lambauer.

Performance Dates: March 23 – April 11, 2025

Korngold’s “Die tote Stadt” will be conducted by Lorenzo Viotti and directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov. The cast is headed by Eric Cutler, Vida Miknevičiūtė, Björn Bürger, Evelyn Herlitzius, and Rebeca Olvera.

Performance Dates: April 21 – June 1, 2025

Christian Gerhaher stars in Mendelssohn’s “Elias” with Julia Kleiter, Mauro Peter, and Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the production by Andreas Homok.

Performance Dates: June 9 – July 6, 2025

Revivals 

Boris Pinkhasovich, Nina Minasyan, Piotr Buszewski, and Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev star in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” which will be conducted by Leonardo Sini.

Performance Dates: Sept 20 – Oct. 26, 2024

Christian Gerhaher headlines Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” with Jennifer Rowley, Christof Fischesser, and Omer Kobiljak. Paolo Arrivabeni conducts.

Performance Dates: Sept. 27 – Oct. 25, 2024

Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer” will be conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Camilla Nylund, Liliana Nikiteanu, Tomasz Konieczny, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Marco Jentzsch, and Omer Kobiljak.

Performance Dates: Nov. 21 – Dec. 10 2024

Andrè Schuen, Elbenita Kajtazi, Andrew Moore, Nikola Hillebrand, and Kady Evanyshyn star in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with Antonello Manacorda conducting.

Performance Dates: Dec. 15, 2024 – Jan. 2, 2025

Marina Rebeka stars in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” with Judith Schmid, Tomislav Mužek, and Massimo Cavalletti. Marco Armiliato conducts.

Performance Dates: Dec. 22, 2024 – Jan. 4, 2025

Julie Fuchs, Stephen Costello, Nicolas Testé, and Svetlina Stoyanova star in Gounod’s “Romeo et Juliette” which will be conducted by Timur Zangiev.

Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2024 – Jan. 26, 2025

Andrew Moore, Simon Neal, Eric Cutler, Jennifer Holloway, Christof Fischesser, Ziyi Dai, and Andrew Owens star in Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Krzysztof Urbański conducts.

Performance Dates: Jan. 21 – Feb. 15, 2025

Ben Glassberg conducts Lehar’s “The Merry Widow” with Michael Kraus, Anastasiya Taratorkina, Michael Volle, Vida Miknevičiūtė, and Andrew Owens.

Performance Dates: March 4-26, 2025

Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will star Christof Fischesser, Piotr Beczała, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, Anna Smirnova, and Michael Kraus. Axel Kober conducts.

Performance Dates: April 13 – May 4, 2025

Liparit Avetisyan, Quinn Kelsey, Brenda Rae, Brent Michael Smith, and Elena Maximova star in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with Andrea Sanguineti conducting.

Performance Dates: April 26 – May 15, 2025

“Jakob Lenz” will star Yannick Debus and Maximilian Lawrie and will be conducted by Adrian Kelly.

Performance Dates: May 6 – 16, 2025

Pietro Spagnoli, Florian Sempey, Konstantin Shushakov, Andrew Owens, and Olga Peretyatko star in Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Iván López-Reynoso conducts.

Performance Dates: May 18 – June 3, 2025

Simone Young conducts Strauss’ “Salome” with John Daszak, Michaela Schuster, Elena Stikhina, Kostas Smoriginas, and Omer Kobiljak.

Performance Dates: May 29 – June 15, 2025

Saimir Pirgu headlines Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” with Marina Viotti, Katrina Galka, Adriana Gonzalez, Lauren Fagan, Maria Stella Maurizi, and Andrew Foster-Williams. Antonino Fogliani conducts.

Performance Dates: June 28 – July 12, 2025

Krystian Adam, Mirco Palazzi, and Mark Milhofer star in Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” with Ottavio Dantone conducting.

Performance Dates: May 17 – July 11, 2025

Concerts 

Riccardo Minasi conducts a program of music by Telemann and Bach with Carolyn Sampson, Philipp Mahrenholz, and Balázs Nemes.

Performance Dates: Dec. 16, 2024

Gianandrea Noseda conducts Hanna-Elisabeth Müller in Strauss.

The company will present a Benefit concert for the International Opera Studio with the participation of Cecilia Bartoli and conducted by Gianluca Capuano. 

Performance Dates: June 15, 2025

Fabio Luisi conducts a gala concert with Camilla Nylund and Klaus Florian Vogt.

Performance Dates: July 5 & 10, 2025

The Galakonzert Internationales Opernstudio will be conducted by Adrian Kelly.

Performance Dates: July 7, 2025