Ermonela Jaho, Piotr Beczala, Cecilia Bartoli & Olga Peretyatko Lead Opernhaus Zürich’s 2023-24 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Opernhaus Zürich has announced its 2023-24 season featuring more than 20 productions, concerts, and reictals.
Ermonela Jaho stars in Puccini’s “La Rondine” with Sandra Hamaoui, Benjamin Bernheim, Juan Francisco Gatell, and Vladimir Stoyanov. Marco Armiliato conducts the production by Christof Loy.
Performance Dates: Sept. 17-Oct. 28, 2023
Nahuel Di Pierro, Olga Peretyatko, Renato Girolami, Alasdair Kent, Pietro Spagnoli, and Yewon Han star in Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” with Daniele Squeo conducting.
Performance Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 3, 2023
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” is set to star Konstantin Shushakov, Golda Schultz, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Alastair Miles, Ruzan Mantashyan, Andrew Moore, Ziyi Dai, and Brent Michael Smith. Petr Popelka conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 23-Oct. 14, 2023
Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride” will star Birgitte Christensen, Elliot Madore, Andrew Owens, Jean-François Lapointe, and Indyana Schneider. Georg Petrou conducts.
Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Oct. 15, 2023
“Hexe Hillary geht in die Oper” will star Nicole Tobler, Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk, and Fernando Dos Santos Loura.
Performance Dates: Sept. 30-Dec. 20, 2023
Klaus Florian Vogt, Daniel Schmutzhard, Christopher Purves, David Leigh, Camilla Nylund, Lauren Fagan, and Agnieszka Rehlis star in Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung.” Gianandrea Noseda conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 5, 2023-May 26, 2024
Verdi’s “Macbeth” is set to star George Petean, Vitalij Kowaljow, Tatiana Serjan, and Omer Kobiljak. Daniele Squeo conducts.
Performance Dates: Nov. 17-Dec. 1, 2023
Elena Kats-Chernin’s “Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer” will star Georgina Fürstenberg, Ruben Drole, Andrew Moore, Gary Martin, Valeriy Murga, Irène Friedli, and Liliana Nikiteanu. Ann-Katrin Stöcker conducts Kai Anne Schuhmacher’s production.
Performance Dates: Nov. 19, 2023-Jan. 28, 2024
Mathias Vidal headlines Rameau’s “Platée” with Evan Hughes, Katia Ledoux, Renato Dolcini, Alasdair Kent, Nathan Haller, Mary Bevan, Theo Hoffman, Anna El-Khashem, and Tania Lorenzo. Emmanuelle Haïm conducts the production by Jetske Mijnssen.
Performance Dates: Dec. 10, 2023-Jan. 16, 2024
Offenbach’s “Barkouf” will star Marcel Beekman, Andreas Hörl, Oleksiy Palchykov, Daniel Norman, Andrew Owens, Brenda Rae, Svetlina Stoyanova, Siena Licht Miller, and Daniel Hajdu.
Performance Dates: Dec. 16-26, 2023
Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” will star Bryn Terfel, Angelika Kirchschlager, Elliot Madore, Liliana Nikiteanu, David Soar, Iain Milne, and Soraya Mafi.
Performance Dates: Dec. 22, 2023-Jan. 13, 2024
Cecilia Bartoli stars in Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri.” The cast also includes Nadezhda Karyazina, Ildar Abdrazakov, Edgardo Rocha, and Nicola Alaimo. Gianluca Capuano conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 31, 2023-Jan. 9, 2024
Benjamin Bernheim, Gaëlle Arquez, Sandra Hamaoui, and Audun Iversen star in Massenet’s “Werther.” Giedrė Šlekytė conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 19-Feb. 4, 2024
Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” will star Vannina Santoni, Samantha Hankey, Xiaomeng Zhang, Mauro Peter, Valentina Farcas, and Edwin Crossley-Mercer. Riccardo Minasi conducts.
Performance Dates: Jan. 28-Feb. 10, 2024
Lehár’s “Die lustige Witwe” will be conducted by Patrick Hahn in Barrie Kosky’s production. The operetta will star Martin Winkler, Katharina Konradi, Michael Volle, Marlis Petersen, and Andrew Owens.
Performance Dates: Feb. 11-March 14, 2024
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati’s “Amerika” is set to star Paul Curievici, Robert Pomakov, Georg Festl, Mojca Erdmann, Ruben Drole, and Allison Cook. Gabriel Feltz conducts Sebastian Baumgarten’s production.
Performance Dates: March 3-April 13, 2024
Kálmán’s “Die Csárdásfürstin” will star Annette Dasch, Pavol Breslik, Nathan Haller, Rebeca Olvera, Martin Zysset, and Jürgen Appel.
Performance Dates: March 10-April 1, 2024
Marina Viotti, Natalia Tanasii, Saimir Pirgu, and Łukasz Goliński star in Bizet’s “Carmen” in a new production by Andreas Homoki. Gianandrea Noseda conducts.
Performance Dates: April 7-June 15, 2024
Tomasz Konieczny stars in Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” with Xiaomeng Zhang, Omer Kobiljak, Matthias Klink, Patricia Bardon, Kiandra Howarth, Anna Danik, Christopher Purves, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, David Soar, and Brent Michael Smith. Gianandrea Noseda conducts.
Performance Dates: April 20-May 18, 2024
Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be conducted by Duncan Ward.
Performance Dates: May 4-17, 2024
Eric Cutler, Christof Fischesser, Tomasz Konieczny, Daniela Köhler, Patricia Bardon, and Camilla Nylund star in Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” Gianandrea Noseda conducts.
Performance Dates: May 5 & 20, 2024
Klaus Florian Vogt, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Tomasz Konieczny, Christopher Purves, David Leigh, Anna Danik, Camilla Nylund, and Rebeca Olvera star in Wagner’s “Siegfried” with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.
Performance Dates: May 7 & 24, 2024
Monteverdi’s “L’Orfeo” is set to star Giovanni Sala, Mirco Palazzi, Mark Milhofer, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Miriam Kutrowatz, and Simone McIntosh. Ottavio Dantone conducts the production by Evgeny Titov.
Performance Dates: May 17-June 16, 2024
Maria Agresta stars in Verdi’s “I Vespri Siciliani” with Quinn Kelsey, Alexander Vinogradov, and Sergey Romanovsky. Ivan Repušic conducts the production by Calixto Bieito.
Performance Dates: June 9-July 13, 2024
Piotr Beczała, Julia Kleiter, Rebeca Olvera, and Andrew Owens lead Lehar’s “Das Land des Lächelns.” Paul Daniel conducts.
Performance Dates: June 21-July 5, 2024
Puccini’s “Turandot” is set to star Anna Pirozzi in the title role alongside David Shipley, Piero Pretti, and Elbenita Kajtazi. Robert Trevino conducts Sebastian Baumgarten’s production.
Performance Dates: June 30-July 12, 2024
The season concludes with “Andrea Chénier” starring Yonghoon Lee, Artur Ruciński, and Anja Harteros. Marco Armiliato conducts the production by Sylvie Döring.
Performance Dates: July 7-14, 2024
Concerts
Gianandrea Noseda conducts a Strauss program with Diana Damrau.
Performance Date: April 14, 2024
Siena Licht Miller and Ann-Katrin Stöcker perform Richard Wagner.
Performance Date: May 4 & 25, 2024
Adrian Kelly conducts an opera gala.
Performance Date: July 8, 2024
Recitals
Simon Keenlyside and Malcolm Martineau perform in recital.
Performance Date: Dec. 7, 2023
Javier Camarena and Rubén Fernández Aguirre perform.
Performance Date: Jan. 18, 2024
Erwin Schrott performs a recital alongside Giulio Zappa.
Performance Date: Feb. 8, 2024
Rosa Feola and Iain Burnside perform a recital.
Performance Date: March 11, 2024
Anita Rachvelishvili and Vincenzo Scalera perform.
Performance Date: April 4, 2024
Piotr Beczała and Helmut Deutsch team up for a performance.
Performance Date: June 5, 2024
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